Since he didn’t have anything better to do, Feider decided to camp out in Wolf Creek, near the Wolf Creek Park weigh-in site.
“That first day saved me,” Feider said. “It was really a weak practice. Since then I’ve been living and dying in the creek right here, where they let everybody else’s 4- and 5-pounders go from all over the lake. I’m not smart enough to catch those, or find them anyway.”
Feider is slightly exaggerating the case. The B.A.S.S. “Live Release” pontoon boats don’t release each day’s catch in any one spot. But this is tournament headquarters for Grand Lake, so plenty of previously caught bass are released in Wolf Creek. Credit Feider for being smart enough to make the most of a bad poker hand.
“I’m using a lot of different baits,” he said. “Every day is a little different. I’ve just got a core area I’m not going to leave.”
After that 18-7, 20th-place bag on Day 1, Feider moved up to 10th place on Day 2 with 18-11. He jumped to 5th place yesterday with 20-14. Today he’s got that 6-pounder and a 3-8 with two dinks in his four-bass bag for 12-4 as the noon hour approaches.