Herren having frustrating day so far

An uncommon situation has Day 1 leader Matt Herren frustrated on Bull Shoals Lake, according to photographer James Overstreet. Herren planned to sight-fish today, and he’s been on plenty of...

Leaderboard shuffling big-time

Granted it’s early, but the way today’s leaderboard is shuffling, you’d think these guys were fishing a completely different lake than they were yesterday. Yeah, of course they are. Check...

Menendez eeking along

Menendez just upgraded again. Not big, but enough to for sure move past 16 pounds. He just keeps eeking along. One minute he’ll catch a short one. Then 10 or...

Menendez culling

After catching up with Menendez he thinks he has about 15 pounds, which is par for course. All these guys guess low on the water. I told him it would...

Lowen may need a Zantac

Lowen is having no trouble getting bites. It’s getting the big bites or bigger bites that  are causing him heartburn. One of his bites was a 2-pound crappie. And in 30...

Catching up with Lowen

After a morning of not seeing anyone catch much of anything outside of a short fish by Keith Poche and a catfish from Casey Ashley, I’ve run way up to...

Keep an eye on Lowen

Greg Hackney noted the importance of a four-pound bass in this tournament – at both lakes, saying, “The deal will be getting a four-pounder every day. That will be the...

Lane still looking

Chris Lane is still looking for his first keeper of the day.  He’s only hooked up on short fish so far. Photo by Bassmaster Marshal Zebulon Blansett  

Tharp first man with a limit

Randall Tharp was the first to catch a five-bass limit today. He did it at 8:50 a.m. with a 2 1/4-pounder, which gave him 10-4 overall. That will be the first of...

On the board at 8:13 a.m.

Andy Montgomery is the first angler on the BASSTrakk scoreboard this morning with a 1-pound, 2-ounce bass at 8:13 a.m. That’s significant only for the fact that today’s takeoff was scheduled to...