Grigsby on the board with a 2-pounder
Shaw Grigsby's dry spell has ended. After fishing for about 75 minutes with no bites, Grigsby looked over at us, grimaced and made the choke signal. You've got to give him credit...
Strong wind impacting Grigsby’s morning
This morning Steve Bowman and I are following Day 1 leader Shaw Grigsby. He's back in the same spot where he did his damage yesterday. It's a big wide stretch of...
Looks like a good day for smallmouth bass fishing
The wind is blowing and the sun is shining as Day 2 starts on the St. Lawrence River. The Elite Series anglers liked what they saw before the 6:15 a.m. takeoff –...
Still want to go to Lake Ontario?
At registration yesterday we heard a variety of complaints about Lake Ontario being off limits this year. Of course that's where Brandon Palaniuk won this event in 2013. "I bet they're...
Blue skies and the bass are biting
As you can see from the photos in this blog, it's nothing but blue skies over the St. Lawrence River now, and the smallmouth bass appear to be having a...
Browning with a limit of largemouth
Stephen Browning has five keepers in his livewell for about 18 pounds, and they're all largemouth bass. The pre-tournament hoopla was all about the giant smallmouth bass here, and Browning is catching largemouth?...
Sun shining again in Waddington
As the forecasters predicted, the storm as moved through Waddington and the sun just popped out again, for a minute anyway. That might be the reason the BASSTrakk leaderboard is...
Rojas on a roll
Dean Rojas began his day with a 5-pounder, and now he's added another at 9:29. That gives the AOY leader a 5-bass limit weighing about 21 pounds in the first 3...
Boat driver of the year?
Our boat driver today is Doug Kirkbride of Beaver Falls, N.Y., and this gentleman has quickly put himself into contention for boat driver of the year. That's a little something I keep...
This can’t be helping
Overcast skies and light rain are one thing; pouring rain and accompanying thunder and lightning are another. It's the latter that's over Waddington right now. If you're up the river...
