2 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

then the top 12 advance to the final day.

I am pretty sure i heard them say top ten on sunday.  could be wrong though.

2 hours ago, kbeeb374 said:

I am pretty sure i heard them say top ten on sunday.  could be wrong though.

I knew the Saturday cut was 35, but was just assuming Sunday was 12 (since the opens go top 12 on the last day as well).  Statistically, it makes more sense to go from 35 to 10, so you may be correct.

10 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

After day 1:  80th% overall, 14th in BR group.

 

I was worried that "picked the wrong Johnston" would be this year's version of "picked the wrong Lane" from years past...but happy to see both Chris and Cory show up big so far.

 

 

It looks like four of us are tied for 14th at 1,126 points... 

John Crews Missile to the top of the ranks, Zaladain's doing alright

My guys are all over. 

 

57, 33, 1, 66, 38

Finally got power and wifi back....going to check my picks next

Most of my anglers moved up today or held ground have four fishing tomorrow

I had originally picked clunn but them swapped him last second. Lol

6 minutes ago, GReb said:

I had originally picked clunn but them swapped him last second. Lol

Who did you pick in his place ?  I never swap  because I have done the same thing .

 

I had Chris Johnston and Brandon Lester wrote down for bucket B and picked Lester . He finished 12th so it wasnt to bad .

6 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Who did you pick in his place ?  I never swap  because I have done the same thing .

 

I had Chris Johnston and Brandon Lester wrote down for bucket B and picked Lester . He finished 12th so it wasnt to bad .

Combs, who sucked it up

An ok start: 77th percentile overall, 14th in the BR group.  

 

Just wish I had taken somebody other than Combs for Bucket A (yup, I had him too).  He has now done that to me 3 or 4 times in a row in the events that I've picked him.

 

Wow, just checked the schedule again -- back-to-back events with Lanier happening immediately this week.

Tied for fourth in the group and in the 890’s overall. Not the greatest start, had Gustafson not bombed day 1 I might be looking at lot better. I’m ready for this week to start though.

2 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

An ok start: 77th percentile overall, 14th in the BR group.  

 

Just wish I had taken somebody other than Combs for Bucket A (yup, I had him too).  He has now done that to me 3 or 4 times in a row in the events that I've picked him.

 

Wow, just checked the schedule again -- back-to-back events with Lanier happening immediately this week.

 

Same, Im about done with Combs

What an event. Congrats to Clunn for getting it done. And I'm in the same boat with Combs. He's so inconsistent. He can be top 5 at a lake one event, bottom 20 next time there, and then top 10 again next time there. He burns me every time I pick him. 

 

 

In other news, the Lake Lanier tournament starts on Thursday. So you only have 2.5 days to get your picks submitted for that. 

This is my new one, I don't know why I kept Benton and Kennedy.  They better not let me down this time.

how do you guys pick? Do you guys read the articles, your favorites or locals?

13 minutes ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

how do you guys pick? Do you guys read the articles, your favorites or locals?

 

A crystal ball, a divining rod, and some tarot cards.

@Mr. AquariumDice and chicken feet

1 hour ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

how do you guys pick? Do you guys read the articles, your favorites or locals?

I base my picks on guys who are local(ish) to that body of water, past history on a body of water, and style of fishing that lake may favor to an angler (is it a flipping lake? river system? smallmouth lake? deep cranking?) and try to pick the best that I can. 

 

But what do I know? I'm in 68th of the 74 guys here who are playing.

I  just   go with  hunch and I suck at it .For instance I'm picking Cappo this next tourney because it may be a    finesse spotted bass event and he is so huge most people will think he cant fish that way ., and  he might not be able to , I dont know but that is my hunch . Plus he is   a firefighter and so am I  . 

@scaleface had not heard he was a FF, are you structure or wildland? Wildland guy here.

9 minutes ago, Swbass15 said:

@scaleface had not heard he was a FF, are you structure or wildland? Wildland guy here.

Retired structure .

I wish I knew what the lakes setup like, IE: Offshore, shallow grass, flipping pitchin, Cranking, Smallies,spots, Largmouth. Also with these new guys, I don't know who what their strong game is.

Like Greg Hackney, Flipping pitching, But Palinuk is a Smallie guy.

Ive played this for several years and havent figured out a good way to pick them..  The first year I done fairly well and thought, "Im pretty good at this"..  Ive sucked every year after that..  Im thinking the "Out of a hat" method may be best for me..  

 

Heres my Lanier Lineup!  You guys may want to stay away from my team because I usally jinx them if I pick them.. 

Kelley Jaye

Micah Frazier

Mike Huff

Jamie Hartman

Paul Mueller

 

Glad I picked Clunn at SJR. Lanier should be interesting depending on how big the Spots weigh and if Largemouth are staging up. I'm betting on Spots but if not I'm in trouble?