Too many, not enough

Catching 100 bass sounds like a dream day of fishing, right? Not so if you are fishing on Lake Travis for a coveted berth in the sport’s world championship and...

Matt Lee and KVD talk Texas Fest

Two of professional bass fishing’s classiest guys, Matt Lee, who is getting married in 16 days, and Kevin VanDam who has been married for 26 years, gladly took a break...

Hanselman has big-time potential

Elite Series rookie Ray Hanselman has some big-time potential on Lake Travis today. His second-place bag of 16 pounds, 13 ounces includes only three fish: a 5-13, a 3-7 and...

A whale of a first hour

Yes, everyone knows there are big bass in Lake Travis, where the lake record largemouth is 14.2 pounds. Fred Roumbanis mentioned seeing 7-, 8- and 9-pounders during practice, but admitted...

Terry Scroggins’ peanut pattern

You never know what you’re gonna see when you look inside Terry “Big Show” Scroggins’ Triton bass boat. Sometimes it’s two or three pairs of cheap reading glasses tossed among...

Florida bass showing up early

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been stocking Florida strain largemouth bass in Lake Travis since 1988. But all the pre-tournament talk here this week, and in previous tournaments...

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