Fritts had 3 bass, 13 pounds

Photographer Gettys Brannon just photographed David Fritts catching back-to-back 4-pound smallmouth bass. Fritts’ first fish of the day was another big smallmouth pushing 5 pounds. That should put him in...

Roy reaches a limit

Our current Toyota Angler of the Year leader Bradly Roy just caught his fifth keeper, an estimated 3 pounder. This gives him around 12 pounds. That would move him into...

Fritts lands a big one

Communication problems are kind of kicking our tails this morning. However, Gettys Brannon was able to relay that he just watched Day 1 leader David Fritts land a smallmouth weighing...

MDJ culls up to big time

Our BASSTrakk leader just culled up at least two pounds after landing a smallmouth that weighed at least four pounds. We’re estimating he has 16 and a half pounds, conservatively...

Oahe’s food chain

Lake Oahe’s aquatic food chain includes a smorgasbord of baitfish that are keeping healthy the lake’s gamefish populations. According to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, there were an estimated...

MDJ tops 15 pounds

Mark Daniels Jr. just put his fifth keeper in the box, and it was his biggest bass of the day. MDJ worked this 4 and a half pound smallmouth carefully,...

MDJ with a heartbreaker

Mark Daniels Jr. had his fifth keeper in his hand, literally, and lost it. Daniels had his hand in the water, under the belly of a 2 1/2-pounder and the...

Card suffered heartbreak on Day 1

You may recall that Brandon Card was the first angler to catch a limit yesterday. He had five keepers 42 minutes after the 6 a.m. start. But it could have...

Game on for MDJ and Roy

Two of the hottest anglers in the sport are fishing side by side this morning. After Day 1 Mark Daniels Jr. was in second place at Oahe, and Bradley Roy...

Spots vs. Patterns

During the 90-minute delay, the marina was abuzz with dock talk. One comment that stuck in my mind came from Boyd Duckett,10th on the scoreboard after Friday. “The guys fishing...