KVD’s hook in the hand

Bassmaster Live just showed Kevin VanDam landing an 8-pounder on a Strike King 10XD. While unhooking the bass he buried one of the magnum sized trebles deep inside his palm....

KVD hooked up!

Kevin VanDam was just hooked up – first with an eight-pounder, which he landed, then with the Strike King 10XD crankbait, which he caught the fish on. This was easily...

Clunn’s coming and going spot

On Bassmaster Live, Rick Clunn described his two productive areas as “coming to” and “coming from” spots.  That explains why he says, historically, those areas are only good for 3...

Cherry knew he was on ’em

Hank Cherry expected to catch a big bag on Day 1 at Toledo Bend. So his third-place bag of 24-7 wasn’t exactly a surprise. But that’s not to say some...

Meet John Fontenot

Meet John Fontenot, our boat driver for the week. It was hot yesterday, about 90 degrees, so John arrived in his bathing suit today. He’s Cajun French and grew up in south...

You’ve got to go big

“You’ve got to go big,” is the quote of the day and the words spoken by Chris Lane.  So true. Yesterday all of the top 20 anglers had over 20...

Evers battling a murders row

2016 Classic champ Edwin Evers starts Day 2 in 5th place with 22-11. He’s got a murders row in front of him with Chris Lane in 4th, Hank Cherry in 3rd, Rick...

Shad bite shallow, shad bite deep

Looks like the pieces to the shallow (and for KVD) deep bass fishing puzzle are falling into place.  Through Thomas Allen’s recent blog post we learn that Kevin VanDam’s start...

KVD dominates big day

The most impressive stat in Kevin VanDam’s big Day 1 at Toledo Bend wasn’t his five-bass total of 29 pounds, 5 ounces. And it wasn’t his 8-5 big bass of...

Still shallow and deep

This photo taken by marshal Shane Pickett displays more evidence that a shallow and deep water bite is holding up.  I don’t mean to keep repeating the news but what’s...

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