KVD finds a big one

After literally just posting a picture of Kevin VanDam holding a tiny bass looking dejected, we get this one in. Kevin appears to be happier with this big bass.

Up the river

We are up river about the halfway point of Lake Dardanelle. Yesterday we tripped over about 15 boats or more, but today we've seen very few at this point, about...

Still foggy on Dardanelle

Elite Series Tournament Director Trip Weldon is getting the boats in order, readying everyone for a potential take-off.

Biffle has “about 17 pounds”

Tommy Biffle just told us he has "about 17 pounds." And we're going to take his word on that. "How come they're not running any water?" he asked, implying that...

Niggemeyer adds fourth

James Niggemeyer caught his second fish since we've been watching him. That gives him four for the day and somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 pounds. Niggemeyer continues to methodically...

Niggemeyer has three

James Niggemeyer just told us he has two in the boat, one good one. He said the "good one" weighs about 5 pounds, and the other about 2 3/4 pounds....

Davis says it’s a grind

I spent a few minutes visiting with Mark Davis last night. He's fished this lake many times but he's far from an expert on this lake. But he's good no...

Quiet in Spadra

It's been a full hour since we launched and we've been idling around in this historic backwater.   We just now ran across Yusuki Myasaki. He said he stopped because...

First cast! JVD

Jonathon VanDam wins the "First cast photo to make it on the Dardanelle live blog" award. Sorry, JVD, we don't have a prize for that. 

Rojas taking no chances

Dean Rojas is taking no chances with check-in time. At 2:30 he gave us the done sign, cranked up the motor and headed in.   He doesn't have a 3-pounder...