Rook fighting demons

Rook has lost three nice fish this morning. And he's had some pleasure boaters get a little too close to his spot. He's showing some frustration. But if he can...

Rook loses another good fish

Rook's big fish woe's continue. He just hooked up and lost a 3 1/2-pounder. That's his third of the morning.   You can hear him over the waves and wind...

Martens has caught at least two

Aaron Martens is fishing about 40 yards away from Scott Rook. He’s been very patiently fishing the same spot all morning. Driver Brian Eisch says he’s fishing on top of...

DeFoe making an AOY run

After a slow start at Oneida, Ott DeFoe is suddenly making a run at the AOY title, like many thought he would. BASSTrakk numbers in the last hour showed DeFoe...

Rook’s strategy

Scott Rook is fishing the edge of a shoal where the water goes from about 12 feet to 7 feet. He's dragging a drop shot along the bottom, right where...

Searching for 5-pound game-changer

Todd Faircloth explained his predicament Friday in the quest to catch Brent Chapman in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year race. Faircloth has posted almost identical days: 14-5,...

Rook is culling fish

Scott Rook just caught his sixth keeper and culled up a half pound. We're estimating that gives him 11 pounds.   Rook's boat got turned so that Steve Bowman wasn't...

Rook and a camera boat

Scott Rook being followed closely by a Bassmaster camera boat. Wes Miller is holding our slow motion camera. Watch The Bassmasters on ESPN2 next week to see his work.

Rook just lost a big one

We just watched Rook lose a big fish. That makes two in the last 30 minutes. The first was at least 3 pounds. The second looked bigger than that. Judging...

Duckett, Jordon, Starks have agreement

The area where Boyd Duckett, Kelly Jordon and Jeremy Starks are playing bumper boats is operating under an agreement among the three: There are no rules.   "We're all going...