Jordon will have stories today

If you know Kelly Jordon, you know he’s always got some fishing stories. Sometimes more stories than you care to hear. But he’s going to have some today that everyone...

Duckett with fourth keeper

Boyd Duckett is working his way to a solid bag of bass. He just put keeper number four in the livewell. This one is in the neighborhood of 2 and a quarter...

B. Hite, KJ having a shootout

Brett Hite and Kelly Jordon are having one heckuva shootout this morning. Hite caught a 7-pounder at 10:27 to give him 19 pounds for the day. Jordon answered with a 4-pounder at 10:28 to...

Bass are biting better, so far

If you’re following the BASSTrakk Twitter feed, you’ve noticed how quickly and constantly fish catches have been reported this morning. Unofficially, it appears to be a much better day for...

Duckett with third keeper

Alabama pro Boyd Duckett just landed his third keeper. He measured it at just over 12 inches. It’s probably not much over a pound. But in a tight tournament like this every...

Ducket with a 5-pounder

Boyd Duckett just put a 5 pound largemouth in his livewell. “That’s better!” he said. Duckett worked the bass very carefully and slowly into his boat. “I just had one...

Jocumsen on the board

Carl Jocumsen had boated his first bass of the day. It is small, maybe a pound and a half at best. But it’s a start. In the photo that’s Jocumsen...

More locals today

According to my partners, Steve Bowman and boat driver Mike Phipps, there were no spectator boats or local anglers fishing this area of the Copper River yesterday.  Today we’ve seen eight boats....

Myers all shook up

Britt Myers jumped to the top of the leaderboard on his first cast of the day. And he’s all shook up. “When you drive two hours, make one cast and...

How we stay ahead of the anglers

Steve Bowman and I are awaiting the arrival of Day 1 leader Carl Jocumsen. We’re sitting in the area where he caught his 19+ pound bag yesterday. This spot on...