Crews: I’ve got to stay in contention
For John Crews, the goal is to start off well and just make sure he remains in contention. He finished with 21 pounds, 8 ounces on Day 1.
Feider looking for a better tomorrow
Finishing Day 1 with 16 pounds, 10 ounces was not good enough by Seth Feider’s standards. He says he thinks tomorrow will be better — for him and everyone else.
Cherry had a big day
Hank Cherry’s competition day was different than his practice. He ended Day 1 with more than 29 pounds.
Signing off
Andy Crawford and I got a little wet on our ride back through the Browns Creek whirlpool but we are back safe and headed to the hotel to work. Back...
You’re going to hear this a lot
It’s easily the No. 1 cliche you’ll hear at the weigh-in after Day 1 of a Bassmaster Classic: “You can’t win the Classic on the first day, but you CAN...
Kuphall gets well in a hurry
Caleb Kuphall didn’t have a keeper at 1:30. His first one came at 1:32. Twenty minutes later, Kuphall put his fourth bass in the livewell and it was a 5-pounder....
Memories
As the day winds down, we found Brock Mosley in a marina that I remember from my first trip here to fish a Top 150 in 2003. I practiced with...
Four times unlucky
We just watched Stetson Blaylock catch four fish in five minutes, but none of them went in the livewell. He also missed a couple of strikes. He is clearly around...
Practice makes perfect
We just found Stetson Blaylock fishing close to where we saw him catch a fish on practice day. Maybe that keyed him in on something during what some consider a...
Hamilton thriving in the noon hour
Skylar Hamilton had only one bass in the boat at high noon, and he caught it at 9 a.m. But Hamilton’s day has shifted into another gear. He’s caught three...
