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...

Walls of water

Cory Johnston just tried to make a run out into some big water, but had to turn back. “There were 8-footers rolling in,” said the Canadian. Some of these guys...

The clock is ticking

With 2 and 1/2 hours left before the first flight is due in, some of the anglers out on the lake are already into their last hour of fishing. The...

A rare breed

Maybe a half dozen of the anglers in our whole Elite field could do what Chris Johnston just did, even fewer as flawlessly. Landing giant smallmouth on light line is...

AOY, ROY

Brandon Cobb, Kyle Welcher and Jay Przekurat occupy 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the Progressive Angler of the Year race. These three anglers are in 1st, 2nd and 3rd...

Stake your claim

Bass fishermen can be extremely territorial. Like a toddler with a toy, they don’t much like to share. Sometimes it can be done amicably, if both anglers know that the...

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