Lefebre’s fix

“Yesterday I hooked 25 keepers and only landed only 1 of 3.” Dave Lefebre shared that with me during an interview after he weighed in. Lefebre had just weighed 18...

Luck of the draw

Yesterday Mark Davis told me this tournament is “a game of inches.”  “The way my fish, well, our fish, were positioned made it all about the line of retrieve.” Davis...

Card anything but confident

Brandon Card might be more surprised than anyone over the fact that he sits atop the leaderboard after one day on Ross Barnett Reservoir. In first pre-practice and then practice...

Up the river

I spent yesterday down the lake where we would occasionally see anglers close together. Today I’m up the river and this has shades of Lake George all over it. I’m...

The early hours are crucial

It’s not just that most of the bass have been caught early on Ross Barnett, both in practice and on Day 1. It’s that combined with the anglers being concentrated...

Movers and shakers

While Keith Poche and Dustin Connell battle for the lead, other anglers are moving from outside in to the Top 10.  Bobby Lane is the biggest jumper, having moved into...

Leveled playing field

This Ross Barnett Reservoir event marks a turning point in this season for the Bassmaster Elite Series. The previous two tournaments were held with the bass in all spawning phases...

On the bank or offshore?

After the early morning shad spawn ends – and it has been extended by today’s cloud cover – anglers will have to decide whether to stay near the bank and...

When details matter

“Nobody will be able to hide.” The anglers repeated that quote many times yesterday when interviewed about predictions for the week. The reason, of course, is The Rez is fishing...

BASSTrakk being stubborn

Update: I think we got this fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. For some reason that we are currently trying to discover, BASSTrakk stopped reporting a little while ago. We are...