Appropriately, Drew Cook uttered the expression made famous by St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Carey: “Holy cow, holy cow.” However, rather than a shout of joy, Cook said it in almost an exhausted sense of relief after landing a 7-pound, 12-ounce bass. He has no way of knowing exactly how badly he needed that fish, but he could sense it. With a check-in time of 3:30, Cook hit the equivalent of a 9th-inning home run.
In the unofficial BassTrakk standings, that bass lifted Cook into first place by 6 ounces over Caleb Kuphall.