The challenge: catch a bass on a lure built with a 5-Hour Energy bottle. The time limit: 15 minutes, The contestants: Edwin Evers Pro Angler Ott DeFoe and Andy Montgomery CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! They’re good friends and roommates on the road, but anytime the “After the Cast” crew is given a chance to compete with each other, they’ll take it. Evers, DeFoe and Montgomery were given their choice of 5-hour ENERGY bottles and a short time to engineer a lure to take to a local bass pond. The results: succ

A 4-pounder, you say? That’ll play! Atta way, Dustin Connell Fishing! With weights tight across the board and one period remaining on Day 3 at the B&W Trailer Hitches Challenge Cup Presented by 5-Hour Energy, this beautiful St. Clair smallie has Team YETI’s Connell and Adrian Avena Fishing above the elimination line and just 1-6 behind leaders Skeet Reese Fishing and Edwin Evers of Team Kubota Tractor Corporation. They don’t have much breathing room, though – Teams Fishing Clash and Knighten Ind

“That’s how you make up ground, son!” Dustin Connell Fishing and Adrian Avena Fishing certainly gained a lot of ground in a hurry this morning at the B&W Trailer Hitches Challenge Cup Presented by 5-Hour Energy. This trio of 3-plus-pounders in a span of just 20 minutes sent Team YETI way up SCORETRACKER®, currently in the lead by just 1-5 as the game clock ticks toward zero in Period 1. The smallies are CHEWING on the St. Clair River this morning. Come check it out on the MLFNOW! livestream at M