Reese has apparently shown the bedding bass every bait he had on his deck. He stops fishing for several minutes to dig out other baits and tie them on.
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Combs runs into a deep cut that has quiet water. He is still power fishing aggressively. Combs picks up after a few minutes of casting and idles farther up the creek past Boyd Duckett.
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Keith Combs just passed us going in the other direction up one of the major creeks. Two spectator boats were following in his wake. We joined the caravan.
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Combs moves to the riprap at the other end of the bridge. He has already attracted three boats full of fans. He leaves 10 minutes later with an empty livewell. He caught all his bass late...
We found a place to park near the bridge. Dawn is breaking and commuter traffic is ripping past us as we stand on the bridge waiting for blast-off.
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I'm going to miss the blast-off and the blaring music this morning. Darren Jacobson and I are driving to a bridge that passes over West Point Lake not far from the official launching area.
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Charlie Hartley is fishing a line of flooded trees. We've seen several different pros fishing similar places with varying success. Hartley says he has two little ones. He is getting close to a...
We're having trouble getting close to the pros to photograph them. When we come around, they stop fishing and jet away. I'm beginning to get a complex
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Stephen Browning is fishing flooded trees. He kneels to cast under some low branches. These guys will do whatever it takes to catch a bass. He's still looking for his first bass of the day.
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