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...

JVD with a 3-pounder for No. 3

Jonathon VanDam just caught a 3-pounder for his third keeper, which should give him about 8 pounds for the day. The wind is supposed to blow from the west southwest...

JVD has two

James Overstreet, Dean Meckes and I just pulled up near Jonathon VanDam, just past the Brockville Narrows, about 35 or 40 river miles west of the launch site. We saw...

Pipkins with a big fish

Just as we were starting to leave Chad Pipkins he hauled in a nice 4 and a quarter pound smallmouth. That's a good start to the day for Chad. "Could...