15 hours ago, Ski said:

Just utilizing available resources. All legal and all can do it.

There's some shades of gray there...

I'm rooting for Shin or the Milkman but my guess is Wheeler will take it.

Pulling for MDJ. But I think Alton could be a sneaky one to watch 

I have to go with Wheeler as well. 5 wins, and then winning the knockout round yesterday. It is hard to bet against that momentum. 

Some different strategies going on to start the day. Who will be on them first, the FFS guys or running the bank.

Weeeeeeelllllll, maybe they will all be 8 lbers

With the looks of it, today may be tough until the afternoon. I wonder if it will be a crazy last 45 minutes, where the score tracker is just lighting up. That would be exciting to see. 

MDJ starts the day with a 4lbr

Wow ~ 

Seems I didn't miss a whole lot.

Sort of surprised.

A-Jay

2 minutes ago, Ski said:

MDJ starts the day with a 4lbr

Using a googan lunker log. 

11-3 seems to be the hot time around here in the winter. 

1 hour ago, InfantryMP said:

I have to go with Wheeler as well. 5 wins, and then winning the knockout round yesterday. It is hard to bet against that momentum. 

Betting for wheeler is like betting for Tom Brady being in the super bowl, odds are good! 
 

 

I don't consider myself good at skipping, average at best. But these guys blow my mind. I have to concentrate just to make a good cast and get it where I want it when skipping. They make it look so effortless.

17 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

All the BASS fanboys should be enjoy this tourney.  It's been quality over quantity.  Wheeler was averaging almost 5lbs a bass.

Don't confuse my utter disdain for the mlf organization and some of it's leadership as a dislike of the angler's. I have friends that fish the bpt and whatever it is that mlf calls the former FLW trail. Like @TnRiver46, I too dislike the format.  All of that said, congratulations to the angler's that are catching big one's. 

BB is loaded with so much visible cover, everything 'looks good'.

Pretty obvious at this point, that's not the case.

I do not have a ton of experience fishing that type of deal.

However I think I remember @Catt mentioning a time or two

that when approaching conditions it often pays off ignore the cover & fish the structure. 

Maybe start by finding some hard bottom and go from there.

Either way, not sure how much more of this I can endure.

#watchingpaintdry

A-Jay

11 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

BB is loaded with so much visible cover, everything 'looks good'.

Pretty obvious at this point, that's not the case.

I do not have a ton of experience fishing that type of deal.

However I think I remember @Catt mentioning a time or two

that when approaching conditions it often pays off ignore the cover & fish the structure. 

Maybe start by finding some hard bottom and go from there.

Either way, not sure how much more of this I can endure.

#watchingpaintdry

A-Jay

Very slow start to the morning, with very few fish caught.

Some guys are ignoring the 10,000 wood targets, instead trying to find some grass, etc

However, MDJ is leading, and he's finding fish on wood in 5ft of water. 10ft he got no bites. 

He also said bites are very soft.

Water 18 inches viz, 50F. 

I'm not thinking pre-spawn has even fully activated yet. 

Should be an interesting day, very slow start, but maybe it will pick up later in the day like @GReb says. 

Thrifty 9lber

44 minutes ago, GReb said:

Thrifty 9lber

There have been some whales caught in Bussey the last couple of years.

yikessss thrift just lost a monster right at the boat. i cringe whenever these guys grab their line to land the fish

I'm impressed that Thrift didn't say a wirty dord when he lost that fish.

2 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I'm impressed that Thrift did say a wirty dord when he lost that fish.

he bites his tongue better than i do that's for sure. i can bet there were a few floating around in his head though

3 minutes ago, EWREX said:

yikessss thrift just lost a monster right at the boat. i cringe whenever these guys grab their line to land the fish

I said out loud -dont grab the li- just before he lost it.

They are leaving the door open for these guys at 0. 

Keeping up with scoretrack. Seems most are pitching

2 hours ago, GReb said:

11-3 seems to be the hot time around here in the winter. 

which is crazy cause down here in Lafayette it’s still early and late and one little flurry here and there mid day