Fritts gets a surprise at weigh-in

When David Fritts weighed in on Day 1 with 11-9 for 54th place he was probably a little disappointed. But he got a nice surprise right afterwards. Fritts learned he...

Marshal says thanks

Just wanted to thank everyone on the B.A.S.S. crew in Palatka ,Fla., where I  was a Bassmaster Marshal for the first time. Everyone was so helpful and appreciative. I got...

Gustafson’s difference-maker

Canadian Jeff Gustafson is new to the Elite Series, but he’s familiar with Lake Lanier. Of the FLW anglers last year who came to the Elite Series this year, Gustafson’s...

Gustafson lands 4-pounder

Jeff Gustafson just put a 4-pound spotted bass in his livewell and culled up 1-4, giving him 16-8 in BASSTrakk so far on Day 1. That’s a 2 pound lead...

Gustafson breaks off

Our current leader Jeff Gustafson had a nice bass on. We could tell by the bend in has rod and his posture. But suddenly it all went slack. “I had...

Zaldain puts on clinic

Chris Zaldain gave a clinic on catching deep Lake Lanier spotted bass this morning on “Bassmaster LIVE.” And he did so while moving into the top 10 in the BASSTrakk...

Walters watch

Patrick Walters is coming off a strong fourth-place finish on Sunday at the St. Johns River. And now here he is climbing up the BASSTrakk leaderboard, coincidentally in fourth place...

Going Zaldangerous

Chris Zaldain is bringing West Coast logic to the northwest Georgia mountains. “My game plan is real simple. I’m going to fish like we do out West in deep water...

Rick Clunn and Michelangelo?

I’m not sure I’ve ever witnessed so many Elite Series anglers come up to the previous week’s winner to offer congratulations as I did at yesterday’s pre-tournament anglers’ meeting. The...

Anglers are scattered wide

If you could see the BASSTrakk map, which you can’t by the way, you would see 75 Elite Series anglers as scattered as seemingly possible over Lake Lanier’s 38,000 acres....