Top 12 are atop first day leaderboard

The final four qualifiers for the Toyoata Tundra Championship week got the jump on the field and shaking up the points after the first day of the Ramada Trophy Chase on Lake Jordon.

Is it my turn yet?

I'm back in Columbus after three tournaments in three weeks. I got a check in two of them and should have had one in the third.

Good times in Alabama

Yesterday was a wonderful day for me and the rest of the anglers fishing the postseason. Each of us took a wounded veteran out on Lake Cameron for a fun-filled, bragging rights tournament called the Hope for the Warriors Tournament.

Wounded soldier leaves Klein impressed

The Hope for the Warriors program teamed up Sean DeBevoise of North Carolina with Elite Series pro Gary Klein for a day of fishing Lake Cameron.

‘Oh Beautiful’

If you are alive, breathing, and can think, all you need to do is to look into the face of a warrior, wounded or not, active or not, and while the flag is high, and the sun is low, and the anthem plays, you will see in the eyes of those who were there this: Freedom hurts.

Where there’s hope, there’s bass

The Hope for the Warriors program paired up Elite Series Pro's with Wounded Warriors for a day of fishing.

Russ Lane: Alabama River

It had to be special: Russ Lane coming from a four-way tie for last place in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings to within five points of winning the title to start this week's second, and final, event of the postseason on the Alabama River.

Lake Champlain: How Wolak Did It

Dave Wolak talks about the Bassmaster Northern Open on Lake Champlain and how he won

BASS Reporter’s Notebook

Deb Johnson highlights the Elite Series postseason, the standing for the AOY, and Quotes from the pros.

Off day for Elites

Monday's off day for the top 12 Elite Series anglers was anything but. The pros' had the Wounded Warriors, media interviews, and luncheon.