Lane on the board
Chris Lane started throwing one of his favorite topwater baits this morning, a Gambler Toad, and had a couple of blowups on it. "It's too pretty a day not...
Lane back in his hotspots
Photographer James Overstreet and I caught up with Chris Lane at 8:30 this morning, right where we left him yesterday afternoon at 1:30. But we weren't there five minutes before...
“Aw hecky durn!”
Mark Zona and Jeff Kriet were in the boat at take off, practicing how they would handle the situation should Kriet lose another Giant fish at the boat (which he...
Starting under a rainbow
Appropriately, on a day when a Bassmaster Elite Series pro will earn a $100,000 first-place check, the sky over Lake Okeechobee was decorated with a rainbow during the 7:30 a.m....
Battle lines shaping up
Watching BASSTrakk we can see a lot of the anglers starting to head back toward the weigh-in area. There might be a couple of catches in the last seconds,...
Early leaders for Angler of the Year
Scott Rook is quietly having a great tournament. He started slow today, but in the last few hours he's built a stringer in the 20-pound range. He's moved...
Big stringers coming in
We've seen several of those big stringers taking place in these waning hours. Earlier in the day we saw some sacks that we have to label "what could have...
Big moves shaking field
Shaw Grigsby, Brent Chapman and Chris Lane all making strong moves up the leader board.
Lane’s big fish
More awesome photos of Day Three coming soon!
Finishing strong
The action hasn't slowed much for some of these guys. Brent Chapman just caught a 4-pound class fish, dumping one of his sinks. He now has about 21 pounds...
