I’ve been able to watch a bit of live footage today, im really liking it, for me this is best series for watching, and I like the limited FFS. It adds some strategy, and obviously more fishing methods being used. 

Connell is fishing below a dam and his official is not wearing a PFD.  Can you be disqualified for what your official does?

1 hour ago, Tennessee Boy said:

  Can you be disqualified for what your official does?

Yes ~ 

Especially if he's on the phone with

Scott Martin.

🤓

A-Jay

 

I just tuned in and I heard one of the guys say something like 'easy with the camera, I got my pecker out'. Who was that?? 😅

 

If you gotta go, you gotta go!

30 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

I just tuned in and I heard one of the guys say something like 'easy with the camera, I got my pecker out'. Who was that?? 😅

 

If you gotta go, you gotta go!

That was probably Dick Hertz from Holden or Mr Hugh Janis.

Wow, I am very bored.

A-Jay

9 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

That was probably Dick Hertz from Holden or Mr Hugh Janis.

Wow, I am very bored.

A-Jay

You still have hard water by you, do ya? 😄

2 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

You still have hard water by you, do ya? 😄

Hard water for six months and no electricity for a week…I’d say @A-Jay has lost his marbles. 😁

9 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Hard water for six months and no electricity for a week…I’d say @A-Jay has lost his marbles. 😁

He lost them long ago when he signed up for a job that had him voluntarily doing this.

 

(BTW: thanks for that, Andy - world needs more crazies like you)

7 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

One of the rare tournaments where you can watch FFS actually hurting anglers.

Certainly true today.   FFS periods produced about 6 1/2 pounds less per angler than non FFS periods.   For the entire tournament FFS periods are producing about a half pound more than non FFS.

Well dang, my buddy Jacob ended up finishing 16th.   I'm sure he's really disappointed considering he must have thought he had a real shot at winning after the first two days.    

I think it was an excellent finish, and he did so well that he got a camera on the boat for all three days.   That won't be his last Redcrest I'm sure.   

 

Setting up for a pretty epic final day considering not only did the weights re zero, but the weather is going to change everything completely tomorrow.   

 

I think Connell is going to win his 3rd in a row.   His bite is only going to get better with the conditions forecasted tomorrow, and that shallow spawn bite is going to be way harder.     

Gotta watch those Lane boys 

Oh for sure, imagine how epic a two horse race to the finish b/t Lane brothers would be.

 

It would be equally as epic for Connell to win three in a row, and especially doing it the way he's doing it this week.   They made a big mistake when they didn't knock him out when they had the chance.  

40 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Well dang, my buddy Jacob ended up finishing 16th.   I'm sure he's really disappointed considering he must have thought he had a real shot at winning after the first two days.    

I think it was an excellent finish, and he did so well that he got a camera on the boat for all three days.   That won't be his last Redcrest I'm sure.   

 

Setting up for a pretty epic final day considering not only did the weights re zero, but the weather is going to change everything completely tomorrow.   

 

I think Connell is going to win his 3rd in a row.   His bite is only going to get better with the conditions forecasted tomorrow, and that shallow spawn bite is going to be way harder.     

He started fast too and was really happy with the area he was in. He had so much confidence he even kind of made mention of his plans for Championship Sunday (or something along those lines). 

Yeah, our forecast up here isn’t looking all that good for tomorrow…

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Oh for sure, imagine how epic a two horse race to the finish b/t Lane brothers would be.

 

It would be equally as epic for Connell to win three in a row, and especially doing it the way he's doing it this week.   They made a big mistake when they didn't knock him out when they had the chance.  

Didn’t thrift win last year? I’m pulling for strader

8 minutes ago, GReb said:

Didn’t thrift win last year? I’m pulling for strader

Last year it was on DC's home lake on Lay Lake.  He won it for sure.   

 

But you are partly right, Thrift won it in 2023 so that would make it not 3 in a row for Connell.  Still 3 nonetheless.  

8 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

  But you are partly right, Thrift won it in 2023

23 was a very cool Red Crest for me. I was at the expo in Charlotte standing next to Alton Jones senior when Jr. caught that 5'7 spot and it came across the video feeds in the expo. I swear he was teary eyed when he saw it. I would have done the same if it was my youngun.

They finally started after a delay. It's showing period 1 is only 1 1/2 hours long. So when there's a delay it cuts into their fishing time?? 

I don’t know about guntersville but it was some wild storms at my house up the same river last night, we usually get them a couple hours after N Alabama 

It cuts the time just for 1st period, the other 2 are the same as always. At least that's what they say for now.

Been some huge storms here as well, essentially I'm seeing the same conditions these guys are......but I'm chilling in my living room 😆

Like I thought, this is Connells to lose now.    This might get ugly, he's been fishing for like 10mins and already near the lead.   

 

He's gotta be in top 3 best anglers on the planet.  

 

 

ETA:  Daygum, he just caught a 5.1 SM.   Guntersville truly is the Disney World of Bass fishing 

5lb smallie for Connell. Was quite acrobatic when he was trying to land it. 

Winning an early April derby on Guntersville below a dam on a Scrounger head and SMs/Spots/LMs.......yeah nobody had that on their bingo card.   

Never seizes to amaze me how next level the top pros are vs. even good anglers. 

He’s really on em now. Another 4lber for Connell. 

He’s running up the score now! Another 5! This is fun to watch. It’s every cast for him.