Oneida comes down to ounces

When the Elite Series comes to Oneida Lake, ounces seemingly always make a bigger difference than at any other tournament site. The following has been mentioned previously this week, but...

Three little babies

Matt Reed is now fishing close to Scott Rook and Aaron Martens. Reed made it into the Top 50 when Zell Rowland was disqualified yesterday.   When asked how he's...

Ott making a charge

The tragic and magic of Oneida Lake may be showing itself again. We hate to make too much of BASSTrakk totals, because there are some elements beyond anyone's control. For...

Is Santa a Marshal?

This is PJ McManamen, who some have affectionately called Santa. He’s Scott Rook’s Marshal today. PJ is from Ruby, N.Y., which is about 50 miles south of Albany. “I’m out...

Zebra mussels cut the line

We just caught up with Scott Rook. I wrote earlier that he has lost three nice size fish today. Rook told us that for two of the losses the line...

Prince has control of rookie race

Cliff Prince entered the day with the Elite Series Rookie of the Year race under his control. Brandon Card, the leader for most of the season, is done, having finished...

Rook hits a slump

Scott Rook has been in a slow spell. No fish in nearly two hours.

Wind effects today don’t compute

The wind that blew across Oneida Lake this morning, for the first time in three days, may have helped or hurt some anglers, but overall there wasn’t a drastic difference...

Sun protection

I’ve noticed more and more anglers taking measures to protect themselves from the sun. Just think about the number of hours these Elite pros spend in the sun. One trend...

With a little help from your friends

Bobby Lane came within 30 seconds of missing the cut yesterday and, possibly the Bassmaster Classic. That's how close he was to missing his check-in time Friday, and he wouldn't...