| Tournament | Lake Okeechobee |
| Do you aleady have spots picked out from a previous tournament? | No, I try not to rely on previous years spots |
| What considerations or steps were taken in narrowing down your search to a particular pattern or area of the lake? | Water color and vegetation |
| Did what you find in practice work in the tournament. How did you adjust if it didn't? | It worked, but the quality of fish changed dramatically |
| What stage are the bass in - pre-spawn, spawn or post spawn? | In all stages there |
| Have you fished the lake before? How has it changed since the last time? Water level, grass, etc. | Yes , this year the water was about 2 feet higher an had the fish scattered out alot more |
| What was the water temp? | In the mid 60's |
| How much actual fishing did you do in practice, or was it mostly scouting areas? | Daylight to dark |
| Did you fish Deep or Shallow? | In this lake, 7 feet is deep so its usually always a shallow bite |
| What was the main bass forage in the lake? | Shiners |
| What lures(s) did you use most in practice? In the tournament? | 1 ounce jig, and punch a 2 ounce with a Sweet Beaver. (ECO PRO Tungsten) |
| Most used rod / technique in practice / tournament? | 7'11" GLoomis flipping stick with 70 lb Samurai braid |
| Did the weather hold up from practice to the tournament? If not, what adjustments did you make if any? | The weather sat up perfect, we were on a 3 day warming trend |
| What will you take from this event into the next tournament? | Not at all our next stop is totally different. |
| Best meal you had? | We had a very good friend host a fish fry for us |
| Best non-fishing memory / moment? | Making sandwiches for my traveling partner and putting chewing gum on them |
| Anything else to add? | Hope to do better at the next event |
