8 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

There's hope still for this derby not to be scope fest

If you aren’t  scopin you’re hopin

Keep hope alive

@flatcreek hope and dreams is all I got 

Looks cloudy today . I also didn’t realize veteran Keith combs was in 11th 

8 hours ago, PhishLI said:

What a gut-wrenching roller coaster of a profession. Christie wins the Classic a few years ago, then places near if not dead last in the next tournament. Robert Gee killed em at Toledo Bend placing 4th overall and could seemingly do no wrong, but today he's dead last in 103rd place with one 2-9 fish. Talk about being blasted out of a cannon without a helmet. Fujita did terrible in the Okeechobee Open a few weeks ago placing at 193rd place, then slays them at Toledo. Just a crazy swing of fortune.

 

Anyone who can keep it together over the course of a season and do well in this arena has definitely done something special. Not an easy task. It's hard not to be happy for anyone who can raise a blue trophy.

My son (he's 7) likes to win everything.  He's struggled to understand how you can still be doing good in a tourney even if you don't come in 1st.  I was using Robert Gee last night to explain to him how tough it can be.  I might steal some more examples from what you said above -- well said

Ito starts with a 4.5 lb and says “taku CAN catch largemouth”

BASS needs to showcase more anglers like Matty Wong, Milliken, etc. who are willing to talk to the camera and more importantly not be so secretive with the baits and way they use them.

 

Many of us are here to learn not just be entertained, Matty does a great job sharing the love.  

Matty would say Mahalo to you  @AlabamaSpothunter! He gave a very cool breakdown to start and then asked the camera man to let him know when they are live. Then the guy says we have been live the whole time 😂 

If these times are right, it's a dang shame we don't have footage.  Holy crap

 

31lbs in 2 MINUTES.......might as well quick at that point 🤣

Buddy G! If you had limited amount of live cameras , would you have placed one in buddy’s boat when he started the day in 86th place??? Come on now. Had they done that and he didn’t catch much y’all woild

complain why do they have a camera on buddy. It’s fishing , wildly unpredictable 

Mckinney's last fish was likely a 4.4 not a 4.5.......right when they took the fish off the scale it flipped back down to 4.4.  

This is the problem I have with catch weigh release.   106 scales, 106 people operating them.   

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Buddy G! If you had limited amount of live cameras , would you have placed one in buddy’s boat when he started the day in 86th place??? Come on now 

Not saying they should have at all.  Just saying I'd love to see that chaos

My stump prediction was just confirmed by Kyle norsetter 😂 

At least we know how the mega bags of the first day were caught........scoping jerking sticks.

 

Please go shallow fish, please 😁 

Buddy was probably in an area without reception, and his observer had to enter his entire catch immediately upon getting it back. You’d be lucky to land/weigh/record a single fish in under a minute.

Agree with that ^^^^

 

Where the heck is Milliken at, surely he got a camera, but Basstrakk says no fish caught. 

 

ETA:  1hr 6mins is what it took Buddy to catch 31lbs 

2 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Buddy was probably in an area without reception, and his observer had to enter his entire catch immediately upon getting it back. You’d be lucky to land/weigh/record a single fish in under a minute.

My thought as well and you're correct.  They just showed: 7:21, 7:38, 7:57, 8:03, 8:27.  Took 66 mins for those 31 pounds.  Slacker

😂 😂 😂. Slow day at the office 

1 minute ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Agree with that ^^^^

 

Where the heck is Milliken at, surely he got a camera, but Basstrakk says no fish caught. 

 

ETA:  1hr 6mins is what it took Buddy to catch 31lbs 

Top 6 got a camera.  Not Milliken.  Hopefully he's in the same area Buddy was lol

6 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

ETA:  1hr 6mins is what it took Buddy to catch 31lbs 

It takes me three months to catch that weight! 😂

17 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

Top 6 got a camera.  Not Milliken.  Hopefully he's in the same area Buddy was lol

Thanks for that, I always thought they had 10 cameras but now it makes more sense 

Nice to see Welcher and Williams doing well.  Like both of those guys a lot.  This has been a fun one for sure!

 

Will Davis Jr. is looking strong and had a really strong 2023 season.

 

He's my pick for this event at this moment.  I feel like he's the kinda guy that could easily seal the deal.

 

Jordan Lee could do it for sure if he's on the right fish.

 

Curious to see what happens with Milliken and Taku after 12-1 pm when the afternoon feed window starts to open up.

 

34 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

At least we know how the mega bags of the first day were caught........scoping jerking sticks.

 

Please go shallow fish, please 😁 

“A lot of folks thought all those 30 lb bags were caught livescoping deep, but that’s not the case “ Davy hite 

Every fish I've seen caught this morning has been scoped