McKinney's BIG morning on Okeechobee

Trey McKinney is firing on all cylinders on Day 1 at Lake Okeechobee with an early limit, nearing 20 pounds.

#bassmaster #fishing #okeechobee

[E]

Bring back live mix please!! So sick of the non stop adds, child’s games, and side bar bs, we just want to see fishing.

[Bassin_SWarb]

Rule C8 Tackle & Equipment, 2nd paragraph from bottom states:

“when knowingly fishing for bedding bass (fry-guarder in this case)using any means (whether visually, blind casting, using FFS, or any other method)*ffs in this case, to be counted as a legal fish, each bass must be hooked in the mouth.

That first catch needs to be looked at and dq’d. Don’t let the rookie slide just because he’s on a come up, he’s still gotta learn. I wish I could post the photo I took zoomed in.

[HookandBulletOutdoors]

Are we ignoring that first fish being clearly snagged in the head and he turned his back to the camera and tried to hid it? Is the mouth rule only for bed fishing?

[richiekamtan]

Scoping on The Big O is an insult! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[RedhotDeej]

Bassmaster is a joke, I told this exact person about that spot and he’s not disqualified

[Old_rockfish]

The daddys money “pro” sure do have talent for being born and learning the ropes on the internet.

[mikeharris]

Glad the waypoints and the FFS worked for him.

[JakedeBin]

The head-hook outside the mouth is a bad look for the FFS debate. Guess they're all going to be "fry guarders" from now on.

[AGfishing]

To see someone scoping in a canal on the Big O is ridiculous. I understand these guys have to do what they have to do to compete, but it doesn’t make it any less sad, as a Florida native I wanna see big rods, line and mean hooksets flipping. Especially this time of year during the spawn. Unfortunately this is the new way of fishing and guys have to adapt or they get left behind

[kaelandrewfishing]

Love bed fishing and catching fry gaurding fish but I really think with tournaments where you are taking fishing and keeping them in your live wells and releasing them to a different area is very pour fish management your just leaving vulnerable fish eggs and fry unprotected I feel for any tournament done during spawning times they should be weighed and released immediately to keep bass populations up

[randyemerson]

Yeah, look how fishing in Florida live scope jerk, baits watching fish coming up and eating it. This is not fishing and this is the type of stuff that needs to be banned. Don’t worry I’m coming and I’m not alone.

[Arientis]

You are not a pro! 😂 Take away your little live screen and you’d be gone faster than you can say, “oops I bought waypoints”

[kenolswfski]

Fantasy fishing is definitely rigged I took Scott Martin off my team yesterday but upon checking the system did not remove him what a bunch of cheating bastards

[phoenixD]

Using those electronics ain't real fishing Boyz😂 what a joke

[CreekQuest]

A kid playing a video game and snagging a fry guarder. Shameful what tournament fishing has become.

[aokijuntarou]

I am Japanese. In Japan, FSS is included with rental boats, so easy to experience it.
However, I would rather my holidays looking at beautiful scenery than looking at an LCD screen.
And I think that professionals should be a role model for amateurs holidays.

[DavidRoyal-yo]

Im really surprised that nobody has ever found an offshore hot spot on okechobee. There has to be somewhere out there thay holds fish. I would think

[chaddrumm]

Jesus BASS needs to get their shit together! Scoping fry guarders and you hook a fish outside the mouth and it’s freaking legal? ! So if you see it with your eyes it’s gotta be hooked in the mouth, but you see a fry guarder on scope and it can be snagged! GTF outa here!!! BASS is a freaking joke! In addition, to my knowledge if you see a roaming fish with your eyes the bass needs to be hooked in the mouth! I’m tired of seeing scope fish snagged! If it’s a jerk bait at least one of the trebles has to be in the mouth!

[ronbeckybeasley]

All these letting them swim around is bullshit. a 2 pounder and it takes you that long to get it in the boat is crap.

[Slaughterlorder]

Back to this nonsense. Scoping in a canal, probably on fish Mckinney didn't even find himself. I guess BASS has a "look the other way approach" for some anglers and "strict enforcement" with others...