Reed sticks a good one
Matt Reed has started to make up for those earlier missed strikes. He just stuck and landed a 3-pounder, then let out a long sigh of relief.
Reed getting frustrated
Matt Reed has had a frustrating day so far. He has two small bass in the livewell, but he's had eight bites. "I've caught two, lost two and missed...
Waiting for the sun
Hank Cherry has a 5-pounder in the boat already, but he's, in his words, "Killing time until the sun comes out and I go to the trees." Cherry had...
Greenblatt saving gas
Matt Greenblatt didn’t have to burn much gas to catch his first fish of the day. He went straight across from the takeoff spot and put a keeper in the...
An edginess in the air
There's a little bit of an edginess in the air this morning. Everything looks the same: Boats gathered around the dock waiting for it to be light enough to...
Launch is getting underway
The Elite anglers are assembled for launch and the singing of the national anthem on Day One of the Rigid Industries Falcon Slam.
Registration begins
The angler meeting is getting ready to start and the best anyone can gather is this event will be nothing like the 2008 tourney. That's to be expected. In...
Elites enjoy mariachi music during registration
I'm still relatively new to B.A.S.S., but I'm pretty sure most angler briefings don't begin like this:
Rojas down to the wire
Dean Rojas is back at the Sulphur bridge. He confirmed he has one 5-pound fish – that’s it. At 2 p.m., he said he’s got about 20 minutes of...
Make it or break it this hour
There's only about an hour of fishing time left here on Bayou D'inde. Dean Rojas has only one keeper, a five pounder, in his livewell. According to BassTrakk he's...
