Well today went much better and again my partner was a fabulous person. James Neggemeyer was my partner today. It took a while for either of us to get a bite and then we both had on close to each other. I caught mine on a Reaction Innovations Flirt 6.95 in Watermelon Red color and he caught his on a Sweet Beaver imitation bait black/blue, I think it was a Lake Fork bait but I am not sure.

James ended up missing a couple fish on the black/blue bait while I kept pitching and flipping the Flirt. About noon he caught another keeper and then I got to thinking. We are both throwing braid and bigger weights so I got to thinking about a tournament I fished with Bobby Sullivan on Table Rock and he went to 12# line flipping the bushes to get a bite, anything heavier and they wouldn't bite. So I picked up my Senko with a very light weight and 15# Seaguar Fluorocarbon. Now this may not seem to odd except for the fact of we are in Florida and nothing lighter than 20# should be used where we are flipping. On the first flip I catch a keeper, bingo as Dale Littou would say, I start thinking that is the key. A very tough bite is requiring the lighter line along with the slower fall. Well this only was a quick fix since after that bite I went for another 2 hours with out a bite. Then we move to the other side of this pocket and right off I catch a good solid 3 to 3.5 lber, I kind of felt bad since James really needed the fish to help him make the top 50 cut but then again I knew that fish made the cut for me. We went about 50 feet and James catches one about the same size, now tell me why in the hell them 2 fish were so close and we fish so far with out a bite? I have no clue, nothing seemed different.

At the end of the day I had 6.02lbs and made the cut plus his 5.10lbs added to what he had the day before helped James make the cut also. Matt Sphar, my day 1 partner, made the cut also....... sweet deal.

After the weigh in they have the pairings for Saturday and I drew John Crews. He had 13.14 today and not much the first day so I am hoping he finally figured something out. He said c-rigs and finesse stuff that is totally opposite of what the other 2 days were but that is what you have to deal with when drawing different partners each day.

No matter what I am guaranteed a check of atleast $500, that is a good deal, Mike

 

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