Ish Monroe’s game plan from the start today was to fish shallow early, then go to his offshore smallmouth pattern at 10 o’clock. He’s following it to a T, as evidenced by the 2-pound, 14-ounce smallmouth he caught at 10:07.
That gave him 5 on the day weighing as follows: 3-6, 2-14, 1-13, 1-11 and 1-3. Monroe is currently 4 pounds exactly behind Powroznik, but he can cull up in a hurry replacing those 1-pounders with 3-pounders.