Lake Erie Fishing Reports & Blogs

After embarking on a journey across the country from February to October, the 2023 Bassmaster Opens EQ season is now in the books.  Nine events of planning, organizing, driving (a lot) and grinding out there on the land and water, have been quite the adventure.  Going into the 2023 Bassmaster Opens Elite Qualifiers (EQ) season, I knew we were going to be in for a challenge.  The field of around 180 really talented and accomplished anglers whose careers spanned from many decades to only just beginning, all embarked on that same journey in Eufaula, Alabama back in late February.   New things are always exciting.  Being

Eight down, one to go.  The Bassmaster EQ season, which spanned from February until October, is almost complete.  We just wrapped up a back to back event swing in Tennessee and Missouri and I arrived home late Sunday evening.  After a couple month hiatus this summer, we headed out to Watts Bar Lake in Kingston, Tennessee, to begin this end of season swing. Going into Watts Bar Lake there were a few things I knew about the lake: That I really didn’t know much at all, never having been on that body of water before. It was a TVA (Tennessee River Authority) lake which meant

This one was a hard one for me to write.  For the few days following the event, I racked my brain thinking of how to write this.  I believe in telling the truth always, but I also firmly believe that talking about losing fish is unproductive and focusing on the negative, unchangeable aspects of the sport.  Between my close friends and family, I give the unadulterated details of each day, even then, trying to focus mostly on what “I” could have done differently in a situation.  So, I’m going to try and land somewhere in the middle when we dive into the Bassmaster Open on

It’s the midway point of the season for the 2023 Bassmaster Opens EQ series.  We recently wrapped up our event at Eufaula Lake (not to be confused with Lake Eufaula, AL) in Oklahoma.  As expected for June in Oklahoma, it was a fairly hot one and filled with Tarantula sized surprises – did you know Oklahoma is a major migration path for Tarantula’s this time of year?  Cause I didn’t (laughs).  The goal is always to be consistent and around the upper quarter of the field or better in every event.  While I’ve hit or been right around that mark all season, less a middle

TVA: The Tennessee Valley Authority.  This is the organization that controls many of the lakes in Alabama and Tennessee.  The lakes that fall into TVA’s control have some tremendous fishing, but also are apt to change on a dime.  Current generation schedules largely depend on variables that do not include creating the best conditions for bass fishing…rightfully so.  Our past event at Wheeler Lake, we dealt with some challenging conditions regarding the flow of current through this Tennessee River impoundment.  Adjustments were crucial in this one. PRACTICE My plan was to spend a lot of time on the famous Decatur Flats area.  Studying many past