Lester lighting them up
Brandon Lester is well ahead of schedule here on Day 2. Yesterday, Lester had two keepers at this point. He’s culling now. Moving to a new shallow location, Lester caught...
BassTrakk: Day 1 by the numbers
We heard a lot about tough fishing on Day 1 of the 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Toyota. But how tough was it? The best of...
Big bass biting
The big bass are biting as we speak. Day 1, there was a strong big bite window between 10 and 11 AM, the second best hour of the day with...
Tough times for Gussy
This is the time of the day that Jeff Gustafson wrecked them yesterday, catching his 18-pound bag in less than a half hour. Today, tougher times. Gussy has one solid...
The bait the bass are keying on
Drew Benton just put a crucial 3- pound, 1- ounce bass in the boat on his Damiki-style rig. As he boated the bass on a Dirty Jigs jighead, it spit...
Will overnight storms help or hurt Cox?
If you were sleeping anywhere near Knoxville, Tenn. early Saturday morning, there’s a high probability you were awakened by the sound of high winds, thunder and heavy rain from a...
Johnston and Johnston
Brothers Cory and Chris Johnston were in 5th and 7th place respectively to start Day 2 of the 53rd Bassmaster Classic. Not for nothing, the brothers are from Canada as is our Day...
Day 2 has begun
We’re around 33 hours out now. The fishing will be done. The scales will have settled. The confetti will have fallen. And someone’s career, life, family and legacy will have...
Tough fishing makes some things easier
The bite on Fort Loudon and Tellico has been described by our anglers as tough, slow, a grind, and so on throughout practice leading up to the start of the...
Lester with a big one
Brandon Lester just put a big one in the boat beating the bank with a jig. Lester made the comment earlier that he had all chunky keepers. On a fishery...
