If a director could script the perfect scenario for the final day of a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, this would be it: The top four anglers separated by 10 iounces, and two more anglers within 1 3/4 pounds of the lead.
Creating even more drama are the facts that: 1) bass in the Upper Mississippi River at La Crosse are changing every day due to the rising river levels, and 2) they’re biting all day long. The tournament could be won in the final minute this afternoon. Tournaments are seldom this wide open after three days of competition. But we’ve got one of those today.
“An ounce is a place in the standings,” said Day 3 leader Randall Tharp after Saturday’s weigh-in. “(Sunday) it’s probably going to be exactly the same. Whoever gets that big bite and gets it in the boat is going to be the guy who walks away with the trophy.”