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Last week before the Chickamauga tournament I think I said the water dropped out, but I should be alright???? Well, instead of being “alright”, as I drove from Tennessee toward Garland Texas yesterday I...

Van Halen’s chart-topping 1984 hit “Jump” blared overhead as Dean Rojas jumped in victorious joy at the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Toledo Bend. Seconds later his thoughts turned to the man he...

Terry Scroggins is looking for another Top 12: “I’m just working hard to get my fourth Top 12 finish in a row. The fish I’m catching are post-spawn bass that are sitting in 4 to 6-feet of water on grassy...

Pre-dawn at the second day of the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Toledo Bend was one of rushed apprehension under an intense and ever changing sky. Yet it should be no surprise that three of the pros setting...

Boy am I tired. I just got back to my room after an early morning photo shoot for Kellogg’s. I’ve put in a long hard three days of practice and would have absolutely loved to sleep in this morning, but...

Shaw Grigsby sits beached on a sandy shore in the pre-dawn hours of Day 1 at the Bassmaster Elite Series event at famed Toledo Bend Reservoir. A pile of Quantum rods and reels to rig with the day’s lures sit...

After missing $10,000 paychecks in back to back tournaments by less than two pounds total, I got a little fired up and left Pickwick that night. Instead of driving to Toledo Bend, I decided it was time for a...

I’m not quite sure what to think after Pickwick. I fished the South End of the lake on day one, and I caught 12 pounds, 7 ounces. I flipped for most of the first day and didn’t get any big bites. Knowing...

I’m just leaving Pickwick where things didn’t go as good as I had wanted it to go. I finished 85th, but I felt like I was right there in an area that I could have had a big bag at any time. I was fishing...

I’m kind of licking my wounds a little bit after Pickwick. The truth is, I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened. I fished my strengths here at Pickwick; I had my St. Croix Pitchin’ Stick...

I just finished up fishing Lake Hartwell for the FLW Tour and Lake Lanier for the PAA back to back. The two lakes fished pretty similar. They are both red clay lakes with a lot of blue back herring. At...

I’ve recently finished filming the final two episodes of Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show and I’m home for my last day of spring break with Karin, Hunter and Jakob before I head back to work on the Elite...