Herren dialed in

Alabama native Matt Herren has caught the majority of his fish this week just a few hundred yards from launch at Goose Pond. He’s been saving a lot of gas...

Hartman: 1 hour, 8 bass, 27-12

Jamie Hartman’s best five weigh 21-0, but he caught 8 bass weighing 27-12 in the first hour today. Under cloudy skies and a breeze, Hartman is on a topwater bite...

Hartman’s lure lineup

On Sunday Jaime Hartman came out of nowhere to make it in Championship Sunday. And he’s done it again, already having caught 20 pounds. Here’s his lure lineup. The lure...

Hartman lands 20 lbs in 42 minutes

The fireworks – big-time fireworks – started for Jamie Hartman immediately today. Hartman landed 20 pounds, 10 ounces in the first 42 minutes after the 6 a.m. takeoff. The smallest...

Jaye is on a school

Championship Monday is overcast and breezy and most of the anglers in the Top 10 seem to like the conditions. Our first stop of the day is near Kelly Jaye, who...

Jaye back at it near the take-off site

We didn’t have to go far from the launch site this morning to find Alabama pro Kelley Jaye. He’s fishing his vintage Smithwick Rogue jerkbait within plain sight of Goose...

Big Monday, Big Bass, Big Stage, Big Dreams

All ten of today’s final qualifiers relished the thought of fishing Lake Guntersville without a horde of other anglers around. The biggest five-bass limit of the tournament so far was...

Expo heats up with BASS fans

Bass fans checking out the expo before the weigh in starts on Day 2 of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Elite Series Tournament at Lake Guntersville. 

Herren breaks 5-hour drought

Matt Herren began this day with a flurry. But he went just over five hours before adding to the 17-pound, 3-ounce limit he had in the first 90 minutes today....

Herren’s move proves fruitful

Matt Herren moves from near the launch all the way to the bottom of the lake to build a 17-pound limit. Now he’s back up the lake. He told a...