Stop no. 2 on the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Seriess is Lake Lanier in Georgia. This place fishes a lot like Smith Lake in Alabama so that’s what I’ve been trying to relate it to. There are big spotted...
Dateline: Lake Lanier, Georgia“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”- Rabindranath Tagore I am in my comfy pants playing air guitar to Howlin’ Wolf and pacing...
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As I head to the next event at Lake Lanier, I’ve been reflecting on my win at the St. John’s River, and I have to admit – it’s still surreal. I haven’t wrapped my head around it.That’s not to say I...
What a week! The first thing I want to do is congratulate Rick Clunn. There’s almost nothing a fellow angler can say about him. He’s caught them for years. It’s obvious he still has what it...
I'm happy with my St. Johns finish. I was in fifth on Day 1, but I didn't have a good practice and finished 29th, so I'm happy with everything. I basically had one spot, and I was sharing it...
We’re starting the 2019 Elite Series season on the St. Johns River in Florida and immediately thereafter heading six or seven hours up the road to Lake Lanier in Georgia. We’ve had some back-to...
A few weeks ago Bassmaster.com published my column about my history of poor Elite Series starts and the need to reverse that trend this year. With the St. Johns River now in my rearview mirror, I’m...
“In your time the innocence will fall away…” Dateline: Jeff Gustafson and Patrick Walters “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."- Ralph Waldo...
If I had to describe the St. Johns River in a word, I’d say: different. As in, the fishery is different than the last time we were here. What I mean is there’s no grass in a fishery that has...
