Whitney Stephens (pro) and David Hasty battled 3- to 4-foot seas during Day Two of the Bassmaster Northern Open #2.
Whitney Stephens (pro) and David Hasty battled 3- to 4-foot seas during Day Two of the Bassmaster Northern Open #2.
They still managed to catch good limits, however.
Stephens goes for Hasty’s fish…
…and scoops it up like a pro.
It went straight into the livewell.
Stephens’ trolling motor spent almost as much time out of the water as in it.
Russ Simpson heads upwind to make another drift.
Anglers caught plenty of rock bass, or redeyes.
Co-angler Dave Stier and his pro have a laugh at the size of a catch.
Dave Stier catches a small keeper.
BJ Haseotes makes a bumpy run for another drift.
Jimmy Mason was in the same spot as the first day, and was once again catching fish.
Haseotes tries to pry his crankbait free from the grip of a pike.
Mason holds up his catch.
Haseotes launches another cast.
Justin Hamner and his co-angler watch as a smallmouth eyeballs Hamner’s jerkbait.
Haseotes makes a short run.
Like everyone else, Hamner battled waves all day.
Pro and former Detroit River Open winner Todd Schmitz goes to net his co-angler’s fish.
This small keeper filled out Schmitz’s limit.