I see your true colors

John Cox has first keeper of the day. It comes aboard in the 2-pound class. Not the neighborhood he wants to be in but it’s a start. He’s frustrated this...

Slow start for Cook

Drew Cook is off to a bit of a slow start this morning on Day 1 of Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain. His first few spots produced no fish due...

Ticonderoga … or bust

It’s more of a bust right now, John Cox, Bill Lowen and Kyle Monti appear to be the only anglers who chose to make the long run to the largemouth-rich...

Jocumsen struggling

Carl Jocumsen has yet to put a bass in the livewell, and the strain is showing. He’s around fish: He was almost gunnel to gunnel with Brandon Palaniuk, who has...

Low water levels

The photo above shows John Cox fishing down a bank of the Ticonderoga. What it doesn’t show is the water that is missing from the right side of the photo....

Postspawn blues

Expect to see the anglers catch a lot of smallmouth today on Lake Champlain. The fish are biting. That’s the good news. The not so good news is how many...

John Cox patiently waiting

We’ve set up on John Cox who is further south into the Ticonderoga. He’s fishing a big flat with a bunch of milfoil pods. The closer we get to him...

Flats play early on Champlain

Anglers don’t like to talk about “flat” productivity, unless you twist the semantics and talk about productivity on a flat. We’re seeing some of this early on Day 1 of...

Wendlandt loses lure to a pike

Clark Wendlandt enters this fourth Elite Series event of the season as the Angler of the Year points leader. Much has gone his way so far this season, including an...

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