Did Skeet Reese drop a hint earlier this morning about what’s to come?
“I should go flipping but that would be boring,” he said on Bassmaster LIVE.
Boring? Well yeah, when you have already caught nearly 20 pounds doing anything else would be boring.
Why would Reese bring up flipping now? I just checked the weather forecast and came up with a possible answer.
Mostly sunny skies with a high temperature of 81 degrees are in the forecast for Sunday.
That easily justifies the aim of exploring a flipping bite, as the sun will concentrate those shallow, shoreline fish tighter to the cover. There’s another reason why doing that might be a wise move.
Today the shad spawn bite is prolonged by the low light conditions brought on by the rain. Tomorrow, it won’t last so long, or be as reliable, with the brighter light coming earlier.
What struck me as ironic about Skeet’s comment was his forward thinking. That is, if he’s already thinking about tomorrow. That is a trait of a seasoned pro whose mind is conditioned to think ahead, stay ahead of the game.
It also reminds me of what happened last week with Kevin VanDam, who switched gears from a semi-offshore jerkbait bite to casting square bill crankbaits along the shoreline. He did that going into the 50 cut and it paid off with his 25th win.