Day on the Lake: Harold Allen

Day on the Lake spends a day on the water with angler Harold Allen. Allen is a pro angler that earned an invitation to the Bassmaster Classic 15 times between 1977 and 2004.
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<b>6:37 a.m.</b> Allen makes his first casts of the day to a rocky point with a plastic worm, his favorite artificial.
Day on the Lake spends a day on the water with angler Harold Allen. Allen is a pro angler that earned an invitation to the Bassmaster Classic 15 times between 1977 and 2004.

6:37 a.m. Allen makes his first casts of the day to a rocky point with a plastic worm, his favorite artificial.

<b>6:54 a.m.</b> Allen moves to a main-lake hump, where he tries a surface lure.
6:54 a.m. Allen moves to a main-lake hump, where he tries a surface lure.
<b>7:25 a.m.</b> Allen bags his first keeper of the day, a 1-pound largemouth, on a surface popper.
7:25 a.m. Allen bags his first keeper of the day, a 1-pound largemouth, on a surface popper.
<b>7:54 a.m.</b> Allen tries a surface frog around some laydown trees.
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<b>8:31 a.m.</b> Allen sticks a bass that bit his finesse worm near a submerged brushpile.
7:54 a.m. Allen tries a surface frog around some laydown trees.

8:31 a.m. Allen sticks a bass that bit his finesse worm near a submerged brushpile.

<b>8:56 a.m.</b> Allen’s second keeper of the day, 1 pound, hit his finesse worm near a submerged brushpile.
8:56 a.m. Allen’s second keeper of the day, 1 pound, hit his finesse worm near a submerged brushpile.
<b>9:58 a.m.</b> Allen tries a buzzing frog around some lily pads.
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<b>10:40 a.m.</b> Allen watches a giant school of baitfish move closer as he fishes a main-lake point.
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<b>10:45 a.m.</b> Allen tries worming a ditch in the upper end of Lake P.
9:58 a.m. Allen tries a buzzing frog around some lily pads.

10:40 a.m. Allen watches a giant school of baitfish move closer as he fishes a main-lake point.

10:45 a.m. Allen tries worming a ditch in the upper end of Lake P.

<b>10:54 a.m.</b> Allen catches keeper No. 4, 2 pounds, 11 ounces, near a submerged ditch.
10:54 a.m. Allen catches keeper No. 4, 2 pounds, 11 ounces, near a submerged ditch.
<b>11:11 a.m.</b> Allen battles a good bass that hit a Texas rigged Trick Worm in Lake P’s upper end.
11:11 a.m. Allen battles a good bass that hit a Texas rigged Trick Worm in Lake P’s upper end.
Allen’s fifth keeper, 3 pounds, 10 ounces, hit a Texas rigged Trick Worm.
Allen’s fifth keeper, 3 pounds, 10 ounces, hit a Texas rigged Trick Worm.
<b>11:41 a.m.</b> Allen tries a finesse worm around a patch of pads in the upper end of Lake P.
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<b>12:30 p.m.</b> Allen opts to spend his last hour on a rocky point he fished early in the morning.
11:41 a.m. Allen tries a finesse worm around a patch of pads in the upper end of Lake P.

12:30 p.m. Allen opts to spend his last hour on a rocky point he fished early in the morning.

<b>1:21 p.m.</b> With only minutes remaining, Allen bags his seventh keeper of the day, 2 pounds, 2 ounces, off a rocky point on a worm.
1:21 p.m. With only minutes remaining, Allen bags his seventh keeper of the day, 2 pounds, 2 ounces, off a rocky point on a worm.