Bassmaster Classic: Day two hot spots
By KELLY BOSTIAN World Outdoors Writer on Feb 24, 2013, at 1:58 AM Updated on 2/24/13 at 6:18 AM
Other - Outdoor
TUESDAY
Breeding in arctic tundra and wintering primarily along the coasts, sanderlings migrate through
Oklahoma in spring and fall.
Watch videos and view slideshows: Watch a timelapse video of the launch. See a slideshow from the first day, and much more.
Follow along during the event: See unofficial estimates throughout Saturday
and Sunday.
Tour the lake: Using Google Earth, World outdoors writer Kelly Bostian gives you a tour of Grand Lake.
Anatomy of a bass boat: We have an interactive map detailing the equipment on a bass boat.
1. Chris Lane found fish up the creeks
Early morning found 2012 Bassmaster champion Chris Lane of Guntersville, Ala., motoring farther up Honey Creek than any other angler has this weekend. Then he crossed the lake to Horse Creek, again heading upstream. In the creeks he said he found "a staging area for bass before they go into the shallows" on a variety of structures.
2. Direct from the mouth of Horse Creek
Pittsgrove, N.J., angler Mike Iaconelli found his bass off the mouth of Horse Creek. He explained the lake water above Sailboat Bridge is muddiest, down by the dam it is clearest and in the middle is a sort of mixing zone. "What I found was the best bite and best fish were coming from marginal colored water. ... that's why I was staying there," he said.
3. Skeet Reese went to Disney to land fish
Skeet Reese spent the morning nearer Pensacola Dam, in the Disney area, than any other angler, then worked his way up toward the mouth of Duck Creek. There, he said, he found the main river channel. "The colder it is, typically the more vertical structure you want to fish and the most vertical you'll get is a bluff wall," he said. "Cold water fish vertical, warm water fish more sloped, flat."
Other - Outdoor
TUESDAY
Breeding in arctic tundra and wintering primarily along the coasts, sanderlings migrate through
Oklahoma in spring and fall.
