Ledoux has many folks rooting for him

If you polled the Elite Series anglers on who they'd like to see win among today's 12 finalists, Kevin Ledoux would win in a landslide. The 35-year-old Choctaw, Okla., resident...

The most surprising Top 12?

At every Championship Sunday on the Elite Series I enjoy studying the top 12 to see what kind of mix of guys made it. Today's is really diverse and full of surprises. It's got...

Evers with his first fish

Day 3 leader Edwin Evers has started fast. He boated his first keeper at 6:34. It's a small one, about a pound and a half. There's a breeze and it's 57 degrees. The...

Perfect weather for Day 4 takeoff

Weather conditions are about as good as possible at today's 6:15 a.m. takeoff for the 12 finalists on the St. Lawrence River: 60 degrees with a high of 84 expected, west/southwest winds...

Skeet doing some sand-bagging?

There's at least some suspicion that Skeet Reese might have closer to 18 pounds than the 14 pounds that BASSTrakk currently shows for him. Since he's, unofficially, of course, only...

Nap time

The noon hour was easily the slowest so far during the tournament. But it appears as if siesta time ended for the St. Lawrence River smallmouth bass right at 1...

St. Lawrence a battle of patterns

With three days observing Elites on the St. Lawrence River, my boat mate Steve Bowman and I have seen anglers fishing three different patterns. Guys like Edwin Evers, Alton Jones...

Evers trying different spots

Since about 10 this morning when Edwin Evers filled out his limit, he has been moving around often, trying different spots.   It's hard to tell from our perspective whether...

It will probably take a 20-pound average to win

Although only two anglers weighed 20-pound bags yesterday, it's probably going to take a 20-pound average to win this tournament. Mike Iaconelli appears to already be there today. He had...

Evers with a nice cull

Edwin Evers just landed a 3 and a half pound smallmouth, bringing his total for today to around 13-pounds. Which puts him unofficially back in the lead. And by the way I’m...

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