Ish and Chris make it back safely

Ish Monroe and Chris Lane, leaders of the Power-Pole Slam, have made it back safely to the weigh-in area. And we will be proceeding with the weigh-in in a little...

Flying blind

If things went like they did yesterday, then the biggest part of this field is working on some 5- to 7-pound class fish right now.

Storm knocks out coverage

With our internet down, feeds down, BASSTrakk down and in an area where there is very little cell service it's tough to get any knowledge of what is taking place on the water.

Lake Okeechobee radar

Below is an image that we took off of MyRadar that shows the storm that raced across the northern end of Lake Okeechobee.

Storm impacts tournament

We have just had a pretty major storm hit us at the weigh-in site.   We had been watching it build and knew it was coming, but had no way...

Weather separates field

Randy Howell told us earlier in the day that the sun Ish Monroe was enjoying was the biggest factor of the day so far.   The rest of the field...

Establishing a pattern

Chris Lane just made an interesting observation, shortly after catching his third fish here in the last 30 minutes, even though this one didn't help him.   "As bad as...

Lane makes another good decision

We lost him for a few minutes, but Chris Lane moved back to the north end of Observation Shoal, where he spent most of the morning and where the birds...

Kriet’s BASSTrakk numbers are off

We just got a better look at Jeff Kriet's BASSTrakk. The unit says he has a big sack, but that is some sort of technical glitch at the moment.  ...

Leaderboard update: Ish on a tear

The weights are starting to move a little, but not near the jumps we expect to see by the end of the day.   Monroe still leads with a hefty...