Okeechobee water level

Wind has more of an influence on Lake Okeechobee bass fishing than making the water rough and dirty.  Wind also influences water level and Ott DeFoe just proved the point. ...

Okeechobee lunker count

Here’s noteworthy stats extracted from the Day 3 data log of BASSTrakk. Listed below are numbers of bass categorized by weight. 4: 8-pounders (most of those were caught midday) 3: 7-pounders...

Hackney needs a big day

We’ve finally caught up with Hackney. That would seem like an easy task but not so much today. We’d hoped to be waiting on him before he started into the...

Commute time factor

Yesterday I shot a BASSCam with Timmy Horton and asked him a specific question.  “How will tomorrow be different since you’ll have to add commute time into the day?” Commute...

What’s a jack wagon?

Stephen Browning did some name-calling directed at a relatively small bass yesterday, calling it a “jack wagon.” You might hear it again today, as Browning, who starts the day in...

When the wheels come off

I just read Steve Wright’s blog on expecting more of the same for this last day of the derby. Not sure I can completely agree with that. There are simply...

Lures of the Top 12

Prior to takeoff I went boat to boat with Garrick Dixon, who photographed the lures of the Top 12. I’ll write the cutlines to his photos after we wrap up. ...

What to expect today

Expect more of the same when the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee concludes today: 20-pounds-plus bags and multiple 7- to 9-pound fish. That’s been the norm the...

Afternoon bite turns on

The catch trends are following a consistent pattern. Those are divided into two periods, the first in the morning and the latter bite beginning at midday.  For the third consecutive...

Fritts’ mixed bag

Ott DeFoe is mixing up his presentation with a mixed bag of topwater, subsurface weighted and weightless plastics and more.  So is David Fritts, who told me yesterday that was...