Still time for fireworks

Last minute heroics have been a significant part of the three previous days. With a 3:00 p.m. check-in time, it could still happen today. BASSTrakk currently shows four anglers within...

Culling beam workout

The culling boards are getting a workout today. That’s pretty amazing considering what happened earlier in the week. Ott DeFoe catching 31 pounds on Day 1, Tim Horton coming in...

Hackney hopeful for big bites

After a hop, skip and a muddy jump from where Hackney was the last two hours, we are back where he started this morning. It’s also where he caught his...

Deja vu for Horton

Timmy Horton has been here before, struggling on the final day at Lake Okeechobee. The third of Horton’s four B.A.S.S. victories came here in 2004. He jumped out to a...

Prince keeps it simple

In doing interviews for my Lures of the Top 12 article I came across a mix of bait required to catch the bass in all spawning phases.  Reaction and finesse...

Big O ups and downs

Earlier today in this blog, Steve Bowman, that jack wagon, expressed disagreement with my theory that today would offer a repeat of the previous three days at Lake Okeechobee. I...

Don’t blow it DeFoe

Ott DeFoe’s Day 1 lead (4-6) ranks as the fourth best in Bassmaster Elite Series history. Only for the sake of trivia what could or not happen could bring him...

Curse of cold

BASSTrakk‘s queue of entries has slowed to a crawl. Only one bass each weighing 4 and 5 pounds have been logged by the marshals.  The reason is the incoming cold...

The stuff post cards are made of

Hackney is poking around in Kissimmee grass patches and pods of lily pads in a place called Coot Bay. It’s one of those beautiful areas that you think of when...

Why no lead is safe at Okeechobee

A look inside Ish Monroe’s 2012 win shows why anything is possible at Lake Okeechobee. From the outside, it appears Monroe coasted with a wire-to-wire victory that began with a...