St. Croix Bassmaster Opens

David Walker all lit up

David Walker is all lit up at launch this morning on Alabama's Smith Lake.

What’s ahead on Smith Lake

By the looks of the previous blog entries, it's obvious that fish are being caught here at Smith Lake despite the rise in water and drop in temperature.

The time is 6 a.m.!

The time is 6 a.m. at Smith Lake, and it's time for launch.

The unknowns

Sometimes Opens anglers send in pictures with no names attached. We celebrate the following anglers as The Unknowns. If you send us something, remember to tell us who you are!...

Video: Monster bag of St. Johns bass

Ride along with Opens angler Hunter Shryock as he catches a huge bag of St. Johns River bass.

One fish

It’s 10 a.m. and Randy Allen just boated his first fish. It’s in the livewell. A keeper-size bass.   He’s fishing a secondary point with the Alabama Rig. It’s nothing unusual, just...

Goose egg

We've left the pocket and started what appears to be a milk run on long, main-lake points.   Randy Allen tells us he's going to hit these textbook prespawn staging...

Slow go

Even with all of this bait the action is slow for Randy Allen. No fish in the boat. Not even a strike on the trusty Alabama Rig.   Water temperature...

Allen fishing shallow

We've pulled up on leader Randy Allen. He's back in a pocket off the main lake. That's unusual because most of the action up until now has taken place out...

Lined up and ready