Lester’s homestyle pattern

Brandon Lester is from my neck of the woods in Middle Tennessee. Lester spent his entire practice in one of the undisclosed rivers, and for good reason.  “Back home I...

Zaldain strikes again

Chris Zaldain is working over a small area thoroughly, and he just caught his second keeper.  It looked to be a 2-pounder, although it’s too windy for me to communicate...

Headed to Cory Johnston

I spent the first half hour of my day at the mouth of the Metropark where the Top 50 head out to their spots. And the waves were easily 3-footers—I’m...

Canterbury’s dilemma

So often we attribute bad luck to missed opportunities. A fish coming unhooked at boat side. Too much fishing pressure on a spot. The list goes on and on.  Sometimes...

No sun, now what?

Rain, wind and cloudy skies. It all adds up to prime smallmouth fishing, right? Well, kind of. Northern smallmouth live in clearer water. They get spoiled by having the advantage...

Accelerating the fall bite

That’s how Chris Zaldain just described his fishing spot as he added a quality smallmouth to the live well.  Zaldain said the key to his area is a mixing of...

Zaldain lands his first

It is rough as a cobb where Chris Zaldain set up shop this morning, but he just put his first bass on the board.  The fish weighs “just under 4”...

Windy predictions

It doesn’t take much wind to make Lake St. Clair—and any of the Great Lakes—turn into a frothy mess. That already happened during the three-day practice preceding today’s start of...

Lake St. Clair forecast

TODAY: We’ll stay dry throughout the morning and into the start of the afternoon hour, but rain chances will start to creep up after 1:00 pm. Skies will start partly...

St. Clair is three tourneys in one

It’s an Elite Series three-ring circus on Lake St. Clair the next three days. The year-end Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship not only wraps up a) the Angler...