An upward trend, barely

Brandon Palaniuk has a limit now and has turned around the trend of progressively smaller fish – barely. His fifth came on the vibrating jig and weighed 1-15, giving him...

A big ol’ 1-13

This is not a good trend – each of Brandon Palanuik’s now four bass today has gotten progressively smaller. His latest? “A big ol’ 1-13 gettin’ it done,” Palaniuk said....

No more two horse race

Jordan Lee has obviously dialed into a sweet spot in his given area. He started today in 9th place, about 15 pounds out of first place. Now he’s within 3...

Palaniuk makes a move

Brandon Palaniuk just made a short move to a protected area known as Deer Stand. He’s caught fish on a topwater bait here this week. He had a blow up...

J. Lee playing strengths

When questioned about his patterns at a given tournament Jordan Lee oftentimes refers to what he does as “like fishing back home.” That is Lake Guntersville, another powerhouse bass fishery...

More nightmare than dream

Brandon Palaniuk was hoping for a hotter start than this. He just looked our way and said, “This is not exactly the action-packed start I dreamed about last night.” But...

A sure ‘nuff Sunday shootout set

LUFKIN, Texas — Imagine two-day leader Brent Ehrler’s surprise when he caught 24 pounds, 3 ounces on Day 3 – his biggest bag of the tournament – and dropped to...

Palaniuk with no. 3

He went an hour between bites, but Brandon Palaniuk has put his third bass on the scorecard – a 2-2. “They’re going to have to get bigger, but this will...

Swindle playing ‘small ball’

Gerald Swindle has just moved from 12th to 6th place in the BASSTrakk standings. There is something special about that move. Recently in a speech the two-time Toyota Bassmaster Angler...

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