MANY, La. — Some of the more amusing and interesting things overheard at the Day Two weigh-in of the TroKar Battle on the Bayou.
"I fished where the dust wasn't blowing off the bank."
— Dustin Wilks
"If the wind lays down it's going to get very interesting."
— Dean Rojas
"This is the first weigh-in we've had in a sandstorm."
— B.A.S.S. emcee Dave Mercer
"It can't blow any harder than it is now, it's hard to position your boat to catch these fish."
— Jason Williamson
"It's a little hard to fish when you lose your trolling motor moving from your second hole on the way to your third hole."
— Brody Broderick
"The harder the wind blew the better it got … I got to smash them today."
— David Walker
"I want a rematch with those fish tomorrow."
— Fred Roumbanis
"There's some giants about to get weighed in."
— Bobby Lane
"Don't ever let KVD wish for the wind to blow."
— Dennis Tietje
"Everybody's in safe and sound … thank you Lord."
— B.A.S.S. Tournament Director Trip Weldon
"I don't care if you're fishing in a creek 10-feet wide, when the wind's blowing this hard it effects your fishing."
— Todd Faircloth
"There's about $10,000 worth of rods and reels laying in the water up by the bridge, that flew out of my boat."
— Ish Monroe
"I would rather break up with my girlfriend than lose a 10-pound bass."
— Ish Monroe
"It's funny what catching a 10-pounder will do for you. Ish talked more today than I have my entire career."
— Mark Davis.
"I took about five waves in the boat coming in."
— Paul Elias
"If this wind would lay down I could bring in a 35- or 40-pound bag."
— Timmy Horton
"I'm swinging for a win in the second half … it's all I got left."
— Skeet Reese