Downey on the board quickly

There is a huge class of 4-pound bass in Pickwick Lake, both largemouths and smallmouths. That’s why five 4-pounders – a 20-pound bag – will probably be what an angler...

Early with Jocumsen

This morning Carl has started in an area called coffee slough. He is targeting areas with current breaks. He said he did well here in practice but the water has...

Clouse hanging a left

Going out Boat #6 and Gary Clouse was the first angler to hang a left coming out of McFarland Park. With the dam in sight, Clouse said he just had...

How I will fish Pickwick Lake

Wednesday I send in these columns the night before each Bassmaster Elite Series event, and tonight was an interesting one. I’m staying at McFarland Park this week and just got...

Fun finds in Florence

Frolicking lion cubs, dried herbs, faces in stones, scrap metal musicians and mustard slaw that’ll pucker your lips. Probably not the most common list of tourism brags, but an afternoon...

Optimism abounds in ‘nomad land’

FLORENCE, Ala. — Darold Gleason is from Many, La., so he knows what it’s like to evacuate when a hurricane roars toward the Louisiana Gulf Coast. He had an unpleasant...

Swindle on starting from scratch

There is plenty of uncertainty amongst Elite Series anglers now that the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite on Pickwick Lake has been postponed for a second day. Rising water levels, extreme...

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