Bowman calling turkies
With Tommy Biffle not catching any fish, Steve Bowman is trying to make something happen. Anything. You may notice that's a turkey call in his mouth (Hounds Tooth by Lyle...
We’re off to the weigh-in
Skeet Reese is going to keep fishing until the last possible minute. He's not far from the check-in site, and he's got a 5-pounder here that he's been trying to...
Reese targeting fry-guarders
James Overstreet is in the boat with Skeet Reese and has been texting me details about Reese's method of success. He's not targeting bass on spawning beds, but bass that...
Not everybody’s into bass fishing
With the intensity of an Elite Series event, and the crowd at yesterday's weigh-in – despite the rain – sometimes we forget that not everyone on this lake is into...
Reese upgrades again
Skeet Reese is hot right now. Does he have enough to win it?
Boat driver Travis
That's a photo of Travis McDermott, our boat driver today. He's from Marietta, Ga., with wife Heather and 2-year-old son Brock at home. Travis is an avid angler and was...
Dock skipping
We've been watching Hank Cherry demonstrate the fine art of skipping a lure under boat docks. James Overstreet, who has a lot more experience watching Elite Series anglers than I...
Biffle watching it slip away
Biffle is on the move again. He left Potato Creek, ran downriver through a flotilla of debris. Then ran into three backwater lakes all the way to the back, made...
“Mama” be happy again, thank goodness
James Overstreet is the male version of the old saying, "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." "Mama" was mad at me after he got hungry this morning,...
Biffle heads down river
Biffle has given up on the muddy water and is now down river a few miles in a backwater lake.The clarity here is much better and the water temp is...
