Zaldain, Martens sharing water

This morning Chris Zaldain told me he’s fishing like he likes to fish. That can only mean finesse fishing. On his front deck was one spinning rod. Zaldain is doing...

Highest cut-weight ever at La Crosse

In many ways, this tournament is holding true to form for an Elite Series event on the Mississippi River at La Crosse. However, the Day 2/Top 50 cut-weight was the...

Tharp and more talk in BassCam

It’s Saturday at Mississippi River and Craig Lamb talks to 9 Elites about their plans for Day 3 of the Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing in...

Martens has four for 8 lbs.

Aaron Martens has already employed the one-two punch that has put him in the lead after two days – a big flutter spoon and a shaky head worm. He’s caught...

Martens starts quickly

Aaron Martens is on his hot spot up the Black River, about a mile from the takeoff site. And it started hot. He caught two keepers on his first two...

Is “The Hex” coming?

If today is an indication, we may be in for a serious onslaught of “The Hex.” It’ll be deja vu for the Elite Series anglers who were here in 2013,...

A “good case” of bass thumb

After weighing in his 25th-place limit of 15-3 yesterday, Caleb Sumrall was asked if he’d caught a lot of fish. The 31-year-old Elite Series rookie from New Iberia, La., simply...

Spohrer getting comfortable

Gerald Spohrer appears to be getting comfortable in this his second season on the Elite Series. In his previous two events, the 36-year-old angler from Gonzales, La., has finished sixth...

Martens searches, finds a kicker

Aaron Martens was already within ounces of the Mississippi River magic number – 16 pounds – and he was culling through 2-pounders in search of a kicker, according to photographer...

Clarity factor

The rising water is indeed the storyline of the week, thus far, and now a related condition is coming into play. Rising water directly affects water clarity. We are on...