The hoped-for flurry
The hoped-for flurry like that of yesterday hasn’t started yet. Even though Alton and Scanlon have this drift to themselves the bites haven’t come at the pace of a day...
Second day same as the first
For all the talk about how the fishing changed from a cloudy Day 1 to a sunny Day 2, what came to the weigh-in scales yesterday was remarkably similar to Thursday....
Not another bass boat in sight
Alton Jones and Casey Scanlon have arrived at the mouth of the Huron. Any worry they might have had about a local tournament and it's anglers filling up their area was...
Where will they go today?
For the leaders, like Brandon Palaniuk, James Elam and Alton Jones, there is no need to guess about where they will be fishing today. They'll be back in the hottest...
Different day today
Yesterday morning I was certain hell had frozen over, since the temperature gauge showed 45 degrees and it's August. Different day today. It's almost a full 20 degrees warmer...
Already raining
It appears as if the anglers headed to Huron will have an added thing to deal with this morning. While St. Clair has 20 percent chance of rain today, it's already...
Headed back to Huron
My boat driver and I are headed back to the St. Clair River and Huron. That's where the top four anglers are fishing this week, along with Jonathon VanDam (7th place)...
Palaniuk had to change his approach
Brandon Palaniuk made an usual statement on the weigh-in stage yesterday. He said he hasn't looked an the Toyota Angler of the Year points since the second tournament of season....
The volatility of the final AOY days
There was no better example of this tournament's make-or-break aspect than James Elam's Day 1 at the Plano Bassmaster Elite at Lake St. Clair. In his third season on the...
Classic and candid moments on “Bassmaster LIVE”
If you’re watching Bassmaster LIVE, you’ve already seen some classic clear-water, light-line smallmouth bass catches this morning. It takes awhile to land one of these hard-fighting smallies on the 8-pound...
