The Wiggins fan club
Jesse Wiggins has certainly generated some excitement in his young fishing career. Cherokee Lake is just his ninth Bassmaster tournament. Eight of those being Opens, and this is his first Elite....
Watch out for Tharp today
You’d think Randall Tharp would have been one big smile after catching 20-11 Friday and moving up from 59th to 6th. But he confessed some leftover anger from Day 1....
Quick first fish for Wiggins
Day 2 leader Jesse Wiggins arrived at his spot five minutes ago and has already landed two keepers and just lost a big bass. There is a huge gallery of spectator...
Cherokee Lake proved its finicky reputation
Cherokee Lake has a well-earned reputation for being the place where consistency goes to die. That has proven true in the first two days here. On one hand, only four...
Where will the cut line be?
As we wind down on Day 2, it’s worth taking a glance at the probable two-day cut mark at Cherokee Lake. With 110 anglers in the field, it will be...
Wiggins: Show me the money
Earlier today on Bassmaster LIVE, co-host Mark Zona and Elite Series rookie Jesse Wiggins recalled a phone conversation from last night. Basically, it came down to this: Zona asked Wiggins...
Davis fishes the cone
“When they are deep and hard to catch, that’s what I like the most.” Those are the words of Mark Davis and the conditions are swinging in his favor. Davis...
Living large
On Cherokee Lake an interesting swing is underway in the smallmouth versus largemouth choices of fishing. That is due to the changing weather conditions. The temperature is warming, the sun...
Wheeler working by memory now
Jacob Wheeler wanted to make certain he got started on the right foot in his first Elite Series season. He spent a week here in December and another week in...
Video gaming
Yesterday Seth Feider told us he was video game fishing as he does on Mille Lacs back home in Minnesota. He’s also favoring that style of fishing on Cherokee Lake....
