2020 AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River
The canals of the St. Johns
Clark Wendlant fishing the canals of the St. Johns River on a beautiful, peaceful Sunday morning. Several residents have come out on their docks, coffee cups in hand, to chat...
Cook’s Bed Fish Technique
As Day 2 of the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at the St. Johns River unfolds, we’ll likely see a handful of anglers targeting bedding bass. Florida’s Drew Cook will almost certainly...
Jaye fishing on his terms
Kelley Jaye knew it would happen, and it did. Last year, he finished 11th on a jerkbait pattern, which is basically Jaye’s middle name, should he be named after a...
Mueller with a start up river
Paul Mueller started Day 2 in second place after producing one of only a few 20-plus-pound bags. He made a 40-minute run, away from the crowds of other Elite anglers,...
Wendlant fishing skinny
We’re on Clark Wendlant this morning and have followed him into a skinny canal. There was competition on this section of the St. John’s River for the prime canals, with...
Mueller’s case study
Paul Mueller told me yesterday that he went looking for “new water” early on. My question to him was why so soon? It was the first day of competition, of...
Prince: “Kelley Jaye is going to win it”
Local favorite Cliff Prince didn’t get enough time with the “running water” he needed from an incoming tide yesterday. “I culled two in the last five minutes,” Prince said. “I...
