Reunited and it feels so good

In further testament to the efficiency of the Elite Series service crews, Brian Beebe, James Overstreet, a loaf of PB&J sandwiches and I are back on the water. And we...

Martens lands a good cull fish

Aaron Martens is fishing near the Clinton Street bridge, just around the corner from the launch site, and he's stroking 'em now. He just landed another 2 1/2- or 2...

Martens suddenly hot

Aaron Martens has caught two good ones in the last 15 minutes — one that weighs almost 3 pounds and another in the 2 1/4 range — giving him a...

High and dry, but following Martens

James Overstreet continues to give me periodic updates from Aaron Martens, who hasn't caught another keeper lately.   I'm standing on dry ground, what little there is in La Crosse...

Dead in the water and deserted

Aaron Martens cranked up the big motor and made a move about 10 minutes ago.    Remember that earlier shout-out to our boat driver Brian Beebe? Uh, not so much...

The tortoise vs. the hare

With Tommy  Biffle, as he predicted, off to a hot start, this is shaping up to be a tortoise vs. hare race. Aaron Martens hasn't been catching many fish —...

A-Mart and PB&J – all day long

James Overstreet and I are set to spend the day with Aaron Martens in South Lauderdale – the local name for a cut off the Black River, where you can...

Baker and vegetables?

Shaye Baker has been a great addition to the Bassmaster.com crew. He can do a bit of everything, and most of it well.   At dinner this week writer Steve...

Decisions, decisions for Zaldain

Chris Zaldain is having a good day. Not quite as good as BASSTrakk credited him with earlier. But this is one of two 4-pound smallmouth he's got in his livewell....

Brian Beebe: boating phenom

I'm a little late in posting this but wanted to give proper recognition to my Day 1 camera boat driver Brian Beebe of Rice Lake, Wisc. He was also a camera boat...