It’s no secret that a lot of power fishing is going on in this tournament. Namely with crankbaits.
This morning, Matt Lee’s front deck was loaded with the lipped lures and he fully intended to go to battle with them all. So far so good.
Lee has just taken the lead according to BASSTrakk. He came into today holding down third place with 21 pounds, 19 ounces. Lee knows he needs to hit that magical 21-pound mark, which yesterday was the benchmark for cracking the top 5.
“Each day is different and yesterday I couldn’t get to some of my areas because of the wind.”
That’s what he told me this morning.
Today already is different. Lee stands the chance of accessing his areas with calmer winds. What else is different, at least this time, is that Lee is a more experienced smallmouth angler.
“The first time we came here I didn’t have much experience at all.”
Over the past month he’s upped his smallmouth game, having finished 12th at Lake Champlain.
Might we have two Lee brothers in the 2018 world championship? The chances are looking better. Yesterday, Lee moved into 23rd place in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race. Should Lee keep the pace he will move up more.