G-Man fighting the wind

Bowman and I just caught up with Gerald Swindle. We could tell it was him from a distance by the bowed legs. He's sporting the lime green socks, those stood...

Smallmouth with a ‘goby gut’

JVD had to take some extra time while making his latest cull. He knew this 4-pounder would help him. The problem came when he was trying to discern the smallest...

JVD is still catching ’em

Jonathan VanDam is still catching fish, but nothing that has helped him lately. It's doubtful he'll leave this area where he has been all day. He knows there are big...

Josh Bertrand with a limit

Steve Bowman and I just caught up with Josh Bertrand. That's him fishing in the middle of the big, blue St. Lawrence. I'm still amazed at the size of this body of...

JVD culling – big time

Jonathon VanDam has culled twice in the last 30 minutes, and they were big time culls. He just took a few minutes to weigh his fish, so he would know...

JVD has five fish

Jonathon VanDam just landed his fourth fish. It weighed less than 3 pounds, which should give him around 11 or 12 pounds for the day. He and Pipkens parted awhile...

Hawk hooks up!

Kevin Hawk just landed a 3 and a quarter pounder. That's three fish in the box for him today, we're estimating about 9 to 10 pounds total. Kevin is not...

Punch cigars mean victory

Our new friend Kendall Rountree, set us up with a nice sampling of Punch Cigars. After a successful day of covering the tournament we celebrated by tasting his wares. Let's...

JVD, Pipkens talking it out

Jonathon VanDam, Chad Pipkens and Kevin Hawk are fishing the same general area of the St. Lawrence River. Pipkens just moved up in front of VanDam, and VanDam. immediately cranked...

Economic development on bass

Waddington has suffered some economic woes in recent years asfactories have left the area for foreign shores. Don Barone has astory on Bassmaster.com about this today.A big reason they invited...