Martens has two in the livewell

We just watched Aaron Martens catch his second bass of the day — this one at 6:40 a.m. And we have confirmation that he kept the first one. So Martens...

Martens scores quickly

Aaron Martens has started way back in the canal that he has fished  all week, so far back that we have some disagreement on whether he kept the first fish...

Thanks to my crew

Thanks to my on the water crew today.

Guarding his territory

Aaron Martens must be very comfortable. He's sitting in a congested little inlet, with houses on one side, and he appears to be organizing his tackle. We think he's protecting...

Pace has 13 pounds in his livewell

We just rolled up on Cliff Pace, who is fishing in an area five minutes north of the landing, casting into a shallow flat. He's throwing a Carolina rig. Just...

Hite has 12 pounds

We found Davy Hite fishing under a railroad trestle. In fact, a train rolled a few feet above his head shortly after we pulled up. Didn't seem to bother Hite...

Greenblatt has four in the livewell

Matt Greenblatt says that if this was a pike tourney, he'd be winning it.

Chris Lane moves on

Chris Lane said he's beginning to regret not keeping some of those smaller fish this morning.

Aaron Martens catching but not upgrading

Aaron Martens continues to catch fish, just nothing that will help him at this point. He landed one that looked close, but putting it on a balance beam proved it...

Iaconelli fishing backwaters

Mike Iaconelli has moved around quite a bit this morning. Right now he's testing the backwaters near Crater Island.   We're seeing clouds of mayflies circling above the tall grasses....