'22 MLF BPT Stage 3 Lewis Smith Lake March 2-7

[PhishLI]

Current weather

 

 

 

[PhishLI]

Tournament forecast

 

[jbsoonerfan]

They will more than likely slay them.

[PhishLI]

It's looking good.

[InfantryMP]

Smith lake is always interesting. I have stayed on this lake multiple times and fished, and I have never caught anything over 2.5lbs. 

 

It will be interesting to see the weights, with all the spotted bass, and the 1 pound 8 ounce requirement.  

[waitmanFE]

I'm assuming this will fish similar to Hartwell this weekend. It'll be interesting to compare strategies and results. 

[Tennessee Boy]

I fished Smith Lake twice in the mid 90s.  My combined weight for those two day would have me in 3rd place in this tournament after an hour.

[PhishLI]

10 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I fished Smith Lake twice in the mid 90s.  My combined weight for those two day would have me in 3rd place in this tournament after an hour.

Well, at least it's not a Sabine river dinkfest.

[A-Jay]

J Wheeler doing a little work this morning with a Jigging Rap ~

Who Knew ?

A-Jay

[GReb]

I can’t wait to watch Wiggins and the Lees tomorrow. Smith is an amazing lake. Don’t sleep on the largemouths although they may not play as much of a factor in this format. 

[EWREX]

i'll take today and tomorrow for content filler until the classic starts. after that i won't give a hoot about what happens on smith lake!

[waitmanFE]

Rapala about to sell out of Jigging Raps if Wheeler keeps it up. 

[EWREX]

5 minutes ago, waitmanFE said:

Rapala about to sell out of Jigging Raps, if Wheeler keeps it up. 

this is why he's the best angler in the world right now. the guy can do anything and knows when to adapt

[A-Jay]

OK, I'll admit it.

I am feeling mostly spoiled after the first two stages.

So many plus sized green bass.

Sort of knew it wasn't going to last.

Too bad though.

A-Jay

[Tennessee Boy]

I don't think it's the Jigging Rap that's catching Wheeler's fish.  It's his forward facing sonar.

[waitmanFE]

20 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I don't think it's the Jigging Rap that's catching Wheeler's fish.  It's his forward facing sonar.

Ehh, it's his skill paired with the tools. We've got 3 guys at the bottom of the tracker without a fish, i'm sure every single one of those guys has forward facing sonar. 

[TnRiver46]

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

OK, I'll admit it.

I am feeling mostly spoiled after the first two stages.

So many plus sized green bass.

Sort of knew it wasn't going to last.

Too bad though.

A-Jay

They went to a real place……..

[jbsoonerfan]

Wheeler would have had a 13lb bag if you took his best 5. That's pretty good for spots. The last BASS event on there only took 37 to win. You can only catch what's in the lake. They can't fish Fork every tournament.

 

Edit - Casey Ashley's best 5 went 15lb 12oz. That's solid.

[PhishLI]

5 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Wheeler would have had a 13lb bag if you took his best 5.

It's interesting that you've brought this up. I've been thinking lately that it would be a cool thing to award something like prize money or points for the best 5 fish limit within the gross-weight MLF rules. Just something to spice things up for the players and the fans. Accumulated points might be the best option not just for AOY, but could possibly push a player just outside that cut line high up enough to qualify for Redcrest.

[Tennessee Boy]

It's good to see the Lee brothers battling it out on their home lake.  

[EWREX]

9 hours ago, PhishLI said:

It's interesting that you've brought this up. I've been thinking lately that it would be a cool thing to award something like prize money or points for the best 5 fish limit within the gross-weight MLF rules. Just something to spice things up for the players and the fans. Accumulated points might be the best option not just for AOY, but could possibly push a player just outside that cut line high up enough to qualify for Redcrest.

I enjoy seeing who had the best 5 bass limits in MLF tournaments. this would be a cool addition

[GReb]

It took 64lb to win the 4 day pro circuit this time last year. However in a 5 fish tournament you can win on largemouth. In the MLF format you need a bunch of 2-3lb spots. Chasing 5 largemouth bites won’t win 

[waitmanFE]

Can't wait to see how Hartwell fishes tomorrow. I fished it Tuesday and got a ton of bites but most were small, similar to what we're watching now on Smith. 

[InfantryMP]

Wheeler on track for another automatic championship birth. It will be a shame if he gets all these auto births but cannot get the "W". It is good for AOY points though.

[ryanerb]

2 hours ago, InfantryMP said:

Wheeler on track for another automatic championship birth. It will be a shame if he gets all these auto births but cannot get the "W". It is good for AOY points though.

hahah he's had plenty of wins. It's good there is still some competition out there. I always worry he's blowing everyone out and is always going to win...