Feider close to his prediction

Last Sunday, after he finished second on the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Seth Feider predicted 78 pounds would win at Mille Lacs Lake, his self-described “home away from home.”...

Ehrler smashes a Classic berth

Brent Ehrler just punched his ticket to the Bassmaster Classic – in style. Ehrler, He came into this event in 41st place in the AOY standings. He entered the day...

Swindle’s day off, pay off

Gerald Swindle is in his element. Earlier in the week he reluctantly started with a drop shot rig. He seemed to be stuck on using that lure, which isn’t in...

Kennedy amazed by Mille Lacs

Steve Kennedy expressed just how much fun he’s been having on Mille Lacs Lake when he said on the weigh-in stage Friday, “I missed my 20th wedding anniversary and my...

Tough all around

The day is tougher on the whole field today. There are some who are catching them. Some who aren’t. That feast or famine deal is pretty standard for most bass...

Swindle’s switch paying off

Previously, I wrote that Gerald Swindle will fish “his way” on the final day of the season. He’s doing that and applying a cool confidence factor to his lures. Taking...

Meet Jon Kuester

The boat driver for myself and Steve Bowman this week has been 33-year-old Jon Kuester of Stanley, Wisconsin. That’s a three and a half hour drive away from Mille Lacs...

Slower day

It’s much slower today than on Friday. There were times two days ago when Palaniuk and Herren would hook up at the same time and many times when one or...

Wide open leaderboard

Oddly, the focus of the leader board is near the bottom, where Gerald Swindle is making a climb, one rung at a time, higher up the AOY standings.  On the...

It’s a big reef

Matt Herren and Brandon Palaniuk are fishing on Garrison Reef. Looking around, so is Jacob Powroznik, Boyd Duckett, Keith Combs and Michael Iaconelli. It’s a big reef. But these guys...