Avena’s trip to Walmart

Adrian Avena spent a restless night, then gave it up at 11 p.m. and did what any insomniac would do. He went to Walmart. The Jersey Boy had a short...

Bass biting better today

There were 12 bass caught by the six anglers in the three-hour morning session yesterday, and 12 in the three-hour afternoon session. At 9:15 today, Gerald Swindle caught the 12th...

Lane: “Must be a pile of them”

Chris Lane has now struck twice in nearly successive casts. First, a bass jackhammered his jerkbait and came off. Then on the same retrieve another fish attacked the lure and...

Coosawattee running muddy now

The main tributary of Carters Lake is the Coosawattee River. Most of our Bassmaster.com crew are staying in cabins along the river. It’s a beautiful, boulder-filled, clear-running stream. Or at...

Was Lane whistling this morning?

Chris Lane has had an old rock song stuck in his head this week – Foreigner’s “Waiting For A Girl Like You.” You could hear him whistling the tune yesterday...

Avena: Empty tacklebox

Yesterday afternoon at the boat ramp Adrian Avena was eager to get back to his hotel room. “I’m going to tie on every lure that I’ve ever caught a bass...

Hard to handicap this one

How do you handicap these final three matchups in the Classic Bracket when every trend over the past three days disappeared by Thursday afternoon? Scott Rook went from zero Wednesday...

Biscuits and gravy

Yesterday Scott Rook put the trolling motor on high to cover as much shoreline as possible. Obviously it worked, with a hitch. By mid-afternoon he was moving slower than when...

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