Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum

The story on day one of the Walmart FLW Tour event presented by Igloo Coolers on Lake Chickamauga was not dominated by the mega-school juggernaut that occurred the last time the Tour visited "Chick" in 2013. Bill McDonald's leading limit of 29 pounds, 12 ounces had nothing to do with a mega-school. In fact, two of his bigger bass - in the 7- to 8-pound class - came from shallow grass.

This time around it seems as if the boats are spread out a little more compared to last time, when four- to six-angler clusters tried to share big ledge schools. Some pros say that's because the current didn't run until later in the day today, which had the main-river community holes off the pace of last time. Others believe a delayed spawn still has fish scattered from the bays to the river.