Separation anxiety

A clean slate. That might literally be the most valuable tool an Elite angler takes into the twice-postponed start of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake. The impacts...

Palaniuk lands 4-pounder

Brandon Palaniuk just put a 4-pound bass in his livewell. That gives him an early 5-fish limit of 16-2 in BassTrakk, which has him in second place. The 4 pounder...

The drum bite is on

The drum bite is on. With one keeper smallmouth in the boat, Gary Clouse has outlasted four other Elite Anglers that started in this general vicinity. The lone angler left...

Martin staying close

Scott Martin has started his morning right at take-off, and already has a limit for roughly 16 pounds. The Floridian has been focusing on a few isolated trees that create...

Water went from 5 feet to 12 feet

This morning Steve Bowman and I are at a well known community hole where we expected to find 20 boats. That turned out not to be the case. For 30...

Lester: 10 keepers in 90 minutes

Photographer Andy Crawford is following Brandon Lester this morning, and Lester is putting on a show. He’s caught 10 keepers already in the first 90 minutes of this tournament. He...

Martin has two early

If you’re following the BassTrakk Twitter feed, you know the bass are biting this morning. Scott Martin landed this 4 1/2-pounder at 7:28 this morning and has since added two...

Carriere lands 4 1/2-pounder early

It will be interesting to see the ratio of largemouth and smallmouth bass brought to the weigh-in scales this afternoon at Pickwick Lake. Tyler Carriere of Youngsville, La., landed this...

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