Brandon Lester just finished telling me the lack of wind was making his day more difficult when he set the hook on a smallmouth that really helped him out.
“That probably gave me an extra pound,” Lester said of the 4-pounder.
And it could have helped him even more.
“It puked out a 6-inch perch,” he said while wrestling the bass to the boat.
However, his bite isn’t frenetic, a fact he attributes to the slick-calm conditions.
“It started fast this morning, but then it slowed down,” Lester said. “Without the wind, they can see better. A little clouds or wind lets you trick them easier.”
That said, he feels confident after his cull, estimating that pushed him north of the 7-pound mark.
“That should get me into tomorrow,” Lester said.
Little does he know that, if his estimated weight is correct, he’s in the Top 10, according to BASSTrakk.