BASS booth babes

One of the things we do here at BASSfest is staff our booth with attractive and smart ladies. From left that's Faith McDonough, Maria Sanders and April Phillips. These BASS staffers do...

A little altercation between KVD and Ike

One of the most interesting parts of the day for me was witnessing a little altercation between arguably the two most popular guys in fishing — Kevin VanDam and Mike...

Wheeler has more weight than we thought

Jacob Wheeler just made a short move and we got a chance to speak with him for a moment – a clarifying moment. That "6-pounder" guess I made earlier was...

Wheeler relying on experience at Chickamauga

Jacob Wheeler probably has more experience on Chickamauga Lake than anyone else in this field. Wheeler met a fellow Junior Bassmaster angler several years ago who has become his best...

KVD’s move paying off

I speculated earlier that KVD may have had a trolling motor issue. That appears not to be the case. He moved across the lake while we were away, adding three keepers to...

Wheeler lands a lunker

All of Jacob Wheeler's running and gunning has finally paid off. He's thrown a marker buoy out only a time or two this morning, but he threw one out pretty...

Herren with 5

While those guys on the dock were asking for free lures from Matt Herren he caught a 3 1/2-pounder.   The dock is at Chester Frost Park and boat ramp....

Only 1 Amigo left

Russ Lane is the only Amigo left here now. That's him in the photo alongside Mark Zona, James Hall and Tommy Sanders. Jeff Kriet is now fishing north of here and KVD...

Debating the city budget with Matt Herren

Just around the corner from Andy Montgomery is Matt Herren. Steve Wright just told me over the phone that an 8-pounder got caught around here earlier this week.We're not so...

No flurry so far today

So far today the 3 Amigos (KVD, Kriet and Russ Lane) have not experienced the bass whacking flurry they had by this time on Thursday. So they're moving around more today. Lane...