Jesse Tacoronte is a good example of how things can change on Lake Okeechobee.
He had an absolute incredible Day 2 in the first hour or so of the morning. It produced a 28 pound plus stringer and could have produced more if not for a handful of lost big fish. Even with 28 pounds, he still weighed in a dink by Big O standards, a 2-pound class fish.
Fishing like that is what this lake is known for. But it also shows how subtle changes in wind and clouds and whatever other kind of weather you can think of will impact you.
Yesterday, these anglers took off in patchy fog with thick clouds overhead. As a photographer it was easy to wonder if we were going to get any light at all. We finally did. During that Tacoronte smashed them.
This morning as soon as the first flight took off, the sun was peeking over the horizon and it didn’t take long before it was bearing down on the little island Tacoronte was camped on.
In these days of spawn, post-spawn and a shad spawn that first hour is critical. The explosive bite of fish chasing topwaters shallow was possibly over today before we started.
Probably won’t be much different tomorrow with expected sunny start. But the flip side of that is more sun will help those guys like Horton, Rojas, Prince and so on.
Iaconelli is fond of saying “fish the moment.” These final days could show us exactly what he means.