It’s shallow vs. deep so far

In both matchups this afternoon, one angler is fishing shallow and his opponent is fishing deep. Dave Lefebre is sticking to one of his favorite techniques – skipping a jig...

Powroznik vs. Kennedy; Lefebre vs. Jaye

After fishing the morning session on Day 1, it’s three hours of afternoon fishing for Jacob Powroznik vs. Steve Kennedy and Dave Lefebre vs. Kelley Jaye. Powroznik had the biggest...

Ike vs. Ish in the semifinals

As Ish Monroe noted on “Bassmaster LIVE,” he’s going to be fishing against one of his best friends in the world tomorrow in Mike Iaconelli. Monroe cruised to a victory...

Jersey boys put on a show

Mike Iaconelli and Adrian Avena – the two New Jersey natives – staged quite a battle this morning, but Avena falling one bass short of a limit on Day 1...

Avena bails on the “pike hole”

Adrian Avena’s calculated gamble for some big bites in Little Pokegama Lake didn’t pay off. His buzzbait produced several big bites, but they were all northern pike. “I’m going to...

Avena taking a calculated gamble

Adrian Avena knows he needs some big bites to catch Mike Iaconelli in this last hour of their match. That’s why he’s risking the trip into Little Pokegama Lake. “It’s...

Ike answering Avena’s challenge

Mike Iaconelli has changed horses for the last hour, switching from swimming a jig in pencil reeds for largemouth bass to casting a jerkbait along a sloping sand flat for...

Boat down!

If Ike pulls off some heroics in the last hour we won’t be there to see it. Our motor just went down. We are dead in the water. That’s the...

Avena making a bold move

Adrian Avena just made a bold move with one-hour left to fish. He ducked down on his boat deck and powered with his trolling motor under the bridge that he’s...

No quit in Avena

Adrian Avena isn’t going down without a fight in this matchup of Jersey boys with Mike Iaconelli. Avena has gone back to the small bridge where he caught his first...