While we sit here and watch Jay Yelas boat flip 2-pounders, I can’t help but think back to the previous event on Lake Champlain.
Like that one this derby is pretty tight. And the reality is the big fish are the ones that move the needle. It’s not necessarily a big bass derby. But it will likely shape up that way by the end of this thing.
In an event where 20 pounds doesn’t even get an “atta boy” it’s the guy who slips out of that bubble into the not so far away 22-pounds or more that turns heads.
The difference in all of those head turners is the presence of one or more fish that approaches 5-pounds.
We assume Yelas will start boating 4-pounders at some point, just like the rest of the contenders, but the game changers will be those bigger, even slightly bigger bass.
And with that Yelas has finished his limit with another 2-pounder.