Fog delays Day 3
The anglers were greeted with a dense fog this morning, an unwelcome sight. For the safety of the Elite anglers and any other boaters that may be on the water,...
The final countdown
Will Davis Jr has made the biggest run since we last checked in. Davis has moved into second place thanks to a 12-minute flury that started at 1:47 and included a 2-8,...
Time to start looking towards the cutline
Anglers sitting above 50th when the scales close today will be guaranteed $10,000 and move on to fish tomorrow, while the other 54 anglers will unfortunately have no money in...
Anglers making moves, Palaniuk doing his thing
The slow grind is still on for the Elite Series field. Bernie Schultz and Will Davis Jr are inching towards 13 pounds, and sitting in second and third respectively. Brandon...
BassTrakk: Day 1 by the numbers
Day 1 of the 2023 Whataburger Bassmaster Elite at Lay Lake was marked by tough fishing, often being compared unfairly to previous Elite events from this season that boasted bigger...
Breaking down Palaniuk’s Humminbird 360 MEGA View
This is a fantastic look at what leader Brandon Palaniuk is doing this week. Looking at the MEGA View shot in the bottom right (streamed straight from Palaniuk’s Humminbird 360...
The fishing is tough; nothing is guaranteed
Grateful, that’s the general attitude every angler has when they set the hook on Lay Lake right now. Jason Christie, 2022 Bassmaster Classic Champ and winner of umpteen other titles,...
Palaniuk fishing shallow, ultra shallow
Brandon Palaniuk is targeting bass super shallow this week. So much so that he couldn’t even gain access to where he caught most of his weight on Day 1, after...
Action-packed morning
The anglers have been and are being confronted by an ever-changing set of circumstances on Lay Lake this week. The water rose a few inches the night before the tournament...
Leaving the dock
The anglers are still leaving the dock now. At the start of writing this blog, there have been no fish catches logged on BassTrakk yet this morning. With the shad...
