Day On The Lake: Kyle Monti
Date: June 24, 2019
Venue: Lake Q, a flatland reservoir
Water: 80 degrees, stained
Weather: 72 degrees, severe thunderstorms, cold front
Pro: Kyle Monti, 27, Okeechobee, Fla. It’s Monti’s second year on the Elite circuit; he previously fished Bassmaster Opens events and honed his competitive fishing skills on the Junior Bassmaster tournaments, which he began fishing at age 10.
Boat: Skeeter FX20 with 250-horsepower Yamaha outboard, Minn Kota trolling motor, Lowrance electronics and twin Power-Pole shallow-water anchors
GREAT NEWS: SUMMER is finally here, promising long, languid days filled with sunshine and balmy breezes, when your only worry is running out of ice to keep your beverage of choice properly chilled — unless you’re a serious bass fisherman, that is! Then you know that summer can give you to worry about. Like, where the &%#@ are the fish? Are they still hanging around the shallows after spawning, or have they moved offshore into their deep hidey-holes? Then there’s the thrill of racing across the lake to take shelter under a boathouse during a pop-up lightning storm. And how do you deal with that most surreal of bite squelchers, a summer cold front? Elite Series pro Kyle Monti knows the ropes when it comes to fishing during a seasonal transition. Hop aboard his boat as he takes on Lake Q on an early summer day marked by dramatic weather changes.
