Most assuredly, Steve Kennedy is more surprised than anyone over the fact that he’s got a 5-bass limit today, and currently pushing Brent Ehrler for the lead, according to BASSTrakk. Equally shocking was that he had the only limit in the 25-man final at 10:45 a.m.
Kennedy caught only four keepers yesterday, but one of them weighed 6-5 and helped him move up from 15th on Day 1 to 8th yesterday.
“I don’t know why that fish was there,” Kennedy said. “It was in about 18 inches of water, and it was kicking up silt. It was in a spot I didn’t expect to get a bite. I was flying down this bank, throwing a swim jig. He ate it on top at 9 o’clock in the morning. I swore it was a mudfish when it bit. It was just a kiss, right at the surface.”
A white swim jig, especially early during the shad spawn, has been the key bait for Kennedy. He’s also been taking advantage of another baitfish spawn later in the day.
“There’s this little shiner-looking minnow that’s spawning in the afternoon,” Kennedy said. “They’re in a lot of Texas lakes, but I don’t really know what they are.”