Swindle makes a quick getaway

It doesn't take long to get anywhere on Lake Decatur, which has only 3,000 surface acres. Gerald Swindle ran up the lake  from the Nelson Park launch site and stopped...

Evers seeks shallow bar

I've followed Evers to the extreme northern end of Lake Decatur. We are idling now, and it appears as if we have another mile or so of idling to go....

Fishing fanatics

I'm sitting in the water watching the early morning festivities. There are four boats snugged together with four anglers bundled up and itching to go. On the bank are hundreds...

Martens making a move

Aaron Martens may be finally figuring out a pattern for success on Lake Shelbyville. He moved across the lake from today's launch site about 11 a.m., then quickly caught a...

The ever-quotable Swindle checks in

It's as certain as the sun rising in the morning: Ask Gerald Swindle a question and you'll get a memorable answer.   As we were leaving Ott DeFoe in the...

DeFoe defying the Zona jinx

Even in a season as good as Ott DeFoe's had, he may have just put on the most impressive performance of his career – catching fish with Mark Zona in...

Ott on the board quickly

Ott DeFoe has motored into the back of Possum Creek, where he started yesterday, and got on the scoreboard a lot quicker than he did on Day One.

Ott’s got four

Ott DeFoe had to weed through three non-keepers in Possum Creek before finding a keeper, and it was just barely that. "He made it by the hair on his chin,"...

DeFoe cranking Possum Creek

We have moved from Brent Chapman to Ott DeFoe, who BassTrakk currently shows leading on Day One. DeFoe was moving out of Coon Creek and into Possum Creek as we...

Crappie aren’t biting either

Brent Chapman just trolled down a bank in Lithia Creek near a couple of crappie fishermen, and said, "Are the crappie any better than the bass in this lake?"