Lake Fork

[Texas Flood]

Mercer's IG is great because he shows a lot of underwater videos.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Milliken reported in with 3 - 13lbs........quite surprising seeing a big swimbait bite going on with Matty Wong.  

[JediAmoeba]

5 out of the top 10 are rookies. Has this ever happened before? 

[Team9nine]

10 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

There is a majority of a certain age demographic that hates…… bout anything 

…and that applies to all age groups, both young and old. 

[F14A-B]

37 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

86 Doomrider

Thank you. 

[F14A-B]

Man. Wong and that swimbait scores again.. 7.4 

[TnRiver46]

27 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

…and that applies to all age groups, both young and old. 

We will just have to agree to disagree on that 

[F14A-B]

Ouch, Wong’s glide bait is $140.00

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

$140 is pretty reasonable for the top end glides.    

 

The price is really the least of the problems when trying to score a bait from the handful of true premium proven big swimbaits like from KGB, Bucca, Phoneyfrog, etc.

 

No doubt Milliken is throwing a Hinkle Shad at least some today, a bait that costs $500 if you're lucky.    

 

[TnRiver46]

I’ve seen a few people break their line this tournament and then actually get their Lure back by catching the fish later. Where’s @T-Billy?? Haha

[AlabamaSpothunter]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.........man I feel bad for Matty, wow wow wow

 

eta:  That's quintessential big glide bait fishing, you'll lose one for everyone you catch.   Nature of the game, happens to Ben all the time on his channel. 

[hokiehunter373]

Wong just lost what looked like a double digit at the boat.  Forced her way too much

[Pat Brown]

Matty just lost a 10 lber.  😵 Hopefully he can keep his confidence high.  He's doing the right stuff and they're hitting his presentation.  He just needs to make more casts to more fish.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Compare that with how Milliken catches them, night and day difference.   Matty will learn from this deal.  He'll get her next time.  

[hokiehunter373]

2 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Compare that with how Milliken catches them, night and day difference.   Matty will learn from this deal.  He'll get her next time.  

Apparently Ben is in the same cove as him too

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Yeah I just heard that, it could really go down if Milliken gets around a big bait bite window which it looks like Matty is on.   

 

This is the most exciting derby I've seen since getting back into the sport a cpl. years back.  Just incredible stuff. 

[Pat Brown]

I would have reeled up a little more line before going boatside for her and maybe held tension with the rod and not my hand on the line.  Other than that, fish get off.  Sucks but it happens.

[F14A-B]

8 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

Wong just lost what looked like a double digit at the boat.  Forced her way too much

Absolutely, he definitely got impatient.. too bad. That fish was huge.. hopefully it doesn’t get into his head too much. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

I would have reeled up a little more line before going boatside for her and maybe held tension with the rod and not my hand on the line.  Other than that, fish get off.  Sucks but it happens.

Yeah he did everything right for the most part, the commentators don't realize that the number rule upon hookup of a big swimbait fish is to wrench as fast as you can with the rod towards the water. 

 

ETA:  He clearly screwed up the 6+ on the jerkbait and figure 8 earlier though.    

[GoneFishingLTN]

23 minutes ago, alonerankin2 said:

Ouch, Wong’s glide bait is $140.00

 

Which one is it?

[F14A-B]

1 minute ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

Which one is it?

86 doom rider glide 

[Pat Brown]

Jordan Lee is having an incredible day for not being in the top 10.  He will probably fish day 4.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Not really a fan of Lee based on the way he turned away from BASS, but I've already been proven wrong on his first two Elite Series derbies, he's going to dominate going forward like he always has.  

Matty Wong's glide

Doomrider - Green Gizzard – 86 Baits

[hokiehunter373]

Ben must be having some BassTrakk issues because they  just confirmed he has 5 even though BT is showing 4

[Pat Brown]

44 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Not really a fan of Lee based on the way he turned away from BASS, but I've already been proven wrong on his first two Elite Series derbies, he's going to dominate going forward like he always has.  

Matty Wong's glide

Doomrider - Green Gizzard – 86 Baits

Not his finest moment but I forgive him for wanting more money 😂

 

I'm glad they all worked it out and he's back where he belongs.