Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum

Sullen gray skies and a gusting northeast wind contrast with the weather on opening day of the Walmart FLW Tour event presented by Mercury here on Lake Toho. JT Kenney jumped out to the lead with a solid stringer of almost 30 pounds on Thursday, but Saturday is altogether different, and expectations match the weather.

No pattern is weatherproof, including Kenney's, but at least he knows that neither is anyone else's. The brisk northeast wind is scooting his boat along at a fairly fast clip, and he's fishing a spinnerbait that helicopters with every cast. To this point, the spinnerbait hasn't attracted more than a small pickerel and two small bass in the first hour of the semi-final round. Still, the veteran pro has been here before, and knows what a change of weather will do to Florida bass. Gradually, the wind will lay and the day will grow warmer. Kenney is saving his better spots for then.