Benton goes to school

Master photographer Steve Bowman and I are assigned to cover Drew Benton, who is fourth on this third day of competition in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series...

Hartman goes big early

Jamie Hartman had a big day yesterday, catching a 20-pound, 10-ounce bag that rallied him from 46th place on Day 1 to 17th Saturday. Hartman is off to a hot...

Two identical days at Lake Guntersville

For all the talk about the increased boat traffic and fishing pressure on a late June weekend, Lake Guntersville fished almost the same Saturday as it did Friday for the...

Guntersville forecast update

SUNDAYSkies will be partly cloudy throughout the fishing day with a very small chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm. Temperatures will start off in the lower 70s at launch...

Will the ledges hold up?

Elite Series pro Clark Wendlandt has spent quite a bit of time fishing pro-level tournaments on Lake Guntersville, and he knows the deep-water pattern can be very unforgiving. One day...

Back on the water

Laurie Tisdale and I took a break from watching fishermen to watch and photograph a group of volunteers participating in the B.A.S.S. Nation Cleanup of Lake Guntersville. About 40 volunteers picked...

Arey ‘cooking with gas’ now

Matt Arey began the day in second place, only 4 ounces out of the lead. He’s had a painful morning with only two bass weighing a total of 2 3/4...

Bigger bass to come

Hank Cherry is sitting in third place, according to BASSTrakk, putting together another 14 pounds this morning. But he anticipates bigger bass to come. “Yesterday I caught all my big...

Lester’s secret weapon

Brandon Lester calls Lake Guntersville his home lake, which is partly true (Tims Ford Reservoir is his true home lake). In any case, the middle Tennessean knows Guntersville really well,...

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