Soggy start

The Top 12 Elites have a soggy start to Championship Monday at the GoPro Bassmaster Elite at Dardanelle presented by Econo Lodge. 

Getting dialed-in, maybe

You would expect the Top 51 anglers in what was a 109-angler field to post some better overall numbers on the third day of any tournament anywhere. As you can...

Reminder: Championship Day is Monday

Reminder to fans: this week’s Elite tournament at Dardanelle began a date later than our typical Elite Series tournaments. Which means instead of Championship Sunday, Day 4, or Championship Day,...

Sharing pays off for Hartman

Jamie Hartman is sharing water with David Mullins. That paid off for both anglers fishing Championship Monday. What else paid off was the reassurance of knowing one would help the...

DeFoe cashing in

Ott DeFoe doesn’t like to talk about his chances of winning Toyota Angler of the Year. That’s understandable. The season is at the turning point and there is much work...

Cruising the shoreline with Menendez

Most of the time bass move shallower when the water rises. They swim away from the shoreline toward deeper water when it goes down. On Lake Dardanelle, Mark Menendez has...

Iaconelli keeping open mind

Michael Iaconelli described the core of his fishing strategy as keeping an open mind. It’s a good thing. Up to 17 fishing outfits were on his front deck each morning...

What’s Ike really got?

Mike Iaconelli just made a jump into third place, according to BASSTrakk. If he really has 18-4 on the day, he would be only 2-2 behind leader Mark Davis. But...

Dardanelle performers

Mark Davis harped yesterday that Lake Dardanelle is his nemesis. He based that on the early days of his career when good practices led to poor local and state tournaments....

Junk fishing to the extreme

Todd Faircloth felt the frustration of so many other Elite Series pros during his two days on Lake Dardanelle. He finished Day 2 considerably less frustrated than he was after...

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