Cherry catches them on a swimbait

Hank Cherry has moved down the bank and offshore from where he started, and he has switched to a swimbait. That's what produced bass No. 2 for him just now...

Cherry on the board quickly

It didn't take long for  Hank Cherry to put a bass in the boat this morning. He ran about a quarter-mile out of the no-wake zone at the takeoff area,...

Our work is done here

Chris Zaldain, Gerald Swindle and Kevin VanDam have picked up and zoomed past us.   I think our work is done on Lake Muskegon.  

“The pyramid” is popular

"The pyramid" is a popular spot for the final minutes at Lake Muskegon. Kevin VanDam is fishing the riprap banks near the somewhat pyramid-shaped office building and Aaron Martens is...

VanDam scrambling to the wire

Kevin VanDam is scrambling to the bitter end. Add a frog to the baits VanDam has thrown in the last two hours today. And you can add it to  the...

Ike with a flurry of keepers

Mike Iaconelli is fishing in a little industrial area surrounded by loading docks and big piles of sand. And he is killing it in here with three keepers in 15...

KVD has five, not four

Kevin VanDam has a limit, not four fish, as it has been showing on BASSTRAKK. His estimated weight is 11-13. We just got close enough to confirm that with VanDam...

Wind turning on bite?

I heard several anglers say yesterday that if the wind would pick up the bite would turn on. Well, they got their wish. It's blowing at about 15 miles per hours now,...

Food for thought – stinky style

I just broke out a can of sardines in hot sauce, to add some flavor to my ham-and-swiss sub. Those things can get a bit bland without some, uh, added...

Lane pitching to vegetation

We've moved out to the main lake where we find Bobby Lane. He's pitching to holes in the grass.   This water is really clear. And there's lots of grass....