Brandon Palaniuk is in stealth mode, according to photographer Andy Crawford. He has fished his way back into Salt Creek, and he’s now all the way in the back where the water is gin clear. This is the area that produced several of his Day 2 18-pound, 4-ounce limit, which moved him into 9th place. He’s working bedding bass, poling down often and working extremely slowly.
Matt Arey also was in the same stretch. He and Palaniuk chatted, and Arey expressed confusion about what’s going on. “I came back here figuring if nobody is catching them out there, they have to be back here,’ Arey said. Arey pulled up his trolling motor and idled out of the back, heading for new waters.