Lake Guntersville in the fall is proving to be the challenge everyone predicted it would be. That’s evident in the daily changes in the leaderboard. For the third straight day, there’s a new leader of the NOCO Bassmaster Elite. Friday it’s Elite Series rookie Wes Logan. Thursday it was Brandon Cobb. Wednesday it was Kyle Welcher.
Welcher (4th) and Cobb (9th) remained in the top 10 and will join Logan in the Saturday finale. Bob Downey made the biggest jump into the top 10, coming from 16th place on Day 2 to finish 8th Friday. In doing so, Downey illustrated the importance of one big bass – the kind that are common every other time of the year on Lake Guntersville. Downey took big bass honors on Day 3 with a 7-3.
It’s going to be a shootout Saturday. The top six are within three pounds of the lead.