Chad Morgenthaler was boat No. 1 of 146 in the field for opening day of the Bass Pro Shops Southern Open. Takeoff began at 7 o'clock under partly cloudy skies, very little wind and temperatures in the mid 60s.
It's supposed to be a beautiful day in the Charlotte area, with a high temperature in the mid 80s. Some anglers might be hoping for a little more wind than they're predicted to get today. It's supposed to be in the low single digits out of the south/southwest.
It will be interesting to see if the bass fishing at Lake Norman is as tough as predicted at last night's anglers' meeting, when 13 pounds a day was consistently forecast as a winning weight here.
