Cody Hollen just put a smallmouth weighing 3 pounds, 8 ounces into the livewell. In the big scheme of things that’s not the 4-pounders needed to fill out a quality limit. But there could be more to come later in the day.
Hollen is on the same starter spot where he’s began fishing the last two days. He told me it’s good until about 10:30 a.m. Hollen had 18 pounds in his livewell when he left the spot at that time on Friday.
The good news is that Hollen has two other spots with high potential. Yesterday he made a brief stop at one area and culled up with a couple of 4 pounders. He also has another spot that produces best later in the afternoon. That area gave up a 5 pounder for another angler yesterday.