Baby, it's cold outside

"As I travel to Day 1 of the season opener of the Elite series events. Snow is falling! Which makes me question the outcome of today's event. Me being a first time marshal I am very excited to see what's in store for these pros over the next four days. Also being a home lake of mine being fished 20 to 30 trips per year, I have some knowledge of the water and the fishery. My guess Day 1 will be around 17 lbs 6 oz. Watch out for home lake guys like Ott Defoe or Brandon Card. The largemouth population is well in Cherokee Lake but this cold front may have put those big guys down deep and not so eager to bite. I look for plenty of the Cherokee smallmouth to be weighed in Day 1. Furthermore this is going to be very interesting for me and I am excited to be able to join Mike McClelland for Day 1."

Written by

Steve Wright

Unlike the unseasonably warm practice days this week, the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake has begun with typical early February weather for northern Tennessee: 34 degrees, cloudy, 8 mph winds from the northwest, gusting to 12 mph, resulting in a wind chill factor of 28 degrees. There’s even some frozen precipitation in the air.

The forecast is for a high of 40 degrees today. Another warming trend begins Friday with a high of 56 predicted, then highs in the 60s over the weekend.

I guess the weather is fitting for a lake that’s notorious for it’s finicky fishing – great one day, puzzling the next.