We all found some big fish. I think you’ll see the record [of 8 pounds, 9 ounces for the biggest bass caught in the Classic] broken in the first 10 minutes.

I was lucky. In 1997, I walked into a sporting goods store to buy some lures and saw an ad that someone was looking for someone to manage a fishing lodge. I was hired and...

This is the event we dream about all year long. The preparation for this event doesn’t start a week or a month ahead. It starts literally a year before the event even happens.

I’m pretty hard-core, but I don’t like being wet or cold. If you get caught in bad weather without the right clothes, it affects the way you fish.

There might have been some things said. But, again, was I the first person to ever break a light post? Was I the first person to ever curse? Absolutely not. Have they ever disqualified anyone...

Sometimes my emotions get the best of me, and that is exactly what happened. I love this country, and I love everything that the flag stands for.

I’m just glad we’re getting back up toward my part of the country. And they’re great fisheries. I basically got my start in the Federation (Nation) on those lakes.