Gross’ costly fish
Yesterday, Buddy Gross lost an estimated 6-pounder. Just now, he lost a second keeper at the boat, this one weighing what he believed to weigh 5 pounds. Added together, the...
2021 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake
Stracner slowing down
Bassmaster Rookie of the Year points leader, Josh Stracner is fixing extremely slow early on Day 2 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake. The Alabama native just...
Gross and New
Buddy Gross just boated his third keeper, and then Bryan New arrived nearby. New is fishing a specific area, different from Gross, and along a pea gravel shoreline. We suspect...
Following Pipkens
I’m on Chad Pipkens this morning. He started the day in fourth place and has since fallen out of the top 10. But I don’t think there’s a cause for...
Kennedy lands 4 1/2-lb. smallie
Steve Kennedy was on a “Bassmaster LIVE Mix” segment just before 8 a.m., when he felt a big thump on his 1-ounce spinnerbait and his day changed for the better....
Gross’ fighting tactic, explained
Since Buddy Gross won last year at Lake Eufaula, I have been curious about his technique of fighting fish. With the fish hooked, he points the rod tip directly at...
Gross on the board
Buddy Gross is on the leaderboard with his first keeper. Previously, I reported he was using a lipless crankbait, and now he switched to a bright chartreuse spinnerbait with tandem...
Gross on point
Buddy Gross arrived in his area. He is fishing a shell bed located near a side channel and near a point. The key thing to note is his discovery of...
Before and after
On Tuesday I took this drone photo as part of my aerial gallery of Pickwick Lake. It’s worth seeing again, because those flats and shell beds are under water now....
Zaldain is catching all species
Chris Zaldain didn’t weigh the biggest bag of bass on Day 1, but nobody caught more pounds of fish than he did. Zaldain stayed in the swift tailrace waters below...
