DTF Okeechobee Practice Day 2 Recap
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Thanks for your efforts Matt…keep going wit it!๐ฃ
I love the practice and tournament videos, thank you for taking us along.
Are you going to be able to make it back home ? With this huge storm hitting over the wk end ? Stay safe buddy !
Drove to Florida to break in the boat. Fish optional. ๐
Tight lines and best of luck to you, Matt!
Wishing you luck from bitter cold northern Wisconsin!!!
Being on the side the wind is FROM, you will see it drop a foot or more. Santee does that also.
Go deep or go home broke.
do you have any new stuff up from last the half day? Has anything improved? just came across your channel. following now. Thanks.
Bummer!!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!! ๐ค ๐
I feel like the big O has been in a downturn for a while so it kinda makes me wonder why the professional tournaments keep stopping there
Wishing you the best ๐๐๐
What to is launch in the morning and weigh in in the afternoon on Friday? Iโll be in palm beach area this Friday. Good luck
Good luck, have a good start to 2026. Have fun. I watched Steve Daniels he has had some decent days lately.
Boss you know way more about fishing than I do but maybe that pit boss on a Carolina rig would induce a bite. Best of luck to you!
Major cold front and wind has been brutal
Ice and wintry mix possible here just south of Waco, Friday thru early next week
This is a question for anyone. Assuming you were in Matt's situation with his boat, would you feel comfortable zooming in the 70 mph range for miles & miles in 2 ft. of water? I rather jump out of a high altitude airplane with just an axillary parachute than run high speed on the skinny Big O! Tia Btw I've never jumped out of a moving airplane nor seen the Big O.
Good luck! Iโm rooting for you.
What are your info rules? I have a windy front strategy for there.
Good luck my brother!! Hope you guys can snap off a win down there! Keep us posted! Have a good day Matt! Be safe and just have fun fishing!!!
With the wind blowing shallow areas will get even shallower, river or rim ditch with everyone else or as someone has already said keep the punch rod in your hand…. Good luck !
Not telling you anything you don't already know but the reason no locals are out in 40 deg weather is because they know F1 bass hate these cold snaps and typically get lockjaw … we just wait for it to warm up … ๐
Play the wind. Find clean water.
Good luck watch out for Carson and cox
Find Scott Martin throw an airtag in his boat…๐
Good luck! Hope you do well!! Yeah, the back trails are out of play, unless you have a till rig.
Snow in the panhandle. I guess it hitched a ride with you. ๐
What about global warming ๐๐
Hey bud been going down there since 98 the weather conditions ya'll are going to have put everything up but a punch rig and a stick bait it's going to be tough but good luck and be safe
Got the call to come fish the series Thursday. Would have been slightly difficult for me to rally ๐ Rooting for you this season!
7:15 now you're cooking with hot grease ๐ That last area looked decent but didn't see any bait flickering anywhere off course I can only see what the camera shows, eliminating areas is always positive stay ๐ช Had to come back and edit; You just came from frozen waters to a different world figure it out…
Randy Blauket says its a cesspool.
Now that much better than the hard water here. It warmed up to 10 degrees today along the Fox river.
Good luck in your practice and I wish you alot of luck in the tournament. Your Vietnam vet friend from Illinois.
Best of luck. Winter is coming…
I was waiting to see Beargoff buckled in the boat ๐
Where is Miles
40 Degrees, at least its better than what you left behind in Wisconsin.