Blaylock culls, barely
Stetson Blaylock spent more than an hour working a couple of submerged reefs, watching his electronics and dropping to fish. It didn’t get him a bite. Until he moved to...
Do you stay or do you go?
As Davy Hite and I watched Jamie Hartman boat fish after fish this morning, I had to ask the question. At what point do you leave your fish, and at...
Lester’s big cull
Brandon Lester just finished telling me the lack of wind was making his day more difficult when he set the hook on a smallmouth that really helped him out. “That...
Palaniuk makes two big culls
Brandon Palaniuk knows what the daily goal is at Lake Champlain – 20 pounds, just like it is every time there’s a B.A.S.S. tournament here. And he’s working his way...
Pipkens seeing some big ones
This morning is very different from yesterday morning. Instead of clouds and rain we are hit with bright sun and very little wind. Chad Pipkens is our second target this...
Feider: ‘Oh my God! It’s a 6-pounder, dude!’
Seth Feider just put on a show of his own on Bassmaster LIVE. After sacking a decent limit of smallmouth bass, Feider switched to his largemouth pattern — flipping a...
Gross looking for his groove
We’ve decided to change Buddy Gross’ luck. We’ve been on him all morning and judging by everyone else’s performance, he’s having a tough day. In the last 20 minutes we’ve...
A game of ounces
Look at the Day 1 leaderboard and it reveals just how many 3-pound class smallmouth are being caught. During my interviews this morning I asked the guys about the tight...
Pirch is a stickler for details
Clifford Pirch is known as a detail-oriented angler. Nothing is too little to escape his attention. Previously unknown was Pirch’s stickler for dental details, as shown in this photo, maybe...
Ito is finesse fishing
Takumi Ito is continuing to upgrade his morning with his fourth fish. Would be a five-fish total, but he had a fish pull off as soon as I pulled up...
