Hackney/Card seesaw battle

If you’ve watched “Bassmaster LIVE” for the last half-hour or so, you’ve seen some dramatic momentum swings between apparent leaders Greg Hackney and Brandon Card.

Card vaulted from sixth place into the lead early by capitalizing on today’s topwater bite with a Yo-Zuri 3DB Pencil. But Hackney followed with a rally of his own with the jig-flipping pattern that he’s used all week. Meanwhile Card expressed frustration with the sudden lack of topwater action. Then Hackney raised a big one, maybe 5 pounds, with a rock-solid hookset, but somehow the fish came off. Shortly afterward, Card landed a 4-pounder that came after his topwater bait three times before getting it.

It’s the definition of a seesaw battle on Lake Texoma this afternoon.