Tommy Biffle: Game face
“Well, we all have a face…” Dateline: A steak joint “The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.”– Agatha Christie The face of this morning...
Five easy ways to increase your catch
It won’t be long and most of you will be heading out to your favorite lake or river to go fishing. Here are five easy and inexpensive ways you can...
Perfect storm brewing?
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — There’s a bass fishing perfect storm brewing on Lake Okeechobee. That’s the only logical explanation for why this 467,000-acre monster of a lake is producing like it...
Horton takes lead
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — After weighing the second limit of the tournament that crested 30 pounds, Tim Horton of Muscle Shoals, Ala., took control on Day 2 of the A.R.E. Truck...
Jordan Lee not hunkering down at Okeechobee
Jordan Lee might have been resting on his haunches while tying on baits prior to Day 3 of the Bassmaster Elite on Lake Okeechobee. But that’s where the hunkering down...
Being there: Elite No. 2
“I’ve looked under chairs…” Dateline: Lake Okeechobee “I like to watch.”Chance The GardenerBeing There (1979) The role of a storyteller is to whisper into your ear stories you would never...
Okeechobee full of surprises
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Yes, there is considerably less clear water and aquatic vegetation in Lake Okeechobee than the last time the Bassmaster Elite Series came here in 2012. But one...
DeFoe leads Day 1
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Florida’s famous big-bass factory showed off during the first day of the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee, as Tennessee native Ott DeFoe caught a...
The wonders of Cherokee
Sometimes people ask me what exactly it is I like about covering bass tournaments. It’s a question that, at times, catches me off guard, because I start to ask myself,...
How I will fish Okeechobee
It’s hard to believe that last event on Cherokee was the start of my fourth year on the Elite Series. Where does the time go? This is also the fourth...
