Ike, Ish leading at the halfway point
Ish Monroe and Mike Iaconelli have significant but unsafe leads at the halfway point of the afternoon session. Monroe just made a nice cull, trading a 15-ounce bass for a...
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Monroe, first man with a limit
Ish Monroe is now culling after landing his fifth keeper at 1:38. However, Monroe has plenty to cull in his 8-pound, 2-ounce total. They include two 15-ouncers, a 1-7 and...
No. 3 for Ike
Ike just added his third. He set the hook from the front of the deck and ran to the back where he almost knocked over Ben Oliver, BASS cameraman and...
Ike on two
We are in one of the bigger arms or bays in the lake. Like I said earlier, Ike is setting a furious pace, going from one spot to the next....
Ish flips up a 3-pounder
Ish Monroe is following what has emerged as the dominant pattern of the day, fishing boat docks. And it paid off with a 3-pound, 3-ounce largemouth at 1:15 p.m Monroe...
LIVE: Lefebre’s clutch catch at buzzer
Dave Lefebre landed a 3 1/2 pounder with less than 3 seconds on the official clock to end the morning session of Round 1.
Ike’s furious pace
As we expected, Ike is going at a furious pace this afternoon. He’s making a few casts at key spots, the half on plane, half off plane speeds to the...
Ike strikes “gold”
Mike Iaconelli called it “the best bite I’ve had in a long time.” We’re assuming that statement was heavy with sarcarsm, but the 2-pound, 4-ounce bass was the biggest in...
Iaconelli fired up, ready to go
Mike Iaconelli is so fired up and ready to go that he’s doing handstands on his boat deck, as captured by Steve Bowman. Iaconelli has always walked to the beat...
