TVA’s plan for the day

TVA’s plan for the day is never a sure bet, but here’s what we have to go on with the generating schedule. Here’s the latest schedule for Wheeler Lake. Note...

Cruising with Cruise

John Crews is set up on the Tennessee River fishing the point of an island near the channel. His pattern is dependent on shad and he’s using a variety of...

Two different Sundays

A week ago at Arkansas’ Norfork Lake there was only a 3-pound, 10-ounce difference between first place and 12th place going into the final day. This Sunday Dave Lefebre has a 4-pound,...

Two straight tough on Top 12

You would guess that back-to-back tournaments might be tough on the Top 12 competing on Sunday in Arkansas while the rest of the field has made the drive to Alabama, as has...

Howell and Omori

After Randy Howell arrived on a main river flat Takahiro Omori appeared from nowhere at the same spot. It’s where he caught an estimated 20-plus pounds earlier today. The conversation...

Takahiro culls up ounces

Takahiro Omori doesn’t have much room to cull up from what is already a five-bass limit weighing 23-14, according to BASSTrakk. But he just did. Omori released a 4-pound largemouth...

Top 12 cut? 45 pounds

The 50-angler field will be cut to the Top 12 after today’s weigh-in. Based on Gerald Swindle being in 12th place with 30-14 yesterday, it appears that 15 pounds a...

Howell back to square one

Randy Howell is back where he started this morning. He’s frustrated, obviously. Upon leaving his last spot, the fifth since we first left here, he muttered the same comments about...

Nuclear fish for Klein

Gary Klein moved south and is fishing near TVA’s famed Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. It is TVA’s first and largest nuclear plant, and at the time it went online in 1974, it...

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