8 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Ole Patty Walters is in 53rd......my horse died at the gate 

Maybe the sun will shine tomorrow and he wears his shorts. He always fishes better in shorts.

 

8 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Trust me - I know....I got him too.

 

4 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Maybe the sun will shine tomorrow and he wears his shorts. He always fishes better in shorts.

 

 

If he does - I hope the camera doesn't focus there...those aren't the type of shorts-clad legs I like looking at.

On 3/18/2024 at 12:20 PM, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Rookies, Japanese anglers, and Walters....staying with my gameplan for the season. 

 

I smell a Jighead Minnow derby coming 🙃

 

 

Jighead minnow is MIA 

Fujita was strolling a minnow yesterday but you're right, FFS and minnows aren't a part of this derby in a meaningful manner. 

 

That said, even with FFS and minnows.....I vastly prefer a Toledo Bend or Lake Fork event to shallow dink fest like this one or last year at the Sabine for the Elite stop.     

 

I get why they like to put Classics on lakes like this though, they want the weights tight, and they don't want anyone to run away with it on day 1 or 2.

 

Maybe 25-30lb bags will be on the menu at Ray Roberts next year.  

Harris Chain picks

 

Hamner

New

Schmitt

Martin

Davis jr

What an event! Big congrats to Justin Hamner for winning his first Classic. BassNJake, Provoke 106, and Finesse Genetic are our top 3 players so far. 

 

 

15 days til the boys kick off down in Florida. Get those picks made!

First pass. Will revisit when we get closer

 

 

I didn't think my first three events went particularly great, but somehow i'm sitting at 4th in the group, 93.5% overall.  Probably because I've managed to avoid some of the high-profile bombs...

Looking at these so far, but as usual, I’ll end up changing the day before the tourney

 

Walters

Palaniuk

Schmitt

Gross

Smith

We will see

A lot of history on Harris Chain for these guys. Will it matter or will the young guns prevail?

Seems like ole buddy gross got em last yr. Or was that 2 yrs ago ? 

About a week left to make picks for Harris Chain. Hopefully they haven't been getting all this rain we're getting here in the northeast. 

Friendly bump. We blast off in Florida in just a day and a half. 

 

Who is everyone taking?

To me, the Florida swing is the hardest stretch to make picks for.

 

Two of my favorites on the bottom, and two really hot sticks in Johnston and Cook.

 

Picked Benton because I liked him, and it was a safe move with close to 30% picking him in group 2.   Group 2 was a pure crap shoot to me.  

 

 

Walters

Benton

Lester

Cox

Davis Jr

Day 1 has been postponed due to high winds. 

A fortunate delay, it turns out, because I forgot to set my DTL last night...

 

Still going with my original choices for the main team, though:

@MIbassyaker, schmitty and Bernie ? The grass masters 

Looks like the plan is to fish on Monday as well. 

 

Looks like my Lester pick is panning out pretty well so far. 

Let’s go Lee , Huff , and Cobb 

Wow! I think I just put in my worst event ever. 621 points so far… 

^ Ouch!

 

Three of my guys made it to tomorrow....and they better up their game or they'll miss Monday.

1 hour ago, Finessegenics said:

Wow! I think I just put in my worst event ever. 621 points so far… 

609 for this loser right here.