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One day at a time

I have a new statistic for all you tournament geeks out there, and I think it's pretty interesting. I call it the Daily Catch Ratio (or DCR).

Goldbeck’s comeback biggest ever?

On the first day of the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Florida's Harris Chain of Lakes, Grant Goldbeck weighed in one small bass for 1 pound, 1 ounce. If one is the loneliest number — as Three Dog Night once claimed — Goldbeck was in a lonely place, indeed, ranking a dismal 97th out of 99 anglers.

Fast starts in AOY race

Look at the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings and you'll see some interesting changes from last year at this time. No one in the current top 10 was in the top 10 after two events last year.

Lessons relearned, part 1

The St. Johns River event is over. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to say that. My problems started the first day of practice.

2011 Elite Series – Power-Pole Citrus Slam

One down

Sometimes a guy has to face the facts — Florida bass fishing is not my strong suit. I don't know why, but I've never done very well on Florida waters.

Bassmaster Classic KVD Clunn

In this photo gallery you will see the history of fishing for Kevin Vandam and Rick Clunn.

Downtime

Hi! It's me, Becky. I'm going to fill in for Mike this week. Classic week was tough on me. I really wanted to be there, but I couldn't travel that far with our baby, Vegas, or at least that's what the doctor said.

2010 Weekend Series Championship

Ryan McMurtury took the title of 2010 Bassmaster Weekend Series National Champion.

More Classic thoughts

It's been about a week now since the Classic has been over. I have a few more thoughts about it that I'd like to share.