Dennis Tietje’s spirits are high

We've slipped over to Dennis Tietje. He has a limit at 18 pounds.  In a short time we've watched him miss one and lose two. But his spirits are high....

Nobody is home

We pull up to the dam and only locals are there. Boat driver says it was full this morning. The Elites have moved to midlake. We passed Faircloth and have...

Two flips

Crochet is still stuck on three. And his pace is still slow and steady.   He just reminded us: "You have to remember I'm just two flips away from a...

Slow and steady for Crochet

Crochet is continually reminding himself of his approach. Like a lot of these anglers, even though they are catching awesome weights, they've had to grind them out.   Crochet just...

Crochet ahead of schedule

Crochet continues with his slow and steady approach, picking apart every piece of cover in front of him.   He just said he was ahead of schedule from yesterday when...

Crochet opts for the “slow and steady” approach

Crochet has put his second keeper in the boat. All together close to 8 pounds it appears.   Crochet spent some time wondering out loud about the dropping water, the...

Clunn’s key cast Friday

Against his better judgement, Rick Clunn made a final cast to one spot Friday – a place where he'd caught four 5-pounders on four casts around 10 a.m. That gave...

Stuck in the middle of Crochet and Tietje

Dennis Tietje pulled up a few minutes ago about 200 yards from Crochet.   They are virtually doing the same thing. I can only imagine what it's like casting to...

Life of a camera boat driver

Darrell Garza would rather be fishing Falcon Lake this week, but he's having some fun as a camera boat driver for Steve Bowman. That's Garza's iPhone photo of Cliff Crochet...

Cliff Crochet drops a 4-pounder in the livewell

I'm with Cliff Crochet at the moment. He busted a big 30-pound plus bag yesterday and for the second event in a row is making his presence felt on the...