Wheeler’s lineup

Jacob Wheeler is gradually moving up the standings and I’m not surprised. He’s fished Pool 7 and is anal about staying in contact with the lock master. That’s a wise...

Powroznik up to 17 pounds

Jacob Powroznik just crossed the magic 17-pound barrier. He landed a 3 1/4-pounder at 11:41, which gives him 17-2 today, according to BASSTrakk. Only six anglers have topped 18 pounds...

Mystery with Martens

Aaron’s search shallow didn’t last long. He caught the one keeper plus a couple short fish. Now he’s back in the main river channel fishing a drop or hump. We’re...

Finally on the board

Aaron is finally on the board. He went up shallow a little bit ago and it paid off with 2 1/2 pound keeper, flipped out of a flooded willow tree....

The perseverance of Ish Monroe

Ish Monroe thought his tournament was over on Day 1 when he missed a turn in the driving rain and ran his boat onto a sandbar. “I mean completely stopped,...

Head scratcher

I’m sure a lot of folks are scratching their heads wondering how Aaron Martens could be sitting on a zero in a fish factory. Few have scratched harder than we...

Powroznik “cookin’ with gas now”

Jacob Powroznik started the day in a fifth-place tie with Casey Ashley, 1 pound, 11 ounces behind leader Randall Tharp. But he’s taken a big lead early by putting 15...

Ashley: 22 pounds is possible

In the four-tournament history of the Elite Series at La Crosse, no angler has broken the 20-pound mark. Seth Feider came closest to doing so in 2016 with 19 pounds,...

Spohrer’s frog trick

Expect to see lots of imitation frog photos this week in the top lures gallery. What you won’t see is the cool modification made by Gerald Spohrer to his Spro...

Slow morning

It would be an understatement to characterize this morning as slow. While Martens only had four keepers in the well at this time, yesterday (a slow pace compared to the...