The 2024 AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork is the second event of the season. Here is the Day 2 weigh-in.
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Wow we finally the Texas Sunshine is out and uh as predicted it was going to get better and better every day if you watch Bass Live today it got better the bass master elite at L what a facility we are here here Wood County Sabine River Authority thank
You on behalf of everybody at Bass we are so thankful to be the first national event ever at this particular event and this is moving day the Friday of all our Elite Series EV you got to get inside the top 50 to make it to semi-final Saturday top 10 Vision Championship
Sunday we got all sorts of stuff going on here this weekend this is the Lake Fork family fest I believe it’s called so we got a lot of entertainment happening this weekend so I’m glad that you got this a pretty good crowd for a Friday give yourselves a round of
Applause this a very different tournament and uh you if you’ve been watching long Bass Live cat’s way and release was invented for for this particular event the original event of ttbc Toyota Texas Bass Classic that happened here so many times in the past but Lake Fork is a phenomenal fishery it
Is a worldclass for one of the busiest Fisheries in the world you compare it to places that get a tenth of the pressure but the reason that it’s so well so so good is because of how well it’s managed that makes it difficult to have a tournament because between 16 and 24 in
Obviously is the slot and those fish have to be released thus catch way and release but we will see some fish here if you have an over they will drive through in a beautiful Toyota Tundra and we’ll get to see those fish so an over a
Fish over 24 Ines and I will tell you this we have more overs today than we had yesterday so that’s pretty good news huh so we’re going to fire through this way and we’re going to find out who our top 50 are tomorrow Saturday everybody coming for Saturday
Right this is my partner in crime Lisa telled she she lifted literally thousands of pounds of bass last week at Toledo Ben not doing anything this week ladies and gentlemen literally presses a button that’s all she’s doing here so we can see the next slide but you will help
With the Anglers as they bring them in and Lisa obviously made this event come together on behalf of I want to say a special shout out I need you to make a lot of noise for one group one group that this event wouldn’t run without we have Marshals all year long we love
Every one of those but without a judge in every boat we could not run this event and we have an incredible crop of Jud judges Tim Cook obviously does a lot to help that happen but let’s hear it for all our judges they’re backstage let’s hear it for
Them I like the air horn we ready are you guys ready no no no no everything’s bigger in Texas your fish have showed out and now you guys got to show out are you ready let’s get ready to wh our very first angler an Elite Series a rookie
From Cooper toown New York Get Loud for Kyle Patrick what what big ones I’m I’m holding up my fish okay well no you’re not but you got him today 28b and5 o and we have a brand new leader at the AFCO Bassmaster Elite on Lake Fork a great
Tournament you’re having here and boy you rookies um you you might might be in trouble you keep at one point today we looked at leaderboard and five out of the top 10 were rookies are you concerned that a bunch of these veterans might meet you guys at the monkey bars
After school and whoop your butt yeah I think about it I uh I you know I mean the rookies are amazing this year truly I um can’t say enough can’t say how hard it is to make it through the opens with all nine and and you know the guys that did it
This year it’s clearly showing that they’re prepared to travel um you know the financial side of things um they they’ve got you know everything going for them so it’s pretty cool to see part of it and it looks like you’ve made our top 50 so we’ll see you tomorrow let’s
Bring in a Bassmaster Open winner and classic qualifier from Florida give me a little love for Kobe creger big day today 27b 15 o with 4110 is it enough for tomorrow that’s enough to go back to Florida tomorrow but it’ll be a lot easier drive for sure
You know uh I told you yesterday I don’t do very good when it gets cold out and obviously it was cold and my my roommate Hackney told me to put my big boy pants on today and go fishing and not worry about the weather and uh today
Everything worked out great and uh you know I’m just sort of sad I didn’t catch him very good yesterday that’s all well some rally for points here today so congrats on that our next angler are going to be rolling through in a beautiful to Tundra let’s get him headed this way
Definitely let’s about now whenever you’re ready come on thank you let’s hear it for him ladies and gentlemen he’s a five-time Master Classic qualifier a two-time Bassmaster Elite Series champion from Akin South Carolina the Tower of Power Jay will Jason Williamson digging deep in that live
Stop stop it we couldn’t get you going now we can’t get you stopping this I’m I’m thankful that Jay Will’s got a long wingspan and he can make this step over here but digging deep let’s hear form ladies and gentlemen an absolute fin freak of nature right there that a Lake Fork
Lunker he can do it he’s got very long legs right please don’t fall this would be awkward thank you that fish 9 lb 5 oz current leader in Phoenix bats big bass of the day 21 lbs even today gives you 44 lbs 13 O I didn’t do the math what’s that uh does
It work out you think you’re going to be right side of the cut or according to Bass track so far I think there’s a little bit of fishing left but man that fish saved my day and I said it yesterday can’t thank Texas Parks and Wildlife enough for keeping these
Fisheries in uh intact and um I’ve caught several 30 lb bags and a few N9 Pounders over my 18year career and every single one of them has been here in the state of Texas so uh yes it’s a special place for me and uh maybe we’ll get to
Go out there tomorrow and swing on a couple more I struggle today man if it wouldn’t been for that one I’d have definitely missed a cup for sure but uh you know it’s it’s these guys you talk about swinging one time for one big one but these guys are catching five of them
This is phenomenal Place phenomenal people and uh hopefully I’ll get to go one more day you’re a phenomenal angler hope to see a part of our top 50 our next angler at Classic qualifier from Baton Rouge Louisiana Get Loud for Derek hudnell 19 lb 3 o today gives you 48 lb
And 8 O so a little tougher day today but hopefully y’s weight’s going to keep you in this yeah I’m looking forward to going out there tomorrow it’s it’s uh man these this place has just got them I mean I caught to a nine pounder each day
That was severely short of 24 and I’m like my goodness I have to catch like an 11 or 12 just to get it to measure I’d love to show you guys a fish up here uh but this place is just incredible you know and I’ve said it before Texas
Should be the poster child of conservation and taking care of their Fisheries because everywhere you go in Texas they’ve got them I mean they’re healthy they I mean they they have they have plenty to eat they’re re your restocking program you guys should be the poster child across the country for
Conservation I absolutely love Texas so uh see you guys tomorrow go get R we’ll see back here tomorrow morning all the way from Japan a two-time classic qualifier Bassmaster open Witter let me hear it for Kenta CA 19B 10 o gives you 40 lb and 6 oz is
It enough to go tomorrow Kenta I don’t think so I’m sure not but I found a five pounder on the bed in the last 10 minutes and she beted once but I just land out of time I’m I’m pretty sure that fish could be you know the 10,000
Fish so but that’s way it is I mean I figured I’m up the moving up today and I figured I’m up that about that too late so yeah you don’t change up quick enough somebody else is going to be catching on this deal so yeah I just didn’t fish
Right you’re usually pretty quick and and and we talked about it yesterday you had six Red Bulls he drank yesterday while competing how many today Kenta I’m probably only five that’s why I dropped the weight oh yeah one one Red Bull short yeah that’s what it was all right
Well hopefully we either get you a Red Bull or Red Bull sponsorship by the time this season’s done he’s a Bassmaster Classic qualifier holds the all-time record for the biggest single day Smallmouth weight from the West Coast Bryant Smith 30 lb and 2 oz today so a much
Better day gives you 43 lb and 3 oz no matter what way this shakes out man you did your job today yeah yeah it felt good to actually catch him man I’ve been struggling so much this year and just can’t get comfortable but uh just stuck
A jerk bait rod in my hand today and just tried to throw it as many blobs on my active Target to as I could and got three big ones to bite in about 15 minutes it was wild I was shaking but uh hopefully uh we can make the cut but I
Don’t I think we’re going to come up a little short but we got the Bassmaster Classic next so dreams come true looking forward to seeing you there you got some valuable Progressive Bassmaster angle of the Year points his second season on the Bassmaster Elite series from Gonzalez Louisiana Logan Luso
Today 13 lb 12 oz gives you 292 and unfortunately um qualifies you to be part of this incredible party all weekend long just not out on the Lake Fork oh yeah Lake Fork’s great I’d like to come back they got a bunch of big fish crowd’s great want a little
Redemption on it well always great to have you here we look forward to seeing you at the next one I know you’re going to get loud Texas a three-time Elite Series winner a three-time ttbc champion from Huntington Texas Keith com Keith comb 17 pounds 14 ounces today
Gives you 49 lbs 2 O So a tougher day today but uh the good news is you’re looks like you’re going to get another shot tomorrow yeah that’s what I wanted to do was survive the day you know I sat on stage yesterday I caught that big bag
But it wasn’t easy there was a few you know the fish are they’re moving up but that front had really just left the remnants of what was there this evening they started coming back I caught a seven pounder you know on a place that I had already fish so uh tomorrow and the
Next day are going to it’s going to happen like it you know it it was starting to do that in practice but I think today was tough make it to tomorrow late for’s going to show out you can catch 40 pounds here and get back in it I’ve seen you do it let’s
Hear it for me as he leaves the stage he’s a Bassmaster Classic qualifier from Tennessee Get Loud for Jacob Fels 55 lb 10 oz total a big day today 29 lb 9 oz let’s hear it for him ladies and gentlemen how fun is lake Fort golly man this place is absolutely
Unbelievable man you know I’m not getting a bunch of bites but when you get one it is a great big one I can’t man I can’t get over how great this place is you know uh man after the off season I had it feels good to get off to
A good start this year and uh you know had a had a good day today had left a couple swimming I would have had a bigger bag but you know going to go out there tomorrow see if we can’t catch a 30 bag tomorrow and get up into the top
10 and fish Sunday love to see that happen for you he’s a six time Bassmaster winner former Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year from Gonzalez Louisiana the hack attack Greg Hackney I don’t have to wipe my hands I don’t 22 lb 4 o today gives you
456 is it going to be enough to go tomorrow yeah I think so I think I’ll squeak in there I’ve been on probably the wrong program this week but I’ve caught a lot of fish it’s been fun I I’ve stayed shallow the whole time just
Dobing a bug around with that big Rod I just can’t not you know it’s a character flaw I just cannot do that you know what I mean so tomorrow maybe I’ll do something different I don’t know uh weather’s going to be good A lot of these fish are going to come back and
Try to spawn again there were a lot of beding fish when we first got here this morning when I got there it like 55 degrees and it just it’s slow process this afternoon it seemed like a few new ones came up but uh it’s fun it’s a
Great place it has been incredible the wait yesterday you know I was speechless yesterday I uh I don’t know what to say I mean when they’re catching them like that and I know how they’re catching them but I but it’s still it’s just it’s it’s it’s crazy you know how many big
Fish live in this Lake and it’s always good to be in Texas in the spring always great to have you here we look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow a four-time Bassmaster winner from North Prince George Virginia Jacob pernik 24 lb and 10 o today gives him a total of
4811 and looks like you’re going fishing on semifinal Saturday yeah you know some good things are happening and and you know the the thing is if this little cold front would have came in we still would have caught you know just as good as any just been fishing a little bit
Different than you know a lot of guys are fishing right now but you know this afternoon I had one four pounder in a pocket I went back in there and there’s 10 more laying around so good things are happening and uh you know I like to sight fish and fish really shall and
This lake has got Giants so you never know like this morning I told my the guy I was with my Marshall this morning I said you never know when you know you’re going to catch a nine or 10 pound I swear it was my very next flip I call
Out 8:15 so you know it’s just one of those deals and that when you put yourself around those kind of fish and everything but hats off to millertech batteries if any of you guys have never tried millertech batteries I have stood on mine on a lan scholler motor since
Daylight this morning and I promise you they still got 90% of juice left so if you haven’t tried them try them out we’ll see them tomorrow we’re going to go get them charged up go get them we look forward to see you back here tomorrow next up our angler is rolling
Through in the Toyota Tundra and you know how that deal Works he’s a former bass Nation national champion all the way from Hawaii say aloha to Maddie Wong boom shakalaka giant fish a giant bass for Matty Wong and what a kickoff to the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series this angler is having had to have a big performance to finish off off 2023 to just get here you need the fish going to hold it up one more time let’s hear
It today 30 lb and8 Oz giving him 63 lb and 10 oz and Matty Wong is leading the AFCO Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork and dude it was a lot of fun watching you today thanks man I had a ton of fun that’s my biggest bass good time to
Catch it right I’m like I was I was tripping out I’m like that I just caught my PB during an elite event that’s freaking awesome I I I did end up dumping one about the same size and uh lost another good one but you know what
I just kept the train right in my head and just stayed with the positive and just kind of put all that negativity behind me and just kept fishing was was able to call out my last one and got me to my dirty 30 two days in a
Row dirty 30 is fun huh oh I like the dirty 30 it’s everyone does I actually it was my birthday this past week during practice so it’s just kind of a fitting you know so yeah I’m super super pumped it’s amazing to come out to a place where this state really really cherishes
And takes care of the fishery and that means so much as as a passionate angler myself so give give yourselves a round of applause for just being Texas and being awesome because I love this place and this this fishery just really fits my style so hopefully we can just go out
I mean we know we’re going out tomorrow and hopefully we can uh put ourselves together a another good day of fishing but either way Mahalo guys appreciate it a lot much Mahalo see you tomorrow he’s a former Forest Wood Cup champion a Bassmaster Open winner from Alabama Justin Atkins
29b and 2 oz today with 6113 Justin Atkins moves into second place let’s hear it for him ladies and Gentlemen man this is I mean this even if you guys were just here fun fishing this would be a great trip but to do this with a title on the line how much fun are you having out there oh yeah no this place is awesome I’ve had a good
Time every time I’ve been here but one um that we’re not going to talk about that one time it’s still kind of a thorn but it’s been awesome um I love the springtime in Texas these fish act like they’re supposed to I’m getting to catch
Them way I like to and if they move on up that’s fine too we’ll get after them up there so I don’t know it’s it’s been a it’s been a really good time um second day always stresses me out I was a little anxious this morning and finally
Got a little weit was able to settle in I started fishing some new areas and there’s a lot of big ones out there swimming around so I don’t know I’d like to catch about 35 tomorrow I’d love to see it go make it happen and get inside
Our top 10 for championship ship Sunday a three-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier a Bassmaster Open winner from Detroit Lakes Minnesota oh Bob Downey tough day today 8 lb 4 oz and uh gives you 28 lb 10 o unfortunately going to miss the cut this time around but uh
Nothing to make you more distracted than an awesome party that we’re getting ready to happen have this weekend yeah this venue is pretty incredible it’s honestly one of the best ones I’ve been to across country kudos to you guys for putting putting this in and putting us
Uh out here on a phenomenal fishery I really struggled today this this Lake’s kind of been my Nemesis I’ve uh this is my fourth time being here and I’ve only had one good event so uh days like this tournaments like this is really important for me to zoom out and just be
Really appreciative of even being here and super grateful to have the opportunity uh it’s still a dream come true for uh you know when I was a little kid it was something I always wanted to do so uh got to get the train back on the tracks look looking forward to
Getting Grand Lake for the classic really excited for that one uh the Super Bowl bass fishing got to get uh got mentally uh prepared for it and uh get back uh to catching them thanks guys look forward to seeing you there he’s a Bassmaster Classic qualifier from milville New Jersey GDP Greg
Dama tough day today 9 lb 3 o going to finish this event with 35 lb 12 oz and uh I that’s frustrating but man what a phenomenal fishery it is Dave I think I need to hug after for this one you know Texas the last two events kind of hurt
My feelings a little bit I really really enjoy this fishery it’s world class it is I mean obviously the biggest bass in the country I think live in this L period but besides that I don’t know I don’t know what to say it’s just one of
Them days you know I’ll give you a hug probably not the hug you were hoping for but that’s all I got I I’ll take it right now thank you all right we’ll see you in the next one a two-time Elite Series winner both of them in his rookie
Season he is the reigning Dakota lithium Rookie of the Year from Arkansas the cowboy Joey sentes Joy sentes today 23 lb 2 oz well yesterday a much tougher day 30 lb 13 O you told me this morning you shaved off the mustache cuz that was the problem
Yesterday and and clearly today a better day so I guess clean shaving for the classic razor blade first time ever use a razor blade I’m about to get it nice and smooth but yeah you know the first day was it was tough uh today a little
Better but um man this place is awesome I love Texas I got to give a big shout out to Doug and Kathy Hill there they are they’re we’re staying at land in they’re on the golf course um and they’re awesome I love you guys uh thanks for letting us stay with you but
I love all you guys in Texas uh cannot wait to come back here just just hopefully with a little better finish can’t wait to see at the Bassmaster Classic safe travels a two-time classic qualifier from Georgia Mark Frasier 27b 8 O today going to give you
38 lb and8 o is that enough of a rally to get inside the cut no it’s not going to make it but uh yeah I’m a I’m a day late I didn’t pick up the uh the rod equipment yesterday uh you know I burned the bank didn’t get me uh but three
Yesterday but um went dobing around with my laurant active Target today and uh put a big bag in the boat so you know it’s it was a tough week um like I said I didn’t adjust very quick so um finishing with a 27 and a half pound bag
Man that’s that’s my PB bag last time I broke it was two years ago here so um yeah I mean I’m going to go home with a a good note so looking forward to coming back y’all always uh put a big crowd out and and uh yeah always great to have you
Here earned some valuable Progressive Bassmaster angle of the Year points a two-time Bassmaster winner six-time classic qualifier from De Florida John Cox 79 today gives you a total of 36B 9 o which would make the cut on any other fishery pretty much in the country but
This is not any other fishery yeah this place is incredible I mean uh we might as well just go ahead and put it on the schedule again for next year and uh cuz I really like to you know get some Redemption and uh I I’m not brought an
Over in yet here I mean they live here and I I mean so I really uh you know I I I’m really looking forward to that shot again hopefully next year hope we come back here every single year un least series rookie I needs to get real loud
From him the only angle ever to qualify from Maine get loud for Tyler Williams backto back 30 sacks today 30 lbs 9 oz giving him a total of 60 lb 13 Oz and Tyler Williams is sitting in third place how fun is this body of water dude I’m having so much fun out
Here just catching fish the way I like to I got no boats around me I’m just playing around and you catch sixes sevens just big fish everywhere but then you come in and you’re not leading the tournament or even close it’s crazy I’ve never seen anything like it backtack 30
Bags is a anything you can do to increase on that tomorrow or or is it just hoping for the right bites just hoping for the right bites and land whatever I get so this rookie class is awesome five of you are in the top 10 during today’s tournament let’s see how
It all shakes out he’s a former Dakota lithium Rookie of the Year an Elite Series champion from Georgia Drew cook 21 lb 3 o today Anglers wiped their whether this thing soaked or so they it’s a nervous thing I mean you got to wipe your hands
But good news is you’re not out of this tournament I don’t think with 4615 is it enough to go tomorrow yeah I think we’re going to go tomorrow and thank God because I mean the sun’s out it’s going to be 80 degrees tomorrow they can go
Scope their hearts out all they want but that ain’t how I’m going to do it I’m gonna hit the bank and I’m gonna go catch them off of them them shiny spots how I love to do it and uh but what an awesome tournament to have as the AFCO
Tournament I have worn every different type of a Co clothes this week from a samurai hoodie shirt to a giant you know as warm as you can get thermals on all that stuff but tomorrow we get to wear shorts and I’m getting ready to just put
The Troll Motor on 100 and find five of the biggest bass I can find because it’s going to take about a 50 PB bag to jump in the top 10 I want to see it happen for you go get them his second season on the Bassmaster Elite series from Oklahoma let’s hear it
For John so up 24 lb and 9 oz today gives him 36 lb 5 oz we’ll see how it all shakes out but man regardless earned yourself some valuable Progressive bassm angler of the Year points yeah I sitting in like 90 second yesterday and that’s the only
Thing I thought I was trying to get 32 today just never came across that opportunity but 24 and a half pounds is anywhere you’re going is going to be fun so I had a good day on the water I was relaxed finally got relaxed after all
The chaos and practice so I just need to learn how to put all that stuff behind me and have a good day one and keep those points man I want to be in this top 50 top 40 yeah I want to be in the
Top 40 at the end of the season so love to get you in the classic good rally today had a big day yesterday from Wisconsin give me a little love for Kyle noret little tougher day today 1611 but Duty yesterday’s incredible day gives you 52 lbs 3 o and you’re inside the top
10 currently so get another shot at him and man anything can happen on this body of water yes it can uh yesterday proved that I’m still around the big fish they just were not active um you know how I told you everything went right well I
Hit about every stump got hung up on about every stump had to get lures out everything went wrong but we managed to catch that 613 on the last cast so I think it’s going to hold us tight and we’ll be able to fish tomorrow we’ll have beautiful Skies so things can
Change and they’re coming look out I’m looking forward to watching it go down a two-time classic qualifier from North Carolina KJ Queen 24 lb an ounce today gives you 47 lbs even and that should be good enough to get you into the weekend yeah hopefully so man dude I’m not I’m
Telling you my foot’s cramped up right now and I can’t even hardly stand here uncomfortable time to have a foot cramp dude you ain’t kidding I got to go drink some water I didn’t hydrate enough but hopefully we make it in there uh them boys are still fishing but you never
Know what might happen but dude today I uh I lost three absolute Giants and I had three three Pounders in the bag so hopefully if we put all five in the boat tomorrow we’ll have a big bag looking forward to watching it happen for you
Texas Get Loud for one of your very own a two-time classic qualifier Brad Watley 9B 10 o today so a tougher day today gives you 3110 and uh don’t think it’s enough to go tomorrow unfortunately you don’t think that’s going to make it well I’d love you to be here but I just
Think that they’re these guys may may ruin it for you I think they caught them pretty good then usually do okay no it was it was tough for me today I mean I really don’t have any excuses um I tried running some new stuff I knew what I
Caught yesterday I pretty much caught everything that was there and uh I tried running some new stuff trying to do some different stuff but it just just didn’t work out but I mean that’s as the saying goes I got Fork I mean that’s late fork
For you it happens you know it’s uh you know this Lake really and truly even though it’s got giant I mean it’s it is it’s an incredible fishery and it’s got you know Giant giant giant fish in it but it’s just one of those lakes that a
Lot of times it’s it’s a 7 to 10 bite kind of day you know Lake and uh I just didn’t get those seven to 10 byes today tough one for you but a lot of great events ahead this season he’s a five-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier the backto back classic champion from
Coleman Alabama Jordan Lee 32 lbs 14 oz giving him a total of 54 lb and 3 oz and uh-oh Jordan Le inside the top 10 again looking to make top backto back 10 cuts in your return to the Elite Series so not bad not bad
At all I’ll take it hey that was a that was a special morning you know I had those by about 9 9:30 this morning and uh God it was awesome that was just so much fun and this lake is tricky you know you you definitely have to be right
Now I was coming in this tournament I was seeing fish on beds four and five Pounders and even bigger ones and that’s what I did yester yesterday it wasn’t good enough today I said man I got to do something different and uh went to a totally new area of the lake to totally
Doing something different thr a Berkeley STA and uh ran AC landed on them this morning there wasn’t any boats around and um it was a lot of fun so excited about today and we’ll see what tomorrow brings but yeah I appreciate y’all coming out awesome to have you back here
Look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow a six-time classic qualifier three-time Bassmaster winner from puka Kentucky Mark Menendez 1614 today 44 lb 5 oz your total is it enough to go back out again tomorrow it’s going to be close we still got some fishing time going on and so I hope so
Dave I tell you had something really unique happen today caught a good hooked a big one on a spinner bait and bringing it to the boat I’m being real careful with it of course a jerk bait gets in my leg while I’m doing that all those Gamakatsu hooks damn cooks that get into
Your feet reach down and the Gamakatsu hook on my spinner bait hits my wrap and hang hangs and the F five pounder gets off so I’ve never had that happen things go crazy in tournaments but I caught three today that when I set the hook the Gamakatsu just barely pegged them it
Didn’t even penetrate and I got them in the boat so Gamakatsu is the word of the day Dave there you go well glad to have you back here safe a lot of hype around this rookie he’s a Bassmaster Open winner at Classic qualifier from Texas Get Loud for Ben
Milin a lot of people on social media worried about Ben today cuz it looked like for a little while your Your Bass track was not updating but I’m happy to let you know today 25 lb 4 oz given him 58 lb and an ounce in his very first Elite series of
Any finished fifth last week well guess what back in fifth place again here on Lake Fork and man it’s going to be a lot of fun to watch you battle it out again this weekend yeah I’m just excited to be out here this weekend today was terrifying missed giant fish lost them
In my hand at the boat and I I didn’t have hardly anything until the last hour got two really clutch bites there at the end and uh all my stuff’s burned up I’m just going fishing tomorrow hopefully get one of those big 35 40 PB bags so
That drama that we saw unfolding that that that was legit it took right till the very end it was legit man I had you know one fish at 11: this morning and then I had 21 pounds here at the very end and I caught a 514 my last cast and
That’s awesome this place you can uh you can get right in the hurry love having you on the Elite Series look forward to seeing you in semi-finals Saturday our next tangler rolling through in a Toyota Tundra he is the very first Canadian to ever win an FLW Tour event the very
First Canadian to ever win a Bassmaster Elite Series event from Peterboro Ontario Canada Chris Johnson Chris Johnson digging deep in that Crush City weigh-in bag let’s hear it Lake Fork that fish 8 lb9 O at 35 lb and 11 oz today giving him a grand total of 55 lb and 12 oz and Ranger Mercury Pro Chris Johnson going to be fishing on
Semi-final Saturday and if you keep catching them like that going to be hanging out with us on Championship Sunday how fun is Lake Fork it’s an incredible Fishery um I’m going to have gray hairs by the end of this weekend though uh yesterday I didn’t really go
My way after to give a big shout out to Mercury for getting me back on the water um hit a stump and uh today I got mad at them went fishing but uh didn’t start out great and uh I lost some of them and I weighed in a three pounder today and I
Think I lost four that were anywhere from six to n PBS so um they’re out there this place is incredible like I said it’s not a place you’re going to go get a ton of bites right now but the ones that are eating are big ones and uh
Today I I stayed away from the bank I was so tempted I had three big ones at noon I’m like I know I can go get some four Pounders on the bank but you’re not going to away 40 going to the bank right
Now so I stuck it out I got one more and uh maybe tomorrow I’ll get five of those Giants looking forward to watching it go down he’s a former Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year two-time Bassmaster winner from New Market Minnesota the amazing fighterman Seth fighter 2412 today gives you 494 you’re
In 10th place currently that should be enough to go tomorrow right right Seth yeah just barely though it’s going to be a wild tournament there’s going to be a bunch of people that could break 100 PBS in this tournament that aren’t even going to get the chance to go fishing on
Sunday that is ridiculous like looking you’re worried about making a cut and he is literally just a few ounces off a pace to hit a 100 pounds is Lake Fork the greatest lake in the world it it might be it’s one of my favorite lakes that that slot limit just does wanders
To this Lake I’d hate to fish like a regular tournament here but uh weighing them in the boat it’s insane saying like there’s so many three to 10 Pounders in here it’s unreal it’s awesome to have you here make it into Sunday we’d love to see that happen Texas Let’s Get Loud
For one of your very own from Del Rio Texas Ray Hanselman Jr 16 lb 5 O today gives you 33 lb 12 oz and um unfortunately not going to be fishing this weekend no you know I had I had both of these last two tournaments
On you know asteris on them this this is kind of my deal and I don’t know it’s it’s the roughest start I’ve had in a in a starting a season but you know what I can hear I can hear that Rocky music starting you know nothing like an epic
Come back i’ love to see it happen for you a lot of great events ahead a former Dakota lithium Rookie of the Year a two-time Elite Series champion from Panama City Beach Florida Drew Benton 23 lbs 5 O today gives you 44 lb and 4 o in 19th Place currently I I know
You want to fish this weekend the way the conditions are setting up they are setting up perfectly for how you like fish are you going to get that opportunity it’s going to be really close it’ll be by the skin of my teeth if I get to go but uh you know this
Afternoon the sun come out and a lot of new ones came up and you know that’s what I love to do and that’s what I thought I was going to get to do this week and this weather just didn’t allow that I uh I thought that they would stay
And I I put all my eggs in that basket and uh sometimes you you got to have a backup and I just didn’t so um hopefully I get a chance to go tomorrow we get this pretty weather and uh maybe we can find some five five really really big
Ones and make a jump because it’s going to take like 35 to 40 pounds so we’ll see what happens right Fair fire through this way in quick and get you an answer a two-time Bassmaster winner from Wisconsin Caleb kall 16 lb 14 o today gives you a total
Of 2411 and unfortunately Ely uh not going to be fishing this weekend Caleb yeah unfortunately not uh I had a fun time out here uh Lake Fork always one of the best best Fisheries we come to uh you know this is my fourth time I think
Here and uh I had two really good tournaments two really bad ones uh so you know I’m looking forward to coming back though we’ll see what happens uh next time hopefully let’s hope we’re back here next year I’d love to come here every single year next up from Richmond Virginia the Barrister Edward
Lochran II 12 lb 2 oz today gives you a total of 181 and uh unfortunately you well you qualify to be part of this party just not the party out on Lake Fork no I wish I was out there tomorrow but I will not
Be um you know it was a uh I had a decent practice but couldn’t make it happen yesterday and today but uh Louisiana and Texas were not kind to me this year but I’ll catch them in the next few look forward to seeing you at
The next one hoty top 10 last week he’s a three-time classic qualifier former bass nation National Champion from Wisconsin Pat schopper 11 lbs even gives you 34 lb and 13 Oz unfortunately outside of the cut but man take two two events here one in Louisiana one Texas last week was a
Great one so um lots to build on going into the Bassmaster Classic yeah today was tough on me you know yesterday I caught Plenty of Fish and and honestly everything went right other than you know I didn’t have as good a bag as I thought um today I couldn’t I couldn’t
Do anything right I only had three bites all day got them all in the boat and just my timing was off i’ I’d pull up and Jordan Lee would be catching one on an area I wanted to be and it’s just it kind of went like that all day long so
That’s the thing with this sport it’s humbling and I got humbled today tough one but hey it was a good week for me I don’t know if you know this and I meant to bring it up here but I I didn’t get your parents gave me a pat slopper
Bobblehead yeah uh that’s interesting you could put it on your collection I guess or maybe after this tournament performance just throwing in the garbage no no never we’ll see you at the next one a former Progressive Bassmaster angland of the Year two-time FLW tour winner from Alabama Scott
Canterberry 16 lb 8 O today going to give you a total of 3513 and uh don’t know if that’s going to be enough no that’s not going to be enough on Lake Fork I mean this place is fishing phenomenal what a lake man this place is just unbelievable what a
Facility we have here this is just is phenomenal the crowd’s good uh looking forward to a big weekend it’s going to be fun here but uh these guys are blasting them I give it hats off to them man it’s a pretty it’s hard to get bites
Just out there if you’re not on the right thing you see they’re like a hero or zero type deal so uh hats off to them they figured it out this week Lakes really showing out got a lot ton of big ones in it thanks for coming out guys
Thanks to all the sponsors we couldn’t be here without you appreciate it always great to share the stage with you from Old Forge PA Get Loud for Jonathan Kelly 25b and 5 oz giving them 50 lb and 15 oz you’re fishing tomorrow but it is absolutely ridiculous the amount of
Anglers that are on Pace to join the Sentry Club how do you feel about that this is insane I have an opportunity to potentially get there but I’m going to at least have to have 30 tomorrow maybe even more to even get to Fish the final
Day so I don’t know what I’m going to do I want to come AC cross to Sag it’s one of those big ones I had one today that was 94 and I didn’t get to bring it in it was 23 in I caught one yesterday that
Was six PBS and 8 PBS that were longer this fish was insane it was huge biggest one I ever caught so it’s my new PB and crazy crazy day laying that fish but uh I’m kind of glad that I did get to throw it back in because she was skewing eggs
All over so now she can go back do her thing and continue on so hopefully we can go back tomorrow and catch her awesome great tournament so far he’s the back-to-back bass nation National Champion from Alabama will Davis Jr 27 lbs at an ounce today giving him 5610 your fishing tomorrow currently in
Sixth place and uh one of the Elite Series event in your rookie season why not go win another one here this week I don’t know I got to catch them better I mean this this you’ve heard it time and time again this place is phenomenal and
It is you know I’ve been catching them here and there and doing this this and doing that and you know I ain’t really settled in on just one deal yet but they’re coming uh some of them are already there so you know I’m just going
To put Big Bite base in my hand tomorrow and hope I can get it done we make it happen we’ll see you back here tomorrow morning at 7: a.m. takeoff from Alabama Get Loud for Joseph Webster 4 lbs 2 oz today going to finish
With 22 lb 14 oz I know you hate missing the cut but everybody hates not being able to fish out here another day well it it was kind of I put myself in this situation I I had a great big one found about midday yesterday and I sat on it
For two and a half hours this morning and uh I think it was well over 10 pound and I just couldn’t make her do what I needed her to do and uh I kind of got behind then and everywhere I went there was boats everywhere and I didn’t want
To get right in the middle of them and uh you know we’ll just uh lick her wounds a little bit and go on to the next one and uh it’s I’m just glad it’s early in the year always great to have you here love sharing the stage with you
He’s a former motocross racer a four-time classic qualifier from Newcomerstown Ohio Hunter shok 15 lbs 15 O So a tougher day today but yesterday’s weight’s going to keep you in at 4610 and another shot to Rally tomorrow absolutely you know these things threw me a curve ball I thought I was really
On to something yesterday I really feel like the fish stopped sliding on me I I sliding I mean like starting to pull up and I I’m catching them in transition I feel like but you know I feel like those females just slowed up but hopefully
This Sund to day I’m going to rig up some Abu Garcia Rods tonight and hopefully keep them bent tomorrow and uh 30 pounds or nothing go get the dirty 30 I’ll see you back here tomorrow he’s an Elite Series champion and a classic qualifier from Springville Alabama the little ball of hate Wes
Logan 16bs 5 O So a tougher day today with 4110 in 25th right now and uh we’ll have to see how it all shes out yeah we ain’t going to make it but I mean I caught you know 41 lbs on the bank you know fishing
The way I like to do and I don’t know I’m a little ticked off but I’m not going to say why I think everybody knows why because like man that’s just how I fish I can’t go out there and just put my head down and just not look up like I
That’s not how I got taught how to fish that’s not what my bassm magazine said I don’t know it’s it’s a weird deal like there’s some really great fishermen that are really good with it but I feel like it can make an average guy look like
He’s a hero and when you really don’t have to put any you know thinking into it really but I don’t know I’m not going to get on that Soap Box we didn’t catch him good enough as basically what it is and shout out to the guys that did we
See youall the next one always great to have you here here’s your reigning and defending Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year from Alabama Stone Cold Kyle welsher and man what a performance today 33 lb and 2 O is giving him 54 lb and an ooun you move all the way up to 10th
Place place and man that is a great day of bass fishing yeah you know without a doubt the last three competition days of the year so far I’ve just made a lot of mental mistakes and got rushed and today was kind of the first day that I settled
In and obviously this is a really good L to do that on because we caught 33 pounds so nothing like a giant bag like that to get the Year back on track always great to have you here we’ll see you back here tomorrow morning a former bass nation National Champion a
Three-time classic qualifier from Louisiana Kaleb Summerall 18 lb 3 oz gives you a total of 40 lb 15 oz and uh unfortunately outside the projected cut this time around yeah man uh no other excuse I lost some opportunities today and you can’t do that on this Lake these guys
Are absolutely cracking them I didn’t miss I missed that deal um I just didn’t break down enough of the lake and uh hey you know is what it is as bass fishing um shout out to everybody that’s coming out crowd looks good we’re going to go drink some cold beer and uh get
That I knew that getting fired up you guys need to check out an Express it’s a great boat for leg Fork all the Timber and everything fishing shallow deep it does great so um yeah see yall the next one he’s a two-time progressive Bassmaster angle of the year a six-time
Bassmaster winner from ratr Idaho The Prodigy Brandon Penck 24 lb and 4 oz today gives him 50 lb and 6 oz and as ridiculous as it sounds that put you in 13th Place at this point in the weigh-in we may set a record for sensy belts here this week because a bunch of you were on Pace for
It it we were talking about that backstage and it was funny we were scrolling through Bass track saying okay who’s the last guy on Pace to break a sentury belt for four days and it was me in 28th Place I was the last guy on Pace
Right now to break a Sentry belt there’s going to be guys that probably are on Pace that don’t make the 10 cut I mean I was thinking somebody could after yesterday potentially like break a hundred and then still not make the 10 cut break a 100 in three days I’m
Curious to see how it shakes out I saw a lot of big ones swimming to me today so I’m glad that I’m going to fish again tomorrow and uh hopefully that South Wind just keeps blowing warm weather in and keeps blowing the fish in well even
Happier is your whole crew cut ice cream tonight first time this season from Connecticut looking to make backto back top 10 Get Loud for Alex weatherell had a top 10 last week at too Ben today 18b 7 o and unfortunately outside of the cut but hey two events
Into the season and you you can’t be upset with the way the last one went no no I was really happy with how the first one went and start the season that way but came into this one trying to do something similar and uh you know some
Some people in the crowd will understand this when you’re practicing sometimes you’ll catch some fish and they’ll give you that false read and I caught some big fish out deep and unfortunately that bite went away for me and so I found myself scrambling and ended up in the
Result we did but uh I’m going to take it I’m going to try to learn from it and see what I can do differently from this event and see if we can have a fantastic rest of the season little time off but we’ll see you at the next one he’s a
10-time classic qualifier former ttbc champion from Asheville Alabama Matt Haron 1811 today gives you 40 lb and 4 oz you’re in 30th Place currently and uh a 20 lb average on this body of water I mean it’s great anywhere else in the country but here unfortunately just not
Enough no 4 PB average here we ain’t going to get it see all the holes in me I been I went to a gun fight with a pocket knife always great to have you here we look forward to seeing you all season long a nine-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier from Gainesville Florida Bernie Schultz
9 lb even today gives you 28 lbs total but uh oh yeah that’s wow I don’t know how many more of these I got in me so w no I think you got a lot more in you this one a tough one you might die before me I don’t know you
Know I just I’m hoping not I just want to make sure I got a picture of this before we go you know wow if I die tonight you’ll feel bad about that yeah a little bit I probably lose a little sleep over that yeah but great lake I
Got no excuses uh I stayed too long on a school of fish this this morning till about midday or one o’clock and just couldn’t make them bite and uh abandoned that went and caught a nine pounder wish I’d been doing that all day but that’s
Just how it goes tough one we’ll see it let’s hope the rest of this is less awkward our next angler from pacon Arizona an eight-time classic qualifier let’s he for the golden Ram Clifford perch tough tournament 5 lb 8 O today gives you a total of 12 lb even and uh I
Mean this this one’s tough but a lot of great events ahead yeah I hope so um you know this is a great lake it’s got a lot of big fish it’s uh crazy the weights but uh yeah got something kind of funky going on right now I don’t just just
Didn’t catch them but uh uh can’t explain it but uh I’m thankful to be here we got a nice weather today I’m not freezing cold so uh I want to thank my sponsors and I will say uh my friends at Copper State tackle still have some of that socket to you
Shad all right we’ll check it out let’s hear it for him he is a three-time Elite Series champion from Auburn Alabama Steve Kennedy Steve it’s got all awkward but I’m counting on you to put the wheels back on the bus here 1113 today gives
You 32 lb 4 o tell me something good not much to say I looked at the weights yesterday the smallest limit yesterday was 13 pounds with a limit today I’ve got a limit that weighs 1113 that would probably win an event on my home lake of Lake Martin and it is
The smallest limit here this lake is absolutely incredible right now and it’s just full of those you know five to seven pound fish I just I think I’m snake bit I can’t Land one it’s been a rough tournament but this place is incredible you’re incredible angler we
Look forward to seeing you all season along he’s an eight-time classic qualifier two-time Bassmaster winner from fville Tennessee the always lethal Brandon Lester Brandon Lester 13 lb 7 oz gives you a total of 41 lb 5 oz is it enough no there’s no way it’s going to be
Enough the weights would really have to go down you know that’s pretty much what you call a train wreck but I got sucked in yesterday man I called almost 28 lbs winding a 3/4 ounce spinner bait up on the bank we had really good conditions for it yesterday we had that wind and
Today you know we didn’t have that wind and they just didn’t bite it good so it is what it is uh still a fun week man what an incredible Lake I mean I hope we come back every year this place is really awesome but thank you’all for
Coming we’ll see you next time if my vote counts for anything I totally agree our next dler rolling through in a beautiful Toyota Tundra so you know he’s got an over and man he’s used to some big performances he’s a five-time classic qualifier a four time Bassmaster
Winner holds the all-time record for the biggest winning weight of smallmouth fast holds the alltime record for the biggest win margin and he said it right here on Lake Fork from Somerville South Carolina Patrick Walters what a day he had today 32 lb 8 oz that fin freak of nature right there a N9 pounder Patrick Walter’s no stranger to Big Bass especially on Lake Fork two of his Bassmaster sentury belts came from this body of water and this body of water has been very very good to
You 32 lb 8 O today that a N9 pounder giving you 50 lb and 14 ounces and you are on Pace to get another senty belt if you can make it through to championships Sunday because as people said there’s going to be Anglers that are on Pace to
Get 100 PB and not even make it that’s how incredible this body of water is yeah absolutely unbelievable how crazy Lake Fork is you know if you get a bite here it’s a big one every single time you know I had a much better day today
Ended up with 32 PBS and what’s crazy is I had the same bites yesterday I just dug myself in a hole and didn’t execute so only had 18 lbs 32 lbs is definitely how you rally we made some ground up the gold tomorrow catch us another 30 lbs
Get us close that 10 cut and uh we rallied some points so really good day don’t make it happen tomorrow great job today he’s a seven time classic qualifier former Dakota lithium Rookie of the Year from North Carolina Brandon card had 23 lb 4 oz giv you 51 lb 9 o
You’re in 12th Place currently so you don’t got to sweat it out you know you’re going to work tomorrow yeah you know I love lake Fort man this place uh I’ve had some some great events here CAU some really big bass and uh man I just look forward to coming here every single
Year um you know the goal starting this tournament was to win but uh you know obviously if I don’t win I still want to break that Century uh get the century belt I missed it here by uh five pounds two different times so hopefully we can
Get that Century belt this week and just keep catching those big ones going to get a shot looking forward to watching it go down a four-time Bassmaster winner the back to back classic champion from Maiden North Carolina Hank Cherry 25 lb 10 oz today gives you 47 lb
And 9 o you’re in 20th Place currently you going tomorrow yeah I’m going I was worried all day I wasn’t going where else in the world do you go fishing and have close to 50 pounds wonder if you’re going to make the cut that doesn’t that
Doesn’t happen but I sat down in the grass today I cranked up the motor to leave here I cranked up the motor when I came back said if you’re not up there in the bank you got to be out here so I got my b mooch solo got my ChatterBait went
To work uh could have had a really great day that’s still that’s for me the way I like to fish that’s a good day but I could have had a great day it was very close so we’ll go back out tomorrow and go swinging and uh hopefully bring five
Big ones back thank you guys for coming out excellent excellent crowd don’t forget to thank your veterans they why we can do this thank you he’s a four time angler of the year the 2020 Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year from Texas get L for Clark wet his birthday today so everybody in
The count of three say happy birthday 1 2 3 happy birthday that was very good thank you 16b 5 O they said happy birthday but unfortunately Lake Fork did not say happy birthday to you today but the good news is you get the weekend off so you can party all night tonight no
I’ll come out here and work the uh work the show and and and watch how Texas really shows out because I mean this is an amazing facility I I the first time I drove in here I was like God that this is so pretty I mean it’s it’s like and I
Can see there’s going to be a big crowd so it’s going to be fun it’s going to be an awesome weekend look forward to seeing you around the Expo next up we have a Bassmaster Classic qualifier from Alabama Get Loud for David Gaston 20 lb and9 o so back to back 20
Bags but that’s just not enough on Lake Fork unfortunately it makes you feel really really bad that you you know go out there and catch all you can and these guys smash them so good I mean I I don’t know what to do I
I did I like a do today well a lot of great events ahead and uh I know you’ll figure out this Fork thing when we come back here in the future I sure hope we come back I definitely think we will get loud ladies and gentlemen a two-time Elite Series champion from
Chattanooga Tennessee buddy gross had a giant day today 31 lbs even gives him 45 lb and 13 Oz and should leads you right back into this event right it’s going to be close you know my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did that today because I fished exact same places
And they just showed up so proud of it proud of you look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow he’s a two-time Elite Series champion from Greenwood South Carolina the CB Brandon Cobb 30 lb and2 Oz here today giving you 49 lb and 12 O so once again Lake Fork
Being pretty good to you yeah yesterday um I went fishing yesterday and just didn’t ever catch any big ones just caught some fish and today I turned my front looker on turned the active Target on and trolled around and caught 30 lbs so apparently apparently that’s what you
Have to do so I guess I’ll go do it again tomorrow and see what happens working out for you see you back here tomorrow morning he’s a five-time classic qualifier from North Carolina the baby shark Shane Leu wow wow I underestimate your sneakiness 261 gives him 47 lb and 5 oz you’re
Going tomorrow yeah I had a uh little bit better day I I bounced back and forth from shallow and deep and uh I got real lucky I did I did an in ianelli and caught a 71 on my last cast with like 12 minutes left so that really helps a lot
Hopefully we can uh get five of those I’d like to crack one of these 30 lb bags that seems like Lake Forks giving them out left and right like Oprah oh yeah you get get a 30 lb B you get a 30 lb bag he’s a three-time Bassmaster
Classic qualifier from Ava Missouri Cody Huff he said that they’re giving out 30 pound bags and he wasn’t lying 33 lb 5 oz today gives him 45 lb and 6 oz so a big rally here today and that’s got to feel good that feels a whole lot better
Than my 12b bag yesterday let me tell you I had a ball out there today got a a lot of bites uh hopefully we have another pretty day like this I’m just excited to go fishing again man supposed to get better every day so look forward to seeing you tomorrow he’s an 11-time
Classic qualifier and Elite Series champion from Brookville Indiana dollar bill Len 25 lb and 2 O gives you 42 LB and 5 oz you’re currently in 33d place is it enough I don’t know looks like I’m going to be Bubble Boy it was uh it’s been pretty stressful back there waiting to
See everybody come in and see what bass track’s doing and all that but you know yesterday if I have just caught a little more um we wouldn’t be worrying about this now but you know yesterday I just run that Express all over the lake thinking oh I’ll just run over here and
Catch one and I’ll run over here and catch one and before I knew it my day was gone and I didn’t have anything in the you know but 17 pounds and Dave you know when I get in an area and just grind it out that’s when I do my best
And that’s what I did today I just went in an area put my head down junk fished and through fish whatever ever was in front of me and ended up catching 25 lbs so hopefully I can get a shot at it again tomorrow if not come see me at the
Yamaha Booth always great to have you here we’ll try fire through this way in quick he’s a three-time classic qualifier the prince of Paca Cliff Prince 15 lb 3 o today gives you 24 lb 9 oz and you know the rest yes I do and I
You know I’m trying to keep a smile on my face at least we’re coming to Florida for the next two so uh get to make up for two Soo tournaments in Texas tough start but I know you’ll write the ship when we get down to Florida his first
Season on the Bassmaster Elite series from Alabama Get Loud for Elite Series rookie Logan Parks rookies showing out in a big way as I said at one point today and we’ll see how it all ends but we had five there’s only nine 10 rookies in total
Nine from the eqs five of them were inside the top 10 and that one of them was you thir 30 lb 10 oz an unbelievable event he’s having 53 lb and 14 oz so you’re definitely fishing again two Elite series events two top 50 Cuts this Elite Series business pretty easy huh
Hey pinch me man am I dreaming I had the uh most incredible day of bass fishing in my life today the good Lord blessed me and it was just every time I set the hook it was a four five six pounder and uh man I I love Texas I hope that uh
Maybe next year we’ll have four or five events down here I would love to see that myself I’ll see you back here tomorrow morning he’s a former Dakota lithium Rookie of the Year in Elite Series champion in a two-time classic qualifier from Wisconsin J shurett 24b 8 O gives you a 461 after
Two days of competition how you feeling about that surely that’s enough right I would hope what do you guys think is that enough to make the top 50 46 Pounds for two days okay okay I’m hoping you guys are right too uh didn’t catch any eight Pounders today had a
Decent average uh hi to everybody back home you know this is my second time on Lake Fork so last time was not so good so if I make the cut this time I’m very happy with it always great to have you here another one of our Elite Series
Rookies it’s dubie time get loud for Tim dubie 16 lb 5 O here today gives you 36 lb 14 o so I don’t think you’re inside the cut this time around but man it’s great having you in the Elite Series yeah good day out here first time at
Fork and uh you guys have a beautiful Lake not a lot of fish from where I find them uh but every time you sat the hook it’s a good one and uh looking forward to the next one always great to have you here let’s keep him rolling through he
Is a Bassmaster Classic qualifier from Corban Kentucky Get Loud for Mike Huff 13 pounds even gives him 34 lbs total and uh 343 actually so unfortunately outside side of the cut this time around but man Lake Fork whether you get him or not it’s it’s frustrating not to make the cut
Financially but it’s really frustrating to have to not go out there tomorrow yeah it is this Lake’s just so full of big ones I caught a seven pounder today and only had 13 pounds but looking forward to going home and getting refocused and ready for Florida always
Great to have you here before we bring out our next tangler I wanted to let you guys know something because a lot of times you hear people talking about are people watching bass fishing well Fork people tune in we’ve been here before yesterday’s ratings 20% higher than
We’ve ever had on Lake Fork and it was just day number one so your lake is getting featured around the world and that viewership is just going to continue to go up so thank you guys for making it what it is let’s bring out our reigning and defending Bassmaster
Classic Champion the Great Canadian snow leopard Gussy Jeff gustofson 20 lb and 2 oz today gives you 41 lb even and uh as weird as that seems I don’t know what’s enough uh no that’s a go home early bag uh yeah I it was a grind for me I’m I’m lucky actually I
Got what I got I saved some points and and uh it’s a shame I heard you mention earlier like not just not getting to go out there tomorrow because it’s so fun fishing this place and I uh I I had a good shallow deal going and I think the
Cold weather just kind of hurted a a little bit and I I fought it and just I I told my guy the last two hours we’re going to go die up there and we ended up catching a few if I had one more hour I
Think I could have I had a 111 or something in there I probably could have called that one but yeah next up we got the classic so I’m I’m looking forward to that and uh get ready to try and do that again love to see it happen for you
Speaking of the classic he’s a former classic Champion he’s a former progress ress of a Bassmaster angler of the Year rolling through in a Toyota Tundra from Pitts Grove New Jersey go for Mike ianelli Mike ianelli has done this before many times here on Lake Fork digging deep in that Crush City weighing
Bag Get Loud for bass fishing Hall of Famer Mike ianelli that fish 7 lb 9 oz and N canelli has done very very well here in Texas over the years and just recently inducted into the bass fishing Hall of Fame so let’s hear it for him ladies and gentlemen hold that fish
High 38 lb and 3 o his total today 16 lb 5 oz so unfortunately outside of the cut but man that that fish anytime you catch a fish like that it is a welcome welcome surprise a lot of great memories at Lake Fork a lot of great memories in Texas uh
Some of the biggest bass ever caught my life were here in fact at Lake Amistad I caught a 12 13 in a tournament that’s the biggest bass I’ve ever caught in an event and you know those things are magic it never gets old I’ve been doing it 30 years professionally now and when
A when a 7 Pounders still get your heart going you’re doing the right thing so it was pretty awesome day always awesome to have you up here here Texas Get Loud for one of your very own an eight-time classic qualifier two-time bassm winner from Fort Worth Texas the zal dangerous one Chris
Zalan 23 lb even today gives him 44 lb and 15 oz you’re currently in 31st Place is it enough to go tomorrow Chris yeah I think it’ll be enough to go and I’m excited too because I mean what I’m seeing out there um I’m pretty familiar
With this Lake and I’m seeing a lot of movement I’m getting a lot of big followers following my lures and if I get those things to go tomorrow I mean we’ll we’ll scare 40 PBS um but 23 PBS and 22 something yesterday um I’ll take it those are small bags for Lake Fork
But I’ll absolutely take it um I got to go for it tomorrow and it’s crazy just a couple years ago going for it on this lake is throwing giant swimbaits across clay points and you know looking for 30 40 pounds now going for it is keeping that transducer in the water and just
Covering as much water as possible so I’ll do a little bit of both tomorrow looking forward to seeing how it works out for you here’s your day one leader a four-time classic qualifier a former Elite Series champion from Japan tkumi Ito today had 22 lb9 oz giving him a
Total of 61 lb and 10 oz and Tumi ETO moves into third place currently so a good day but just not quite as good as yesterday yes so uh to today the pretty good but yesterday is that awesome day there so many B I catch a bunch of five
Six it’s good day but I don’t know why today a no B so I I try to deep and the sh and the deep and Sh but it’s so hard to 22 nights pretty good but Lake Fork is a many giant BS I need to more big
Way tomorrow you you were a lot of fun to watch on live today people who loves watching Tumo you are a lot of fun whether you catch them or don’t catch them but you always have a good day and I think your day is going to get a lot better because
On live you were talking about a lot of things like you do you were you were very hungry what were you hoping to get yes so I’m very very hungry like I want to get like a big pizza bus so giant H pepperoni be Bey special so tomorrow I
Will get buried like a PE Pizza extra large size big fat bass I would try to get well the bassm social media Department loves some Tacomo you don’t have to wait for the pizza tomorrow ladies and Gentlemen look that’s a beautiful Pizza that slice right there I’ll take thank you well can can is it okay if I have this cheers cheers cheers let’s he it for takito thank you thank you I got one slice he gets the whole pizza I have no time to eat it
Though that is uncomfortable next up hold on let’s just everybody clap for Texas for a second keep clapping I’m chewing snow all right here’s a three-time bass Master winner from Maryland Get Loud for Brian Schmidt 20b and5 o to today gives you 4115 is it enough it’s going to be
Really close unfortunately I think I’m going to be just a little outside um you know kind of similar to last week just need a little bit more man hey look real quick yesterday on my last cast I pulled up on a random Point here close to
Takeoff and I catch a 511 it upgrades me almost four pounds today I got two minutes to go I pull up on a random Point throw my swim jig out catch a 66 on my last cast upgrades me almost five pound you think I should have just fished some secondary points or main
Lake points probably would have done a lot better I was all glued in on the way back in the backwaters and and and fishing for spawners I couldn’t see but most of my weight come on two fish out here on the lake I don’t know on to the
Next one we’ll see at the classic and I’m going to try and knock some hours out get home to Maryland tomorrow safe travels I would shake your hand but I’m busy here’s the 2023 Bassmaster open EQ angler of the Year from from Myrtle Beach South Carolina JT
Tomkins sorry I’m eating here 35b and an ounce today ladies and gentlemen that’s worth me putting down my pizza gives you a total of 60 lb 14 oz unbelievable when you look at not just how you’re fishing but this entire rookie class there was a lot of hype
Around you guys going in this year and before the way and it looked like unofficially we had five rookies in our top 10 are you worried that the veterans are are well they’re going to get ornery with you guys yeah I mean you know I don’t really know what to say but like
The rookie class you know it’s been an amazing opportunity to be a part of part of it this year you know we got Trey mckenny he’s been just dominating his last two events he’s going to keep doing that and just you know that’s what I’m just trying to keep pace and you know
Having people like that around you and it pushes me to be as good as I possibly can and I hope it you know pushes the entire field to keep getting better and better and better cuz there’s plenty more coming I mean you got Tucker East Easton I mean there’s a lot of kids
Coming that we’re just seeing the very beginning of it and it’s just going to keep getting more and more competitive as we go and I’m just super happy to be a part of it love having you here look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow from one rookie to another from
Knoxville Tennessee hot of a top three last week Get Loud for Robert G a tough day yesterday but a much better day today 26 lb an ounce going to finish this tournament with 28 lb 10 oz and Garner some valuable Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year points and
Uh they may be the most critical points you get all year yeah um I’m glad I saved some fa today uh yesterday I just had one of them days that you you wish you never could have um I I had seven bites and lost six can’t make couldn’t
Make it up I mean everything that went wrong could have just kept going wrong but um I’m glad I rebounded today and I’m going to take this momentum into the next one always great to have you here great start to your rookie season he’s a five-time classic qualifier from South
Carolina Get Loud for Todd auton had 173 gives you 36 lbs and 6 o so unfortunately outside of the cut this time around Todd yeah I’ll be headed home early but uh you know we got Santi the open coming up and uh I think practice starts tomorrow so we’re going
To Drive hard tonight and try to get close to there and uh see if we can do good there but uh you know this week it’s kind of disappointing the weather had to change uh last day of practice I got on a top water bik here and they
Were killing it and um it seemed like I knew it was going to go away but I did catch five on it yesterday and U and just maybe if situations be a little different you know things turn out different but um we’re going to go to
The next one and see what we can do sometimes there’s a signs sometimes they’re the decoy we’ll see you at the next one a 13-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier a two-time Elite Series champion John Cruz five yeah the pizza was good but I can’t I’m having trouble eating it in
Front of people 5 lbs 14 o today so a tough day for you it was embarrassing I don’t it wasn’t that tough it was just really embarrassing to come up here and have to talk about it to go to one of the best Lakes if not the best lake in
The country for big bass in Lake Fork uh this place is is really special uh I hope you guys take care of it this facility is fantastic and I don’t know if if it’s officially certified but I think I have the road from the ramp out
To the main road is officially the best Road in Texas if y’all haven’t y’all probably experienced that on your way in hands down the best Road in Texas so I might drive that back three or four times just to enjoy how how smooth and flat and wide that road is um but I’m
Going to have a lot of miles on the road tomorrow headed home but I’m going to have to get my head out of my rear uh because you know these are the first two tournaments didn’t have two good tournaments at all we’ve got seven more
Events out there and I want to make sure that I continue to um you know show out and try to try to gain back as many points and see where we can end up by the end of the year because it’s a long season and um man you got I just thank
You guys for coming out here and uh thank you Dave thank you for being here always great to share the shades with you he’s an Elite Series rookie from Union City Tennessee John Garrett rolling through in a beautiful Toyota Tundra John Garrett a former Bassmaster Classic qualifier through the Bassmaster
College Series digging deep in that live well get out for John Garrett that one s pounds 2 O gives him a grand total today of 30 lb and4 o and he’s inside our cut with a total of 50 lb 15 o puts you in 16th Place currently and this young rookie
Going to be fishing with us again tomorrow semifinal Saturday and that is a long one there I mean 72 not a lot of seven Pounders get get you uh get you an over we’ve had guys letting go nines but that just shows how crazy this fishery is and you
Did your job today and the good news is you’re not going home you’re fishing tomorrow yeah that’s that’s the best news I’ve heard in a long time I get make my first basm Elite Series cut and get to go out and Fish on this awesome Lake again you’all have a fabulous Lake
Here full of big ones as you see and uh yeah just a blessed day awesome job look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow hot win last week all the way from from Japan a two-time Elite Series champion Get Loud for Kya Vegeta today 22 lb and 5 oz gives him 51
Lb 11 oz you made it to Saturday yeah but uh no good today uh three giant fish that came off and no good uh but I I’m happy so because uh I fishing tomorrow maybe so I enjoy fishing tomorrow you are fishing tomorrow as far as I know
But I have to ask you about something we hear rumors stories did did you go swimming today with the fish yes but but no don’t catch yeah it got away yeah but you still went swimming yeah swimming was it nice yeah good we look forward to seeing you back
Here tomorrow let’s hear for K Vegeta next up we have an Elite Series champion and a five time Bassmaster Classic qualifier from Benton Arkansas STS and block 19 lb 4 oz a giant day yesterday going to give you a total of 5610 so things a little tougher today but man
You got to be happy to get no there in semi-final Saturday and it looks like things are going to get even better yeah the goal this week was just get to Saturday and then Sunday if we can get another big bag I didn’t expect that many giant stringers but 37 helped the
Cause yesterday today it was just totally different for me uh I know what I need to do to make the right adjustments I got some areas that I’ve been leaving alone I tried to run through them today saw a lot of big fish that are moving in there so hopefully
Things will settle down tomorrow we can catch 35 or 40 go get them we’ll see you back here tomorrow he’s a two-time classic qualifier Bassmaster Open winner from Bowmanville Ontario CA Cooper Galant had a big day today yesterday a big day but only four fish he got his
Limit today 30 pounds 13 ounces giving him a grand total of 59 pounds and an ounce and you are inside the top 10 in seventh place how fun is Lake Fork Lake Fork is unbelievable like in practice I wasn’t getting many bites but I said coming into the tournament I’m like if I
Can just catch like five or six I’m going to have a giant bag it seems like every fish you hook out here is a big one and you can see that with all these giant weights and uh man this place is fun I did a little bit of everything
Today I’m kind of just fishing by the sea to my pants honestly I went shallow today tried looking at them uh fish out Deep Fishing like 5 to six in between and uh it’s going to do the same thing tomorrow just go fish and try and figure
It out as I go but uh man super stoked and hopefully we can crack another big bag tomorrow hi everyone back home I know mom’s back home watching Big thanks to Dad he’s been filming this whole thing for my YouTube channel and uh thank all you guys for coming out we’ll
See you tomorrow awesome job keep it rolling he’s the Lead Series rookie from Alabama Get Loud for Wesley Gore 26 lb 14 oz today gives you a grand total of 59 lbs even and you’re inside the top 10 and the Elite Series rookies are for
Real well I actually took a day off I guess everybody else caught 30 today but uh we’re going to get back out there tomorrow and try to get them but uh the rookies they they caught him really good this week uh we’re going to try to see
If we can put five or six UPS in the top 10 love to see that happen go make it happen tomorrow he’s no rookie this is 50th season of Bassmaster competition a 32 time classic qualifier a 16 time Bassmaster winner four time classic Champion the legendary Mr Rick Clen whose pizza is that well it’s mine it’s mine T Tumi gave it to me but but then I had to do my job so I couldn’t finish it yeah I apologize for my performance but that’s is what it is uh I uh I’ve lived in Texas for 50 years of
My life and so it’s a great state my daughters still live here and it’s no coincidence that this lake is producing one of the biggest catches B seen and so did Falcon The Coincidence is the Texas Parks and Wildlife they’ve did an amazing job getting these big fish and
Throughout all these lakes and uh and made a lot of people love fishing and uh the more we value something uh The More Humans tend to take care of it so uh keep doing it I’ll talk to you later thank you very much let’s hear it for Rick
Clut he’s a five-time classic qualifier Bassmaster Open winner from petero Ontario CA Cory Johnson good day today 27 lb 9 oz gives him 57 lb 5 oz sitting in 10th Place another shot at a championship Sunday appearance if you get him tomorrow yeah I’m looking forward to getting out there
This place is incredible I mean you can tell by the the fish and it’s uh anywhere you go you can catch a 10 pounder so uh looking forward to getting out there and giving her a shot go get rigged and get ready we’ll see you back
Here tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. he’s a Elite Series champion took that elad series title at the beginning of last year from Raceland Louisiana Tyler rette at 29 lb 13 O today giving you 61 lb 2 oz and moving you into fourth place currently that’s fun yeah it was fun it
Was a awesome day you know I busted 30 yesterday today uh if I’d have landed them all I could have busted 40 so uh they’re out there and good thing about this tournament they’re still out there so I know where I’m going tomorrow and I’m gonna sit there all day and
Hopefully we can get that 40 PB bag CU man today was fun love time 3030 is good but the freaky 40 is way better you know we were trying to figure out what you say with 40 so it’s the freaky 40 right I guess I mean that sure okay we could
Go with that go for the freaky 40 we’ll see you back here tomorrow a two-time Elite Series champion former Dakota lithium Rookie of the Year from Newport New York Jamie the hammer Hartman 1810 today giving you a total of 4112 not sure it’s enough to get out
There Jamie no sir it’s not I know that I uh think I’m 8 ounces shy so it’s tough man I had a tough practice anyways but I made the best of it um I guess I I practi too much on the wrong end of the lake because I see nobody that’s in the
Cracking those big bags are where I’ve been fishing so I guess they’re all up on the other end and I did not spend a lot of time on that side of the lake so I thought I could do better over here but hey man you live and learn the Lakes
Is phenomenal it’s fishing great apparently um I just didn’t make it happen so we’ll get them next time I know you will we’ll see you back here at the next one Texas one of your very own he’s an Elite Series champion a two-time classic qualifier from Temple Texas Frank the Tank Tal
How are you Dave six what the get your hands off my pizza brought me a snack well you ruined it for both of us well you SLA me like a woman come on well you took my pizza you’re lucky I didn’t punch you well I
Lost a cup by 1 oce so I mean I can’t afford dinner all well fine hold on look it’s it’s very clean we’ve hardly even had fish up here oh my goodness no standards whatsoever it’s good it’s pretty good isn’t it yeah who made that the pizza people I don’t know to comeo
Gave it to me but you you can have the rest now well I just appreciate it I didn’t catch them as good as I wanted to today I’m sorry y’all it’s hard to talk with pizza isn’t it now you see why I was sitting there I’m a professional I know
I know but I want to thank everybody for coming out and Texas has been great the two lakes that we’ve been fishing are just incredible so it showcases what we’ve got here and uh I just want to say thank you to my family and my sponsors I
Love y’all and we’ll be back on the next one in Florida there you go there you go thank you sir all right always good to see you a five-time classic qualifier a two-time FLW tour winner from Shelby North Carolina team Toyota’s Matt Ary sorry madam little grumpy I used to
Have pizza up here and then Frank took it from me but you had1 19B 4 ooun today 44 lb and 4 oz is it enough I think so but man it was a struggle to day I uh I saw I found one new fish at the end of
The day I’ve been strictly SCI fishing the whole Derby and uh I am flat out of fish I can tell you that but I found one at the end of the day um like a 4 and a half pounder caught it and that put us
Up over 19 and I hope it slid in there for tomorrow so I’m going have to do something different I’m going to go back and regroup I want to say to my girls back home Reese Ren my wife Emily uh daddy looks like we’re going to get to
Fish one more day so but we’ll see you soon always great to have you up here next up we have a two-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier from Alabama Justin Hamner 27 lb 8 O today gives you 60 lb 13 O you’re inside the top 10 and you know you’re going fishing tomorrow yeah
I like fishing here I like it I like watching you guys fish here you catching pretty good yeah uh today was a struggle for me I started out like super fast and then didn’t have any wind um made that bite really tough but we’re going to get
A lot of wind tomorrow and them big girls are pulling up so you do like them big girls I like big girls yeah I like them thick with a double SE next up from North Carolina a former Dakota lithium Rookie of the Year a three-time classic qualifier Jake
Whitaker 1515 today going to give you a grand total of 3512 and I’m sure you don’t want to hear these guys talking about how good it’s going to be on the weekend yeah man uh we all know man this lake is really showing out and uh the
Shallow fish just got me this week they uh they pulled me in and and then let me down today but uh man this place is really awesome this this facility is really cool um I got a brand new sponsor for the year Big Peach Car Wash so as
Soon as I get home I’m taking my boat and truck and I’m going wash the stink off and get ready for Florida so we’ll see y’all there perfect get all washed up we’ll see you there he is a two-time Elite Series champion former bat nation National Champion from Connecticut Paul
Mueller 31b and4 Oz today giving him a grand toal of 55 lb 15 o in 15th Place currently and the good news is you get to go fishing again tomorrow yeah this place got some big ones man it’s uh you know I haven’t been able to catch
Everything that I’ve seen um it’s been tough but uh you know there’s some i’ I’ve seen some really big fish I I need to get in that Tundra tomorrow and bring one up here because I haven’t in all the years we fished I I’ve never brought one
To the scales so uh I’ve seen a few and uh I got a bone to pick with a couple of them but yeah 31 PBS is pretty crazy yesterday I had 24 with a 26 and and I’m basically scrap practice and I’m just trying to figure it out as
We go um I’m not sure what to expect the wind’s going to blow I think they’ll bite better um but this place got it it’s incredible I think we got to come here I think we should just come here the whole year summertime spring fall I
Mean it’s it’s always good I it’s pretty dang good right now but I like it when it’s you know that ledge bite when they’re on the bottom it’s kind of weird right now but Uh there’s Big Fish man I I just hope I catch one of those lake
Fort studs tomorrow go get them we’ll see you back here tomorrow morning he’s the 2022 Bassmaster Classic champion from Dry Creek Oklahoma Jason Christie 18 lb and 5 oz today gives you 38 lb and 3 oz and that I mean it good nice fish just not Lake Fork fish that
Gives me a ticket to work that Yamaha boat tomorrow right there while everybody’s here you know I love this uh Lake I I was backstage counting I think I probably spent 25 days here fishing and I’ve caught nine or 10 10 Pounders in my life and six of them have come
From this Lake uh it’s just it’s got them and I I love the I mean I love coming here it’s sker Yamaha country you know almost every boat you see they’re running around and a lot of them thought I was crazy today running through the trees like I was but luckily we didn’t
Land on anything so uh just focus now on the classic it’s not very far from the house and and uh you know I I would trade two not good finishes for one really good finish in Tulsa would love to see it happen for you his second season on the Bassmaster
Elite series from Tennessee Get Loud for cool SS 28b and5 o gives you a total of 4215 is it enough hey man it’s going to be close um but man it felt good to finally catch him I’ve had a rough start of the year um had a magical hour this
Morning I caught all that in about an hour um lost three more over seven which would have looked really good on the scales but uh man just you know kind of had a slow start of the year um so appreciative to my sponsors who support
Me uh thanks to the good Lord for uh today and for always blessing me and I want to say hey to my family and my fiance always great to have you here we’ll keep our fingers crossed for you from blue as Ohio give me a little love for Alex red
Wine 15 lb 5 oz gives you 40 lb and 10 oz unfortunately outside of the cut this time around yeah today I only had three fish today I had a six a seven and a two pounder and I just as the day went on I just kind of got more and more in
Scramble mode what was trying not to be in scramble mode and it’s like I don’t know how far I missed the cut by but it’s like what would I do for just a 2B mail on a bed fish you know um but just want to say hi to everyone back home it
Was fun catching a lot of fish fish down here in Texas um but yeah uh ran those millertech batteries all up and down looking for beding fish last week on Toledo Bend in the wind um yeah Texas you’ve been good to me I’ve caught a lot
Of big fish but so hopefully I can get some Redemption next time always great to have you here I know you’re going to get loud hot of a wind just a few weeks ago on Lake okobi from Kon Florida Get Loud for Scott Martin 18 lbs even today give gives him
42 LB and an ounce and currently puts you in 51st Place so at least you I mean sorry well you know thank goodness for that open win a couple weeks ago you know I mean what a blessing you know I I you know I can have a lot of bad tournaments
This year but I can look back at that one and go that was the one that really mattered because it makes it puts me in the classic for next year I’m I’m I’m able to kind of fish a little more free this year hadn’t really worked out yet
But you know what we’ve got had a lot of tournaments this year and uh I feel like I’m fishing pretty good this this one was a little bit of a curveball for me but I’ll tell you what Lake Fork is awesome I hope we come back here every
Single year the weights are just incredible but I have to say a huge shout out to sker Yamaha I put that boat through a lot hitting stumps crashing into things when your equipment your equipment holds up through this tournament it’s good equipment the Garin Force Troll Motor is another really I
Have to give a big thumbs up for that because I’ve hit a lot of stumps with my Troll Motor and no breakage and I know a couple other guys with other brands that have actually broken shafts this week so you know big shout out to my sponsors
And we’ll get them next time always great to have you here look forward to seeing the next one he’s a four-time classic qualifier in the Elite Series champion from Eden Prairie Minnesota the Sleepy assassin Austin Felix 8 pound and an ounce gives you 2415 and qualifies you to sleep in
Tomorrow I should have stayed in bed today to be honest with you uh I mean this Lake’s incredible but it’s one of those deals you can be so close and if you don’t have it figured out just precisely they really tell you because they’re so educated out here it’s pretty
Wild I had the opportunity for a pretty decent bag yesterday and today I felt it’s pretty cliche I had to swing for it and only got three bites two of them got in the boat um been on the road for over a month I actually got married like six days
Before before I left it head down here so I guess I’m going to get to get home to Altha a couple days early so I’ll see you guys later one good one one bad one we’re off to our normal start always great to have you here he’s a six-time
Classic qualifier Bassmaster Open winner from H Michigan Chad pipkins 1112 today gives you 35 PBS 7 ounces and uh unfortunately outside in this one yeah I got to figure out how to catch a bass on day two I’ve had two two good starts and I follow them up with
Some couple pretty rough finishes but that it happens today I I got to watch a lot of guys catch fish so a lot of local guys were whacking on them it just was not meant to be I guess but uh looking forward to getting back home here miss
My miss my girls at home so appreciate all the wives at home that take care of families you guys are phenomenal we couldn’t do without you guys and uh thanks for coming out we are going to get back on track but uh nothing like a slow start in Texas safe travels we’ll
See you at the next one he is the only Australian ever to win a Bassmaster Elite Series event from TOA Australia fear my heart Carl Jackson 20 lb and 2 oz your number one fan is right at the stage gives you a total of 28 lb 5 oz and I know this one
Hurts but nothing makes it feel better than seeing that smiling face yeah 100% little rivy puts everything in perspective you know I’ve I’ve learned a lot over the years that fishing this this stuff happens you got to take the good with the bad sometimes you catch
Them sometimes you don’t I want to come back and I got a beautiful wife Kayla who just supports us and uh and my little girl reev we got our camper it’s an incredible life it’s a dream of I’ve dreamed of ever since I was a kid and
I’m living it so can’t be too disappointed went out there today caught 20 on an 8 in swimbait which was a lot of fun I think you should get bonus points for that these days but uh didn’t turn the Ford faing on long enough and uh it’s a big mistake these days but
We’re going to stay in Texas for the next couple weeks and wait for the classic bassm Classic’s coming my mom and my sister are flying over for it and from Australia so it’s going to be a time there’s going to be a few Aussies there and uh can’t wait to be back in
Tulsa and fishing my second classic so appreciate everyone thanks for the support looking forward to it he won he’s a two-time bass Master winner won the first Elite Series event heat fished from South Carolina Brian new 1714 today gives you a grand total of 39 pounds even and uh proving that
Lake Fork is a phenomenal fishery almost a 20 lb average outside of the cut I mean tough for you but Lake Fork is freaking awesome right uh to a lot of people yes yes it’s uh it’s a thorn in my side you know I’m I’m a thorn in my wife’s side but she
Still loves me and uh this lak’s a thorn in my side so you last time I loved it this week not so much I’m going to go see how fast I can get that uh that Falcon Yamaha on the trailer I got to get over to Santi Cooper uh the lake
That does have a lot of big ones as well and uh we actually get to bring them to the stage and uh yeah for the open and uh I don’t know but I tell you what I was in a not so great mood and I looked
Over and Lisa’s got a big check for me so that definitely brought my spirits up a little bit and uh yeah Texas was could have been worse you as you said it got a big check a phoenix bols big bass check from our last event a 98 let’s hear it for him
Go go get him on Santi yeah it’ll be fun all right see you later next up we have in Lead Series a champion a five-time classic qualifier from Mississippi Brock Mosley had 23 lb and 9 oz today giving him a total of 43 lb and 10 oz in 47th
Place currently got to hope it’s enough to get out there tomorrow yeah that’s kind of what I’ve been trying to get to all week is uh get to Saturday you know I figured out a deal in practice and the cold snap kind of killed it and today I
Got to you know um messing around trying to figure something out you know make the right adjustment I put on a buck out L where Davey hype mop jig and went to flipping and uh I put my four best fish in the boat uh after 1:00 you know I
Actually caught my best fish of the day on my last flip of the day and I really wasn’t sure if I gave myself enough time to get back so if I make it it’s all going to be because of that last fish Air at the end but hopefully I get to go
To tomorrow we’ll see fire through this quickly and find out for you what a day he had he’s an Elite Series rookie the youngest angler ever to qualify for the Bassmaster Elite series from Illinois Get Loud for Trey mckin fishing his first event as a 19-year-old he turned 19 on Monday I
Believe well 19 working out good for you today 33 lb and 10 oz giving him a grand total of 67 lb 5 o and there is your tournament leader at the AFCO Bassmaster Elite on incredible Lake Fork how dude what happened out there with you today I
Mean tell me about before we even talk about the big one tell me about I mean everybody ha who hates losing lures here anyone hate losing lures this kid’s so good he lost one and got it back tell me the story I tell you what like I said we
Had to make some changes today we caught him pretty good early morning I was like you know what I just had a gut feeling let’s just go out here and let’s try it so I drive the troller motor I catch one going I’m like all right it’s right I
Throw the next one and I break it off and that kind of hurt me you know it hurt my spirits and everything and I was like you know what it’s all right we’ll go on so we go on come back about an hour later and I see a DOT kind of the
Same area and I fire out there and it eats it and I get up I get just a lip it and my jerk bait staring me in the face all so it was crazy you know he had it all the way in his mouth the tagline and
Everything and I got my jerk back back tied it right back on started catching fish on it so it was crazy when things like that happen you got to start feeling like maybe this tournament is yours to win but you can’t get comfortable here can you no not with
These guys not at all this place is they’re getting tougher um today after we kind of went trying to practice we didn’t really find anything new really we I ran across one big one I’m caught an eight pounder later in the day that really helped me um it’s going to be
Interesting tomorrow I feel like you know hopefully we can shoot for I mean I’m goal’s always 30 but uh if we can just get to the 25 Mark get kind of at least less stressed early you know you know it’s going to be a great time it’s
Just it’s it’s getting really tough and and they’re starting to kind of dissipate so uh today we had to switch up a bunch but let’s see tomorrow we might have to adjust to see what they’re doing how are the you the world’s youngest old man you are very mature I I
I don’t know all I can say is I’m blessed very blessed and it’s been fun watching you let’s hear it for ladies and gentlemen your tournament leader a five-time classic qualifier and Elite Series champion from Colgate Oklahoma Luke Palmer 16 lb 5 oz gives him 38 lb total
And unfortunately outside of the cut this time around Luke but this this is a freak Farm here uh you know it it showed out big time this week you know the weather held out for us we got a little cool front now it’s warming back up I
Expect they’re going to keep Blas them just as normal as Lakes got them you know everywhere in Texas seems like it Happ them you know last week we caught them you know this is one thing about fishing you can be at the highest point one week and the lowest point the next
Week but you know what we’re still going to get go the classic and uh I’m looking forward to that one that’s that’s going to be a lot of fun you know going to have a lot of family and friends there that’ll that’ll be exciting being close
To home but it’s been a long three or four weeks on the road I’m ready to get home see my family and hang out them and see my dog a little bit enjoy a little downtime we’ll see you the bass master classic he’s a former FLW tour winner a
Former Bassmaster Open winner a two-time progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year from Gunnersville Alabama the incomparable Gman Gerald swindle you need to take a break I’m the only guy didn’t catch 30 lbs so I’m going to start practicing MC y’all give it up for Dave Mercer all the way in
Here from Canada them legs look so white look like somebody dipped him in chalk and just brought him right on out but sexy thank you okay I mean you did you play hockey back up here in Canada can Canadian Canada yeah but you kind of
Have to if you live there was you any good at it better than you you ever want to just check somebody on the wall sometimes I looked at everybody I run by today with that same kind of anger I live scoped to noon Dave I had
One bike just so you know they’re called the boards not the wall the boards the glass or the board okay I’m going to check them on the board Lisa is that legal board checking it is Texas what do y’all think should we be able to check up absolutely I mean if if somebody
Ain’t got some Band-Aids on at the end of the tournament it ain’t been a good Derby and I’m going to need some Sav like some type of scream to put on my backside cuz they beat the brakes off me here I feel like some like I stole money
From the church and my grandma caught me cuz I mean I have been beat each way you can be beat up River down river in The Creeks on the dock scoping in the middle hitting trees and if I hit one more gosh Dar stump I’m going to say things when
You least expect that you hit them things I look like a sniper shot me end over in I’m falling down y’all need to put some signs up out there I mean how hard would it be for us to let the water down and cut them all out of here I mean
We’ll have a bonfire I know y’all like to drink a little bit down here we build the biggest fires places ever seen nobody else will knock off a lower unit Dave Mercer he’ll be able to still do what he does and check them on the board
And by the way I had 181 today thanks to my heroics effort I caught a 71 with six minutes left to go so I’m not saying I’m a quitter but I wasn’t quitting but I knew I was beat like I was being choked out by Chuck Liddell and I just couldn’t
Quite breathe I stuck my yep did stuck it right there Lisa I love you that that’s what happens when you talk too long they shut the mic off on you but I don’t think you can ever talk too long G this one’s tough one but uh come back will’ll be fun 92nd place
That’s uh boy that’s old right there I my name be down there if my family’s looking for me on the print out sheet it’ll be down there where the ink starts running out it’ll just be a little bitty lines ladies and Gentlemen let’s hear for Gerald Swindle before we bring out this last
Angler I want want you to get loud ladies and gentlemen he’s a four time Bassmaster Classic qualifier a four time Bassmaster winner defending Champion backto back here on Lake Fork he weighed in the third biggest bag in Bassmaster history from Long View Texas Lee Ly today 24 lb6 oz Big Fish 74 going to give him a total of 3210 and Lee I know this is not what you had planned but we go all around the country and we have Hometown Heroes everywhere and everybody’s one of the hardest things to do is to win on your
Home body of water and this guy didn’t just do it he dominated the last two times we are here let’s celebrate a great angler hopefully that makes it feel feel a little better uh yeah it does you know um just the support you know not just all my
Family right there and friends and sponsors it’s all mixed but all y’all out here all y’all fans everybody watching at home and just the support you know I had 15 20 boats follow me today when I’m in last place you know that that that’s what means a lot to me
Is just the support I have you know yesterday when I had a terrible day you know Casey Zac from 6 C calling me you know Walt from Halo Rock Brian Robinson from tackle attic man my my the companies that support me and that I support man they got my back you know
They call me said hey you know don’t sweat it dude even though I just had a terrible day you know and and most importantly my wife you know I was in a terrible place yesterday when I got through and and she dealt with me being
A pain in the butt and uh and brought me back there you know today I just went fishing had fun uh did some offshore and some stuff up in the grass a braid that I like and it’s a it’s a great lake I mean the weights are insane uh it’s Lake
Fork Texas look at this venue look at the crowd and look at the weights uh y’all take care of this place I love Lake Fork I love Texas and uh I think we’re going to go have some Bush lights right now and jamson whiskey Meers thank all y’all thank my friends and family
Thank everybody I’ll see yall at the next one I have a favor to ask you before you leave the stage though I know I know it is a bad day to be a bushl and it’s going to be a good night to to hang out with Lee Livy to be honest but can
We make sure that you come back here tomorrow morning at 9:00 so you can be on Fox with me that’s what I was told I tried to get it moved up to noon but they said I couldn’t do it so I will be here at 9:00 a.m. all right we’ll get a
Driver for you if we need to let’s hear it for him ladies and gentlemen the one and only Lee liy the winningest Pro in The Last 5 Years on the Bassmaster Elite Series ladies and gentlemen that concludes our way in what a way and what
A lake and what a body of water we’re fishing on unbelievable I’m looking down here right now and all the way we we keep talking about 50 lb bags all the way down the 20th which is the furthest I can see on this screen it’s 54 PBS so
Well over 30 plus Anglers on Pace for 100 PBS here on this incredible fishery this Lake I’m making a prediction right now is going to decimate right now Falcon Lake has the most senty belts but the time we leave here on Sunday I’m predicting that Lake Fork has the most
Sentry belts in Bassmaster history your tournament leader 18e or 19-year-old Trey mckeny it’s all going to go down tomorrow we started with a250 will go out tomorrow the top 10 will fish in Championship Sunday this is the AFCO Bassmaster Elite
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Taku Ito BassTrakk shows 24-15 (official scale reading on the boat)
Final weigh in stated 22-9
What happen? Why the difference?
Day 2: Taku Ito BassTrakk showed 24-15
Final weigh gave him 22-9
Was it a penalty or was it a number error?
Wes Logan is a 🤡.
Shut up and fish snowflake!!