Zaldain playing hurt

After dropping 19-pounds of Lake Champlain smallmouth on the scales to sit in 3rd place after Day 2 at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite, you’d never know that Chris Zaldain...

Schmitt smashes the competition on Day 2

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Bryan Schmitt has insisted two days in a row that big smallmouth will be the key this week if he wins the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at...

Arey: Heavy 3s and AC/DC

Matt Arey caught a respectable 15-pound limit of Lake Champlain smallmouth Thursday at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite, but in a vivid display of how many fish live in this...

Gross grabs Day 1 Champlain lead

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — This time last month, Buddy Gross was struggling to walk after suffering a freak ankle injury while horseback riding. His right ankle is still grotesquely swollen, but it didn’t...

B. Lester: When God made bass lakes

Brandon Lester is an All-American guy. He’ll drink a beer with a buddy, loves to pick his guitar, and when he’s not competing in a Bassmaster Elite Series event, he’s...

Excited about catching smallmouth

This is an exciting, invigorating time of the year for me. The Bassmaster Elite Series is winding down, so it’s critically important for me to turn in my best performances...

How I will fish Lake Champlain

We are down to two events remaining in the 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series season; Lake Champlain this week and then the St. Lawrence River next week. Our season will end...

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