Wheeler rolls an almost 7-pound lead on BASSfest field

At age 23 and from Indianapolis, Ind., Jacob Wheeler would not be most people’s odds-on favorite to take over in the June 11-15 Bassmaster BASSfest competition on Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake.

Tennessee Vols take lead on Watts Bar

The University of Tennessee’s Tyler Wadzinski and Matt Beeler might want to go searching area boat dealerships tonight for Austin Neary and Zachary Hicks.

Monstrous “Hiring Our Heroes” Tundra rolls into BASSfest

Toyota has wheeled-in the Hiring Our Heroes Monster Tundra to BASSFest on Lake Chickamauga near Dayton, Tenn., this week, to make the presence of the program known to fishing fans.

VanDam fishing off the map

Kevin VanDam has been accused of being from another planet. He’s actually from Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Who can be consistent?

Mike Iaconelli, with 25 pounds, 12 ounces, headlined a group of 14 anglers who caught 20 pounds or more on Day 1 of BASSfest. But not one man in the group expressed confidence in being able to repeat it on Thursday at Lake Chickamauga.

Ike fires up at ‘The Chick’

Elite pro claims his timing may be the only thing separating him from the rest of the field on the first day of competition.

Oh, BTW: Aaron Martens

Don Barone chats with Aaron Martens, who currently sits in third place in Toyota Angler of the Year points.

Fishing is good at Chickamauga

After the fishing public sees what we do here on Chickamauga this week, I’m predicting they’ll all know that this body of water is one of the best bass lakes in the country.

Mind games at Chickamauga

Here are five things to watch as the BASSfest four-day tournament progresses.

Pros ‘Pick 3’ for Chickamauga

We chatted with a few anglers and here are their three picks to do well at this event.