On the board
Brandon Lester is on the board. At 8:10 he caught his first bass, in the 2 and a half pound range. And on the very next cast he caught his second keeper from the...
2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Wheeler Lake
Lester: Current please?
We idled up close enough to have a little chat with Tennessee angler Brandon Lester. He hasn’t had a bite yet. “It’s definitely slower today,” he said. “There’s no wind, no current....
Meanwhile, at Guntersville
I spent the last two weeks on Guntersville covering two B.A.S.S. events. Not surprisingly there are similarities with what’s going on here at Wheeler. Last week the shad spawn accounted...
Walker: Best Wheeler weigh-in ever
After Day 1, when Wheeler Lake more than pleasantly surprised most of the Elite Series field, David Walker put it in perspective, saying, “This was the best weigh-in in the...
Lester and Klein fishing in same neighborhood
Just about a mile from takeoff we’ve found Brandon Lester and Gary Klein, fishing about 50 yards apart. Lester finished Day 1 in 4th place, with 18-11. Klein finished the day in...
The shad spawn early bite
The BASSTrakk Twitter feed lit up like a slot machine minutes after takeoff yesterday. Expect more of the same today. There’s a massive shad spawn occurring on Wheeler Lake this...
It’s Willie Nelson’s birthday
Willie Hugh Nelson was born on this day in 1933 in Abbott, Texas. His parents had moved there from Arkansas in 1929 amidst the Great Depression to look for work....
