Fred “Boom Boom” Roumbanis has had a smile on his face since Jared Lintner won the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Championship Saturday, apparently. Lintner’s win opened Roumbanis’s spot in the Classic Bracket.
“Boom Boom” hasn’t quit smiling today. He’s been having nothing but fun in putting together the unofficial first-place bag of 15 pounds, 4 ounces. He says he’s practicing for tomorrow, but a fisherman is a fisherman. Just before 2 p.m. Roumbanis was on “Bassmaster LIVE” when a big bass blew up on his swimbait.
Roumbanis instinctively cast back in the area for another shot at it, and studio host Tommy Sanders said, “Do you really want to catch that fish, Fred?”
When that sunk in, Roumbanis relaxed, laughed at himself and said, “Good point, Tommy, good point.”
While many of the other 14 anglers in this tournament are still fishing for today, Roumbanis is practicing for tomorrow, and that fish he missed can’t do a thing for him now.