....starts at 4:30. Any predictions?

People have already started weighing in now. Mark Davis has brought in 27-12! I think the previews have been guys sandbagging. The quality of fish are still there for a tournament with weights like last year. There may be more incidents this weekend like Aaron Marten's last year with boat traffic but I think big numbers will still be weighed in. I say the crank will be king. Back to back tournaments won on the crank after back to back on swimbaits.

I'm not surprised to see Elias that far up. I hope Mark Davis doesn't win because I have heard enough about SK cranks over the past few years.

The D-Bag known as Skeet Reese is a machine this year. Move over KVD...

Skeet's leading the pack after Day 1....he threw 29-3 on the scale today.

Tin, Mark Davis is a really cool dude. I hope he finishes up there real high. I bet his bait won't be sexy if that makes you feel any better  ;D

Here's the Top 12 of 47 anglers fishing on Saturday

1. Skeet Reese -- 5, 29-03 -- 5, 24-01 -- 10, 53-04 

2. Davy Hite -- 5, 24-07 -- 5, 27-00 -- 10, 51-07 

3. Mark Davis -- 5, 27-12 -- 5, 23-10 -- 10, 51-06 

4. Billy McCaghren -- 5, 21-12 -- 5, 28-01 -- 10, 49-13 

5. Russ Lane -- 5, 23-15 -- 5, 23-11 -- 10, 47-10 

6. Derek Remitz -- 5, 24-05 -- 5, 22-05 -- 10, 46-10

7. Terry Butcher -- 5, 23-00 -- 5, 23-06 -- 10, 46-06

8. Cliff Pace -- 5, 23-06 -- 5, 22-13 -- 10, 46-03 

9. Paul Elias -- 5, 26-12 -- 5, 18-10 -- 10, 45-06

10. Stephen Browning -- 5, 26-01 -- 5, 19-05 -- 10, 45-06

11. Mark Menendez -- 5, 24-07 -- 5, 20-13 -- 10, 45-04 

12. Gary Klein -- 5, 28-04 -- 5, 16-09 -- 10, 44-13

KVD is in 18th

Ike missed the cut  >

Wouldn't mind seeing Davy win.

I wouldn't mind seeing your guy Mark Davis win on the Strike King 6xd haha. Really though, I like Mark. I met him at a Strike King media tournament at a lake close to home and he sat and talked with me and my little brother for about an hour. One of the nicest tour guys I've met.

Yeah, Mark Davis is a Class Act and we're all lucky to have folks like him representing our favorite pastime to the masses    Always smiling and nothing but good things to say about the competition....

I remember one night at an event, there were about 30 other Pro's and family members just sitting around listening to Big Mark tell a barrage of colorful stories from his past. He kept each of us on the edge of our seat for over an hour as we went from laughs to tears and back to laughing again....After he concluded, many of us realized that he never made light of any of his own accomplishments but moreover bragged on his competitors for overcoming unbelievable odds to shine.....

Do I want Mark to win.......Yeah, him or somebody just like'em   

Big O

www.ragetail.com

Good post Big-O....I'm a big Mark Davis fan too. Every Wiggle Wart I ever bought back in the day was because of hearing Mark Davis talk about 'em and seeing him on TV hammering fish with 'em. 

Here's the standings after Day 3, from Bassmaster.com

1 Davy Hite 5 24- 7 5 27- 0 5 28- 6 15 79-13

2 Skeet Reese 5 29- 3 5 24- 1 5 21-10 15 74-14

3 John Crews 5 18- 0 5 24-15 5 28- 4 15 71- 3

4 Mark Davis 5 27-12 5 23-10 5 15- 9 15 66-15

5 Kevin VanDam 5 23- 0 5 20- 6 5 22-12 15 66- 2

6 Cliff Pace 5 23- 6 5 22-13 5 19-12 15 65-15

7 Russ Lane 5 23-15 5 23-11 5 17-14 15 65- 8

8 Morizo Shimizu 5 24- 3 5 20-10 5 20- 7 15 65- 4

9 Derek Remitz 5 24- 5 5 22- 5 5 17- 8 15 64- 2

10 Stephen Browning 5 26- 1 5 19- 5 5 18- 7 15 63-13

11 Paul Elias 5 26-12 5 18-10 5 18- 6 15 63-12

12 Fred Roumbanis 5 27-11 5 16-15 5 18-11 15 63- 5

13 Brian Snowden 5 21-10 5 23- 2 5 18- 1 15 62-13

14 Gary Klein 5 28- 4 5 16- 9 5 17-15 15 62-12

15 John Murray 5 19- 3 5 23- 0 5 19- 0 15 61- 3

16 Timmy Horton 5 23- 2 5 17- 8 5 20- 8 15 61- 2

17 Gerald Swindle 5 23-12 5 20- 8 5 16- 7 15 60-11

18 Dave Wolak 5 16-13 5 22- 1 5 21- 2 15 60- 0

19 Edwin Evers 5 18-15 5 19-14 5 21- 0 15 59-13

20 Mike McClelland 5 19-15 5 22-15 5 16-11 15 59- 9

21 Terry Butcher 5 23- 0 5 23- 6 5 13- 2 15 59- 8

22 Tommy Biffle 5 24- 6 5 15- 8 5 19- 9 15 59- 7

23 Jared Lintner 5 19- 1 5 20- 1 5 20- 4 15 59- 6

24 Britt Myers 5 22- 4 5 15-14 5 21- 4 15 59- 6

25 Takahiro Omori 5 19- 4 5 23- 5 5 16- 8 15 59- 1

26 Mark Menendez 5 24- 7 5 20-13 5 13- 0 15 58- 4

27 Brent Chapman 5 19-13 5 20- 2 5 18- 4 15 58- 3

28 Pete Ponds 5 26- 0 5 14- 1 5 17-13 15 57-14

29 Marty Stone 5 23- 4 5 19-15 5 14-11 15 57-14

30 Bernie Schultz 5 20- 3 5 18- 9 5 18-13 15 57- 9

31 Clark Reehm 5 20- 7 5 19-13 5 17- 3 15 57- 7

32 Bill Lowen 5 22- 2 5 19- 2 5 15-15 15 57- 3

33 Bobby Lane 5 24- 0 5 19-14 5 12-12 15 56-10

34 Cliff Crochet 5 22- 0 5 18- 9 5 15-12 15 56- 5

35 Kenyon Hill 5 22-12 5 15- 3 5 17-12 15 55-11

36 Jason Williamson 5 19- 1 5 21- 3 5 15- 5 15 55- 9

37 Boyd Duckett 5 21-11 5 20- 9 5 13- 0 15 55- 4

38 Charlie Hartley 5 21- 2 5 18- 5 5 15- 6 15 54-13

39 Scott Rook 5 18- 8 5 21-13 5 13-14 15 54- 3

40 Chris Lane 5 14- 6 5 23- 4 5 16- 8 15 54- 2

41 Ish Monroe 5 24- 4 5 15- 8 5 14- 3 15 53-15

42 Billy McCaghren 5 21-12 5 28- 1 2 4- 0 12 53-13

43 Kevin Wirth 5 23- 6 5 18- 2 5 11- 7 15 52-15

44 Greg Vinson 5 20-10 5 18- 3 5 14- 0 15 52-13

45 Rick Morris 5 21- 3 5 17- 6 5 13- 3 15 51-12

46 James Niggemeyer 5 15-13 5 22- 0 5 13- 2 15 50-15

47 Dennis Tietje 5 22- 0 5 18- 3 4 9- 7 14 49-10

It's good to see KVD back in the mix.

The Skeet train keeps on rollin'....Davy Hite came in light today (13-6) while Skeet dropped 25-15 on the scales. That's 2 wins and 5 straight Top 5's for Reese this season. The dude is on fire.

Final standings from Bassmaster.com

1 Skeet Reese 5 29- 3 5 24- 1 5 21-10 5 25-15 20 100-13

2 Davy Hite 5 24- 7 5 27- 0 5 28- 6 5 13- 6 20 93- 3

3 John Crews 5 18- 0 5 24-15 5 28- 4 5 21- 8 20 92-11

4 Morizo Shimizu 5 24- 3 5 20-10 5 20- 7 5 27- 1 20 92- 5

5 Russ Lane 5 23-15 5 23-11 5 17-14 5 26- 7 20 91-15

6 Paul Elias 5 26-12 5 18-10 5 18- 6 5 26- 2 20 89-14

7 Cliff Pace 5 23- 6 5 22-13 5 19-12 5 22-14 20 88-13

8 Mark Davis 5 27-12 5 23-10 5 15- 9 5 21-11 20 88-10

9 Kevin VanDam 5 23- 0 5 20- 6 5 22-12 5 17- 7 20 83- 9

10 Fred Roumbanis 5 27-11 5 16-15 5 18-11 5 19- 3 20 82- 8

11 Stephen Browning 5 26- 1 5 19- 5 5 18- 7 5 18- 9 20 82- 6

12 Derek Remitz 5 24- 5 5 22- 5 5 17- 8 3 7-15 18 72- 1

John Crews with another nice showing as well.

Gotta love that Tennessee River!!

The D-Bag known as Skeet Reese...

;D