Cherry with a 3-pounder

Hank Cherry’s boat dock pattern is heating up. Five minutes after catching a 4 1/2-pounder, he trolled over to another dock and caught a 3-pounder. That gives him four fish...

Cherry with a lunker forthwith

Hank Cherry finally has a bass in the livewell that he’ll definitely bring to the weigh-in scales today. It weighed about 4 1/2-pounds, and had the added effect of calming...

Cherry with No. 2

Hank Cherry has two bass in the livewell now, a set of 1 1/2-pound twins. He’s still working shallow, around docks and grass lines. He has also landed a non-keeper,...

Lane’s evolving topwater strategy

Everything has fallen into place so far for Chris Lane. He’s got 10 pounds in the boat, including a 4 pounder, and it’s obvious the shad spawn might still be...

Cherry on the board

Hank Cherry just caught his first fish of the day. It’s only an icebreaker, weighing about 1 1/2 pounds. Cherry swung and missed, then pitched back in the same spot...

Clunn’s graduation gift

Rick Clunn is fighting to stay inside the cut. His current weight is 24 pounds, 10 ounces. Nope, that’s not a typo. It’s his weight from Day 1.  Clunn hasn’t...

Duckett rising from the ashes

Boyd Duckett, who caught a reported 13-pounder in practice, caught only three bass yesterday that totaled about one-third of that big one. He had five pounds on Day 1, which...

Shallow puzzle falling into place

We know Kevin VanDam is fishing away from the shoreline. He’s fishing an offshore hump with isolated bottom cover that is providing a replenishing supply of baitfish and bass.  We...

Cherry needing to head home

We chatted with Hank Cherry about his son, who broke his collar bone recently and has had a couple of ear infections. Cherry told Steve Wright he’s eager to get home after...

Cherry loses another big bass

Hank Cherry entered Day 2 in 3rd place with 24-7, despite losing two big fish yesterday. He told Steve Wright one was a 7-pounder.  Today he’s moved up to 2nd place in...