Setting the hook and bending the rod, Seth Feider kept pleading, "be a bass, be a bass, be a bass," but it wasn't. On his very next cast after releasing it, he caught another. Fish...

After repositioning for an new drift, Seth Feider is within eyesight of Kelley Jaye.   Photo by Bassmaster Marshal Tony Petras

Off the bow of Seth Fieder's Ranger.   Photo by Bassmaster Marshal Tony Petras

Got the first one in the boat! Photo by Bassmaster Marshall Mark Ely

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A tough cull to make for Seth Feider.