Meanwhile, over at Guntersville…

My Bassmaster.com colleagues are intrigued and blogging over by the possibility of someone catching a 30-pound bag at the Bassmaster Elite Series event.    What about here? Been there and done it....

Dawn at launch

Registration

James Overstreet shoots photos as Trip Weldon addresses a sea of Elite anglers. And Gene Gilliland, B.A.S.S. Conservation Director, takes a moment to talk about the very important topic of...

Slippery when wet

Several people, including me, should've read this sign before walking on the dock.

Singing of the National anthem

West coast sunrise

Getting down to business on Clear Lake

While the Elite guys are still pretending we are getting down to serious competition on Clear Lake at the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Western Divisional.

The relentless Chris Lane

On Friday, Chris Lane didn't have a Marshal, so early in the afternoon when his cameraman headed in I got to spend an hour in the boat with him.   Chris had...

Lane with the lead?

Chris Lane says he has five fish, but he's not sure how big they are. I'm no math major, but based on BASSTrakk, that sounds like he may have this...

Martens to Lane

We followed Aaron Martens out of the swamp, and suddenly we were right back where we started. To increase the deja vu, Chris Lane is right where he started too....