Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum

Two weeks make a big difference in the life of a bass lake. In early October, it seemed that north Alabama's Lake Wheeler would present more of a challenge than most contestants in the Rayovac FLW Series Championship that begins Thursday might have preferred. Now, however, the 68,000-acre impoundment is laying a generous table for the 140 pros and their co-anglers who'll participate in the three-day event.