Powroznik cut this first round right down to the wire

With just 2 minutes left he made his last cast, and somewhere in the span of that 2 minutes and the end of official play, he swung in a 2 pound, 3 ounce smallmouth to take the lead in his match. That fish came in the boat with 45 seconds left.

In this contest in order for a fish to count it has to be over the gunwales to count.

Powroznik’s fish obviously did that. But just by a nose.

That sets up the final contest tomorrow afternoon between he and Kreiger. And it appears as if that final three hours is tailor made for some excitement.