Johnston lands a nice one

We found Chris Johnston fishing a grassy shoreline just in time to see him land a very nice bass. The fish weighed 5 pounds and moved him into first place...

Cherry celebrating in style

As has been noted previously, today is Hank Cherry’s 45th birthday. He threw himself a little party on the St. Johns River this morning. From 9:27 to 10:03 he put...

Tide watch

Two opposing forces to watch today are the movements of the bass and the tide and how both will influence the bite. On one side are the bass, and specifically...

Manatee sighting

I am riding this morning with Laurie Tisdale, Bassmaster art director, and Emily Hand, our social media editor. We just had a nice treat when a large manatee swam by the...

Livesay with about 12 pounds

Not long after we arrived, Lee Livesay decided to go try another spot nearby. He was kind enough to pause for a quick video interview before heading on. Like so...

Cut is top 35 after Day 2

In past with a 110-angler field, the Day 2 cut was the top 50. But in this new 75-man field, only the top 35 will qualify to fish on Day...

Livesay found

We have left Morgenthaler and rounded a bend to find Lee Livesay working a similar patch of reads. He is the leader according to the real-time leaderboard with 31-4. He...

Slow going for Crews

John Crews has been sight-fishing most of the morning, but not bedded fish as one might assume. He’s finding what appear to be prespawn buck bass that are in process...

A change of scenery

For a change of scenery, we have moved to the outflow from Lake George, where we found Chad Morgenthaler weaving his way through tall weeds. He just now caught a...

Cory Johnston’s game plan

This morning Cory Johnston shared his game plan with me. It would begin with catching what he called “filler” fish in the morning, which obviously meant a limit of smaller...