Today’s battle: Monroe vs. Lane

Our eyes are off the anglers we've been following all day. Steve Wright and James Overstreet are back in the War Room getting their photo galleries ready for the evening....

Ish lands 5-pounder

We just got a ping on BASSTrakk that Ish Monroe has caught a 5-pounder. That brings his weight up to around 16 or 17 pounds.   For a brief moment,...

Ish’s lead shrinking?

BassTrakk is showing Ish Monroe just 7 pounds ahead of Chris Lane. That's virtually half the lead he started with this morning.

Lane culls way up

Chris Lane was making his second pass around the reed head where he'd just lost a giant. He told  us the fish he lost was a 7- or 8-pounder.   ...

Lane misses monster

Chris Lane said yesterday that he wasn't going to let it get in his head, the fact that he's been losing two or three big bass a day in the...

Kriet catches giant

One of those “friggin’ giants” finally showed up for Jeff Kriet. This photo by Mark Zona shows what could be as heavy as a 7-pounder.    Kriet lost two fish that...

Lane shifts gears

Chris Lane has made a series of short runs but hasn't had another bite since that 4-pounder. He made an interesting observation at yesterday's weigh-in. Lane is concentrating on reed...

Kriet just lost an 8-pounder

Some big fish are starting to show up.   David Walker just caught a 6-pounder and he's jumped into fourth place. Walker's total is about 16 pounds and change.  ...

Kriet looking for giants

Zona checks in from Jeff Kriet's boat where he has been the Marshal all morning.   We have Kriet with five fish weigh about 5 pounds. We also had a...

When you’re hot you’re hot!

Chris Lane sets the hook on a 4-pounder.