Frog fishing: fun and misery
Frog fishing is one of the most exciting ways to fish, and one of the most nerve wracking. It’s the epitome of high risk, high reward. You seldom get a...
Pick your poison
Vibrating jigs, swim jigs, Carolina rigs, wakebaits, Spooks, frogs, toads, Ned rigs, punching and cranking have all caught fish on the Mississippi River this week— most have produced in the...
Bait size matters
Throughout the tournament, anglers have observed vast numbers of tiny baitfish inhabiting the grassy areas they’re targeting. Bass will frequently bust and school on these diminutive baits and when that...
Bird’s eye view
Really great camera work from the JM crew this week, laying out the playing field well for us with the Hummingbird Bird’s Eye View. This shot of Bryan Schmitt fishing...
Johnston lands a limit quickly
Chris Johnston has led this tournament the last two days. It didn’t take him long to maintain first place on BassTrakk this morning. He landed his fifth keeper at 8:08...
Water’s rising
Chris Johnston made the comment this morning that he thought the water had risen nearly a foot in his area on Pool 8. This rise in the water repositioned his...
Topwater action heating up
If you’re bored this morning, head over to Bassmaster LIVE and you won’t be for long. The bass are starting to explode on topwaters. We saw Gerald Swindle with his...
Championship Monday is underway
The final day of the final Elite of the 2022 season is now underway. Sunny skies greeted the anglers for the first time in a few days, and there’s no...
A unique sport
As has effectively been documented by now, Brandon Palaniuk is on the cusp of collecting his second AOY title. The sport of bass fishing is a unique one. Imagine if...
Palaniuk refused to bunt
Brandon Palaniuk started the day in 37th place. As long as he finished this event 38th or better, he would win his second Progressive Angler of the Year title, no...
