Steve Kennedy expressed just how much fun he’s been having on Mille Lacs Lake when he said on the weigh-in stage Friday, “I missed my 20th wedding anniversary and my son’s sixth birthday. And it was worth it!”
The man with the engineering degree from Auburn University can always get more analytical than that. He had some interesting observations about Mille Lacs’ 129,617 acres, which have a maximum depth of 41 feet.
“Every inch of this water is fishable,” Kennedy said. “Obviously you want to find concentration points, but basically it’s 130,000 acres of fishable water. It’s similar to (California’s) Clear Lake, which has huge areas of 20- to 30-foot depths, but this lake has got the most productive depths.
“Here the fish can be anywhere. It’s a glacial lake, so there are just random rocks. That’s what I found (Friday). We always talk about magic trees. I found a magic rock.”
Kennedy weighed 20-13 Friday, giving him a 23rd-place two-day total of 39-14. He’s got 17-8 already today and is in sixth place on BASSTrakk.