Smallmouth fishing creates joy

Yesterday, at some time in mid-morning, Bassmaster Marshal Mark Studley sent in the above photo of Roy Hawk bringing in a giant smallmouth bass. If you follow us at all here, you know that we receive a steady stream of Marshal photos, blogs from our writers, galleries and videos, all while putting out six hours of LIVE coverage every tournament day. 

So it takes something special to stop me in my tracks. This photo did it. 

For the first time this week, I wanted to go hop on a plane and head to Waddington to be there Monday morning when the event was over and find out whatever Roy was throwing and throw one myself. What a wonderful picture that captures why the Elites are coming back to Waddington for 3 more years