Props to Minnesota’s DNR

The no-culling regulation in Minnesota came under some more heat at last week’s Elite Series tournament on the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wis. It cost Mike McClelland his Day...

Hite culling 5 pounders

“If a man is catching nothing but four pounders that ain’t going to cut it.” That’s what Jordan Lee told me yesterday. What was hard to believe yesterday is reality...

Is the best yet to come?

As good as the fishing has been this morning, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. That’s what Randall Tharp thinks anyway. Tharp, who predicted it will take 25 pounds a day...

Two bubble boys getting it done

Outside of the AOY race the most interesting part of this tournament is the bubble boys who are trying to get inside the Classic cut. Those boys are very motivated...

Quintessential KVD

Early in his career if you said the words jerkbait, smallmouth and up north, the next words out of the mouths of fishing fans would be Kevin VanDam. Since those days VanDam...

Omori now on top

Never before has a BASSTrakk leaderboard been so consistently spinning like a slot machine as it is this morning, especially considering there are only 50 anglers in the field, rather...

Swindle’s confidence builder

Gerald Swindle has only 3 keepers in the boat but he’s sniffling his way to buildihg confidence. Swindle has a cold. His knees ache, in fact, he plans to have...

The wind is your friend

I’m able to view the BASStrakk map and the 50 anglers in the Toyota Bassmaster AOY Championship are widely spread on Mille Lacs Lake’s 129,617 acres. What’s also obvious is...

What’s KVD fishing for today?

We’re watching Kevin VanDam put on a Mille Lacs smallmouth clinic. He’s culled at least eight times and has more than 22 pounds in his livewell. That’s got him in first place...

Bronzeback bonanza

The truth comes out on the leader board. It sure didn’t from the anglers prior to the tournament. But they are notorious for sandbagging information and that’s to be expected. ...