Ike with a flurry of keepers

Mike Iaconelli is fishing in a little industrial area surrounded by loading docks and big piles of sand. And he is killing it in here with three keepers in 15...

KVD has five, not four

Kevin VanDam has a limit, not four fish, as it has been showing on BASSTRAKK. His estimated weight is 11-13. We just got close enough to confirm that with VanDam...

Wind turning on bite?

I heard several anglers say yesterday that if the wind would pick up the bite would turn on. Well, they got their wish. It's blowing at about 15 miles per hours now,...

Food for thought – stinky style

I just broke out a can of sardines in hot sauce, to add some flavor to my ham-and-swiss sub. Those things can get a bit bland without some, uh, added...

Lane pitching to vegetation

We've moved out to the main lake where we find Bobby Lane. He's pitching to holes in the grass.   This water is really clear. And there's lots of grass....

Alton on the move

Alton just picked up and is leaving. We quickly asked him how much he had.   He said about 11. That's a little more than what's on BassTrakk. He also...

KVD zigzaging down the lake

Kevin VanDam has run a Z pattern down Lake Muskegon since we've been following him. First he left Bear Lake Channel and headed south across the lake to Great Lakes...

Obsessed with buoys

We have been following Mike Iaconelli for about a hour. During that time he has mostly fished buoys. Just a few casts on each one, then moving on to the next one...

The McCracken

Getting caught up a bit from some of the spectators. Like we guessed, these guys are running and gunning.   We just learned that KVD went to a place called...

KVD under pressure at the ‘Clipper’

Kevin VanDam has to be feeling some pressure right now, as much as KVD can feel after accomplishing two lifetimes worth of B.A.S.S. titles. He knows four bass weighing 8...