Current leader John Murray’s margin over second place Jason Christie is 5 pounds, 11 ounces, according to BASSTrakk. That difference can be explained in one word – girth. Murray’s bass haven’t spawned and Christie’s have.
“There’s a blue million of them where I’m fishing, but I just don’t know if they’re the right ones,” Christie said yesterday. “The bad thing is they’re spawned out. I’m catching four-pound fish, but they weigh three pounds. They’re bellies are upside down.”