Connell gone river fishing

We’ve gone up the Tallapoosa River in search of Dustin Connell. When we arrived the young Alabama pro with sitting down rigging up a flippin rod. “I was really catchin...

Avena already on Plan B

Yesterday Adrian Avena told me that his one-two punch involved targeting spotted bass early, waiting for the water to warm up in backs of creeks, then switching over to largemouth...

Avena on the Beaver Lake pattern

Before earning a berth on the Elite Series three years ago, Adrian Avena was a regular on the FLW tour, which used to stop on northwest Arkansas’ Beaver Lake every...

Defining stained water

It’s no secret that fishing the backs of creeks for largemouth is a key pattern this week on Lake Martin. The textbook reason is stained water that is warmed by...

Hawk adds third keeper

Roy Hawk just added his third keeper, a small bass in the 1 pound range. This gives him three in the livewell for about 5 pounds.  Currently he’s fishing shallow....

Weather on the way

We’re appreciating every minute that it’s not raining. The big weather band carrying moisture is sliding northeast of us for now and hopefully giving us at least the morning without...

Omori has everything working

Here’s how well things are going for Takahiro Omori: He’s got bass retrieving his lost crankbaits. If you’re watching Bassmaster LIVE, you saw Omori reel in a fish in a...

Hawk is a hammer

Roy Hawk started today in second place with 28-12. That’s less than 4 pounds behind our leader Takahiro Omori. Already today he has two largemouth for 4 pounds in the livewell. Hawk...

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