Photo James Overstreet - PALATKA, Fla. — If fishing conditions are any indication, you can expect some big changes in the leaderboard Friday at the Bassmaster Elite Series St. Johns River Showdown. Big female bass that are on a spawning bed one day are likely to be gone the next.

"I saw a bunch of big ones (in practice Wednesday)," said Alton Jones. "I thought I was going to go in there this morning and wreck 'em. They were gone. There were about 30 females swimming around in an area the size of a football field, and they were just gone." Read More