Six-pound bass are difference-makers at Lake Guntersville this week. Carl Jocumsen has one in his livewell this morning, and no one needs it more than the 36-year-old Australian native now living in Tennessee. Jocumsen is fighting to re-qualify for the Elite Series again next season. He desperately needs a high finish here. He rescued this tournament in the final hours on Day 1 after struggling most of the day. Yesterday he weighed 16-12 and moved into a three-way tie for 16th place with 31-0.
The weights were so bunched from 8th place to 32nd place after Day 2, separated by only 4 pounds, that Jocumsen could easily make Sunday’s top 10 final thanks to that 6-pounder this morning.
Jocumsen has shown he can compete with anyone on the Elite Series. He’s earned an Elite Series blue trophy at Oklahoma’s Lake Tenkiller in 2019. Jocumsen’s problem is consistency, and his 2021 season serves as the ultimate example: 21st St. Johns River, 87th Tennessee River, 98th Pickwick Lake, 55th Sabine River, 11th Lake Fork, 92nd Neely Henry.