Luck plays a part

Scott Canterbury commented earlier on the finer aspects of luck. Luck does play a part in this game. I give you two examples. Canterbury was referring to Stetson Blaylock’s good...

Menendez on cruise control

Last week when interviewing Mark Menendez for my story titled “The reboot of Mark Menendez” we continued talking after the recorder was turned off. On Thursday afternoon—the first tournament day—he...

Hudnall lands a Cayuga giant

The Elite Series anglers that have been to Cayuga Lake previously know about the quality of the largemouth bass fishery here. Elite Series rookie Derek Hudnall now knows about it...

Canterbury makes a move

Scott Canterbury made a short move and promptly caught a 4-pound plus largemouth that tossed one of his dink’s from his catch. That would put him around 13 pounds on...

AOY watch: Drew Cook

BASSTrakk shows Drew Cook in fourth place with 10 pounds, 8 ounces. It’s still very early in the game, but the outlook looks good for him to continue his momentum...

Zaldain turns a frown upside down

Chris Zaldain didn’t begin this day in a good mood, after finding his boat had been pilfered of some rod-and-reel combos overnight. But he’s been all smiles this morning, after...

No grass? No problem

With all the fuss going on during practice about the lack of grass on Cayuga Lake, one thing is certain. The fish will bite and limits will get caught. Scott...

Blaylock’s quandary

Stetson Blaylock is in a quandary. We just spent a few minutes with him getting his phone set up on BassTrakk. His catch will soon be registering. But he told...

Expect lots of toothy fish catches

In addition to a healthy population of largemouth and smallmouth bass, Cayuga Lake has an abundance of chain pickerel, a toothy fish in the pike family. Several anglers mentioned setting...

Canterbury and Blaylock updates

We finally get close enough to get a little more info from the duo in front of us. Canterbury has a limit that BassTrakk is showing at 10 pounds. It...