Jamie Hartman had caught a 4 pound bass off a bed, putting him in the lead, and he paused to think about his next move.
“Are you going to keep sight fishing?” he was asked. “I don’t know,” he said. “That one was kind of a game changer. I like doing this [sight fishing], but it drives me crazy. Takes too much patience.”
At that point he found another bed and spent about 15 minutes there, catching one non-keeper. He then trolled out to a point and told us, “I’m torn now, I don’t know what to do.”
He had caught deeper post spawn bass, and he had caught spawning bass off beds. Hartman has nearly 17 pounds in the livewell, and he’ll likely make the cut for Championship Sunday. Will he finish the day offshore or find more beds? Tune into the weigh-in at 3:15 today on Bassmaster.com to find out.