POW! time for Chris Lane

We can barely see Chris Lane but we could clearly hear his signature 'POW!' being hollered out when he caught keeper No. 5. By our rough estimate that gives Chris approximately...

Trivia: Photo opportunity in Orange

First, a disclaimer: This blog post has nothing to do with the Elite Series tournament.   But leading the trivial life that I do, I'm a big fan of things...

Lane with 7 pounds

We're deep into the wilds of Texas following Chris Lane. After hiking through bayou country, we finally found him in a tiny little canal. His marshal is in a different boat due...

Going cross country

We're not able to follow Chris Lane into the shallow canal, so Steve Bowman and I have hopped out of the boat and are tracking him down by hiking through the tall...

Where’s Chris?

We've been in search of Day 1 leader Chris Lane this morning – in the vicinity of Taylor Bayou. He followed a long canal, then got into a smaller canal. It's so shallow...

Decisions, decisions

Undoubtedly, the brain wheels were spinning in the fog this morning for the 113 Elite Series anglers at the Orange, Texas, takeoff ramp.   The two-hour fog delay yesterday was...

Here comes the sun

The sun did its job, burning through the fog.

Launch at 9:40

Tournament Director Trip Weldon reports that take-off will begin at 9:40. The fog has lifted to the point where tournament officials are comfortable letting the competition begin.

Fog delays Day 2

Day 2 on the Sabine River begins in a thick cloud of fog. Using unofficial terms, I’d say Day 1 was foggy, today is very foggy. Or you might call it a...

Are we gonna go?

Walking the docks, that's the question you hear over and over. B.A.S.S. photographer Seigo Saito swears he saw a patch of blue sky, just for a minute. Others say that...