Day 2 is in the books.

Field gets cut to the top 51 anglers moving on to fish day 3 on Saturday.

 Some Surprising names found both at the top of the leaderboard and especially below the cut line.

On My.

A-Jay

 

Went and had a look.   I'm never surprised by "unexpected's" up front but there sure is a passel of very good hooks getting cut!

Weights have been a little heavier than I expected, especially day one after a big front. Cherokee has always been very up and down for me, it's fun to see how the Pros do out there.

A lot of big names didn't fair too well today which killed my fantasy fishing. Quite a few did good Thursday then bombed today. There are quite a few "rookies" at top.

Haven't been following the BM Elite or FLW for a awhile but the top 50 looks like a combination of both tours. Several of the MLF contestants are doing well.

Tom

I have a kayak tournament there next weekend. Does anyone have a map to the general area the leaders are catching fish? I'm trying to figure out which ramp to launch from.

18 hours ago, JoePhish said:

I have a kayak tournament there next weekend. Does anyone have a map to the general area the leaders are catching fish? I'm trying to figure out which ramp to launch from.

 

Their spots are on the bassmaster website today.

Brandon Palaniuk is putting in work for my fantasy team. He's my top guy right now. In fact, I think  he's just about all I have left. KVD didn't do well, which I think surprised a lot of people, and I wish John Crews could bring score up from the other day. He's doing well I think, for right now. Guess we'll just have to keep waiting and watching.

On ‎2‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 9:21 AM, Bait Runner said:

Brandon Palaniuk is putting in work for my fantasy team. He's my top guy right now. In fact, I think  he's just about all I have left. KVD didn't do well, which I think surprised a lot of people, and I wish John Crews could bring score up from the other day. He's doing well I think, for right now. Guess we'll just have to keep waiting and watching.

well KVD doesn't strike me as a vertical fisherman, which is what everyone (for the most part) was doing

On ‎2‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 2:42 PM, JoePhish said:

I have a kayak tournament there next weekend. Does anyone have a map to the general area the leaders are catching fish? I'm trying to figure out which ramp to launch from.

well the upper end should be a little muddy and more riverine, where the lower end will be deep and clear.  if you want to catch smallies put a little fluke on a jighead and fish the lower end, if you want green ones they will be thicker upriver and eating cranks and maybe jigs. I usually see a lot of kayaks launching at panther creek state park, and I have caught some nice ones around there before.  But I suppose they are nomadic and following shad right now so I would say just trust what the screen is telling you, at least for finding baitfish.

Jacob Wheeler won the event catching Smallmouth bass using VMC Moon Eye jig with pearl white 3 fluke type trailer.

Palaniuk started at and finished in 12th place. Full details on BM site.

Tom