Cherokee diversity
Cherokee Lake looks like a highland reservoir, but it fishes mostly like a Tennessee River impoundment, according to David Walker. Cherokee Lake’s 28,780 surface acres are formed by the Holston...
Baby, it’s cold outside
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...
DeFoe talks about Cherokee Lake
A favorite to win the first Elite event of 2017, Ott DeFoe talks about how Cherokee Lake is fishing after a tough practice. For more BassCam videos, including Jordan Lee’s...
Lucas pulls the plug
Photographer James Overstreet has spent the entire morning thus far in the hopes of watching Justin Lucas keep surging to maintain his final day lead. As of now, that’s not...
Fewer boats, more bass?
For a change, weather has not been a factor in this tournament. Consistently sunny days with light winds and temperatures in the low 80s have been the norm. What’s different...
Jordan Lee’s three and more of the same
Yesterday Jordan Lee caught his personal best with a largemouth weighing 9 pounds, 4 ounces. Lee, who honed his mat punching skills on Lake Guntersville, applied the technique on several...
Gettin’ hot on Harris
James Overstreet just reported the action as fast and furious on Lake Harris where he’s set up to photograph a gallery for Bassmaster.com. When he arrived about 30 boats were...
Covering ground
I’m on second place angler Greg Vance. He’s got plenty of casting targets along this shoreline. He’s using a variety of coverage lures to cover ground.
Nothing yet for Roumbanis
James Overstreet just reported that Fred Roumbanis still has no fish in his livewell. “He’s just baffled that he can’t get a bite here,” noted Overstreet, who’s spent the entire...
No fish for Roumbanis
As of 9:45 a.m. James Overstreet reports the livewell of Fred Roumbanis is dry and empty. With nearly 1,000 miles of coverable water we only have two photographer/reporters on the...
