Carl Jocumsen has yet to put a bass in the livewell, and the strain is showing.
He’s around fish: He was almost gunnel to gunnel with Brandon Palaniuk, who has 16 to 17 pounds and watched him cull a couple of times.
“How’s your mind?” Palaniuk asked.
“Not good,” Jocumsen replied.
Palaniuk shared the secret to his success on the rock ledge he’s fishing.
“You have to be right on the break,” he told Jocumsen. “There’s a big boulder there, and you’ll see fish on it.”
Palaniuk slid away from the boulder to allow Jocumsen to work in, but to no avail.
Asked why he was giving a competitor so much information, Palaniuk looked at me like I was cracked.
“He’s my best friend,” he said.