Mosley update

I’ve slid over to Brock Mosley from Lintner to see how things are going on his end. Mosley is the walking wounded at the moment. As happens to a lot...

Word: Transition, Part II

If you read my earlier blog post, I summed up the word of the week as transition. Just like finding the pattern within a pattern that is what’s unfolding during...

Lintner lamenting

Lintner is lamenting the fact the fish aren’t doing what they were in practice. He had hoped the sun would position the fish to continue getting bites around where he...

From Lester to Lintner

Brandon Lester moved onto greener pastures and I moved over to Jared Lintner. Lintner is one of two anglers in this bunch who are using their first of two final...

Sumrall overcomes adversity

Nothing like suffering a blown outboard motor engine on the first day of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Championship. That was the fate of pro Caleb Sumrall this morning, and,...

Word of the week: Transition

Transition. It’s the word of the week here at the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship. Transition obviously means change. There is much of that going on at Table Rock...

Six trophies, seven Classic berths

This tournament has a nearly incomprehensible number of angles to it, but the bottom line is that there will be six trophies and seven Bassmaster Classic berths awarded at the...

Lester off to a good start

I snuck a little closer to Lester and remarked how much the jovial factor has gone up since that first fish came in the boat. Lester reiterated how much pressure...

Mood has changed for Lester

The whole mood has changed around the Lester boat. With a Classic berth in hand you would almost think we slipped into Christmas Day. Just moments ago, Lester and co-angler...

Lester clinches Classic berth

At exactly 8:15 CST this morning, Brandon Lester clinched his berth into the Bassmaster Classic. It wasn’t in dramatic style, even though he had lost a keeper minutes before. But...