Swindle with an early kicker
Gerald Swindle fires the first big shot of day two, with a Phoenix Big Bass contender worth 7-0. Swindle is likely casting something in the stickbait to swimbait arena, judging...
Rivet looking at them, kind of
Tyler Rivet is the wild card we thought we might see on Okeechobee this week– an angler using forward-facing sonar to catch his fish. Rivet sat in third after day...
Day 2 gets underway
The anglers are headed out onto Lake Okeechobee as we speak. Day one went as expected, with 11 bags over 20- pounds and the biggest surprise being Bernie Shultz ousting...
Lester’s hawg head
By Okeechobee standards, the 6-pound 14-ounce fish fell short of King Kong status, but is still far bigger than most bass anglers will ever catch in their lifetime.
Schultz picking apart a “salad bowl”
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Bernie Schultz found this spot in January, before Lake Okeechobee went off-limits to Elite Series anglers. However, plenty of other anglers found it too, as illustrated by...
Schultz secures Day 1 lead at Okeechobee
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Expectations did not match reality for Bernie Schultz, but the veteran Florida pro was delighted with a surprising day that yielded a five-bass limit of 28 pounds, 11...
