Starks Notches First Elite Win, Scalish Talks Smallies

Jeremy Starks claimed his first Bassmaster Elite Series Tour win on Lake Wheeler in fairytale fashion. Not only was he able to out fish Kevin Van Dam on day 4, but he survived a bout of food poisoning and competition from a stubborn local angler. Jeremy details the techniques he used to pull big largemouth bass off his magic “spot on a spot.”

Frank Scalish is a well-known authority on finding and catching smallmouth bass. Especially the impressive specimens that call Lake Erie home. Frank his here to share the details of a specialized deep jerkbait technique that he developed to catch roaming smallies on both sides of the spawn. He also has some offers some priceless insight into the important differences between the spawning patterns of smallmouth bass and their largemouth brethren.