Matty Wong searching for ‘spicy meatballs’
Matty Wong, the second year Elite from Hawaii, has termed big smallmouth, “spicy meatballs” recently. Currently he’s in 6th place in BassTrakk with a five fish limit of 18-12. He...
Big bass and big bags
Interesting notes from Ronnie Moore with the Bassmaster LIVE crew. Most of the time we see the Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the event show up on Day 1 or...
Sands with a “keeper”
This 5-pound smallmouth caught by Cole Sands would be the fish of a lifetime for most anglers across the country, those of us not blessed to live on the banks...
It pays to make the Classic
There’s been a lot of chatter about the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic cutline. Forty-one Elite Series Pros will make it into the Classic via the Progressive Angler of...
Form follows function
Day 2 on the St Lawrence River today. Rick had a fun day yesterday and weighed in over 20 pounds of fish. If you have seen Rick’s recent YouTube video...
Starting to take shape
BassTrakk can be a little misleading early. There’s a shuffle each day at the top of the leaderboard, as some of the previous day’s leaders get off to a slow...
G-Man quote of the day
Gerald Swindle is a man known to have a quick wit. You could call him the Alabama Poet Laureate. Today in the weigh-in line at the St. Lawrence River, Swindle noticed...
Win and you’re in
This is the only Elite event of the season where the champion gets an automatic berth into the Bassmaster Classic, regardless of where he finishes the season in the Progressive...
Dare I say, Dirty Thirty?
Though we’ve never seen a 30-pound stringer of smallmouth weighed on the Bassmaster Elite Series, it’s not an uncommon occurrence in local events on these waters according to Bassmaster LIVE...
The Classic cutline
Some good info from Ronnie Moore and the Bassmaster LIVE crew. When the scales settle on Championship Sunday, at least 41 Elite anglers will know they’ve made it to the...
