Seth Feider’s attitude has gone from dark to light this morning. It started with Feider feeling jinxed when he lost four keepers in a row. The AOY leader is on top of the world now, after landing a 5 1/2-pound smallmouth bass on a Chatterbait. He’s got a 4-4 to go with it and a 5-bass limit weighing 19 pounds.
“I had a super rough start,” he said on “BASS Live.” “But I’ve caught two giants. I almost had a meltdown this morning. I did have a meltdown this morning.”
His two smallest bass are a 3-0 and a 2-8, “I’d like to have two 3 1/2-pounders, and I’d be real happy,” he said. “If they’re 5-pounders, that would be just fine.”
Feider needs to finish 55th or higher in this tournament to clinch the Angler of the Year title. At 11 a.m. Feider is in third place.