Can anyone catch Cobb?
At first glance it looks like 29-year-old Brandon Cobb of nearby Greenwood, S.C., has this tournament won. With a 5-pound, 10-ounce lead over second-place Micah Frazier and competing on Lake...
Was that a break?
If that was a break, you couldn’t prove it by me. I’ve been about as busy as I’ve ever been for the past month or thereabouts. Between the 2019 GEICO...
Cobb holds on to Day 3 lead
ANDERSON, S.C. — For three days, the field has been waiting for Brandon Cobb to stumble. It hasn’t happened yet — and now, they’re almost out of time. Cobb caught...
Service crews take the stage
ANDERSON, S.C. — They are up long before daylight and in bed way after dark. Checking in and out of hotels for weeks at the time. Drive through fast food...
Cobb holds Hartwell lead
ANDERSON, S.C. — Brandon Cobb has been driving about an hour every morning this week to the takeoff site for the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Hartwell. It’s a little farther...
St. Clair to host 2019 Toyota AOY Championship
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Bassmaster Tournament Trail has visited Lake St. Clair six times since the early 1990s, including twice for high-stakes Elite Series events. But the stakes have never...
Lessons from legends: Ken Cook
In late fall of 1988, B.A.S.S. held an Invitational on Bull Shoals Reservoir. I remember it clearly. It was one of my best showings to date, early in my career....
Cobb grabs Day 1 lead
ANDERSON, S.C. — When Brandon Cobb realized the bass might be spawning for this week’s Bassmaster Elite at Lake Hartwell, he grimaced just a little bit. Cobb is a South...
Maybe it’ll pay to be sick
The day before Team Toyota’s Matt Arey left home in Shelby, N.C. for the relatively short drive down to Lake Hartwell, he spiked a 101-degree fever. His sweet wife Emily...
What to watch for on Thursday
On Wednesday afternoon myself and Andy Crawford gathered winning weight predictions from the pros. Andy shot the photo gallery and I recorded how they equated the weights. Curiosity also got...
