Big bass on deep beds

In the Bassmaster Blog, we typically do our best to not relay much about tactics and techniques during the opening rounds of competition. There are dozens of reasons why, including...

Powroznik sight fishing

We’ve started our morning on Jacob Powroznik and there’s no denying what he’s doing for a big part of the morning. He’s perched on the front of his boat shaking...

Ike having “magic day”

Mike Iaconelli is currently in second place, according to BASSTrakk, with 21-8. Iaconelli has a reputation for big-eyeing his fish – estimating high, rather than low. But this may be...

Martens ‘surrounded by bros’

Aaron Martens is catching ’em this morning, but he’d like to reverse the ratio of 3 to 1, chain pickerel to bass, according to photographer James Overstreet. BASSTrakk currently has...

Lefebre proving his point

Unfortunately for him, Dave Lefebre is proving the point he emphasized yesterday. Regardless of his reputation as one of the top sticks in this area, the Erie, Pa., resident is...

Tharp’s prediction accurate

Randall Tharp predicted the 107 Elite Series anglers were “going to catch the snot out of them” the next four days on Cayuga Lake. If you want to know what...

Meet Game Warden Shane Fields

I’ve had the pleasure this week of riding in the boat of Shane Fields from McAlester, Oklahoma. He’s been ferrying Steve Bowman and myself around Lake Texoma. And we’ve been...

The Hack Attack is back!

Right before Greg Hackney headed to check in he paused to chat with us. We believe he’s got around 17 pounds, maybe 18, and has this tournament in his hip pocket. But...

Don’t forget about Ashley

As crazy as this sounds, Casey Ashley still has a great shot to win this tournament. The leader starting the day has only two bass weighing a total of 3...

Hackney/Card seesaw battle

If you’ve watched “Bassmaster LIVE” for the last half-hour or so, you’ve seen some dramatic momentum swings between apparent leaders Greg Hackney and Brandon Card. Card vaulted from sixth place...