As you can see from the photos in this blog, it's nothing but blue skies over the St. Lawrence River now, and the smallmouth bass appear to be having a celebratory feast in the sunshine. Fish-catches on the Twitter feed are coming in rapid fire. The leaderboard is shifting in response.
Jacob Powroznik is the latest with a big move up. A 3-12 at 11:30 gives him 19-8, behind unofficial leader Dean Rojas' 21-0. Bobby Lane is catching 'em too. A 4 1/2-pounder at 11:17 gave him an estimated 19-4. Kevin Ledoux landed a 5-pounder at 10:48 to give him 18-8. That matches Randy Howell's estimated weight of 18-8. Skeet Reese is 6th with 18-0.
Since it's starting to appear that the numbers from the 2013 tournament will be matched this week, keep these to figures in mind: 17-1 and 19-6. It took a two-day average of 17-1 to make the top 50 cut in '13 and a three-day average of 19-7 to make the top 12.