Steak dinner riding on Day 2 fishing

In a country that seems split in half on almost every issue, here’s another one: Will the bass fishing be better or worse on Day 2 than it was on Day 1 at Lake Hartwell?

Tomorrow they’re going to bite,” said Steve Kennedy after the Day 1 weigh-in Friday

“I’ll bet you a steak dinner the weights go down,” said Hank Cherry.

In the ever-changing weather conditions of March, today is predicted to be warm, just like it was on Day 1, but cloudy with a chance of rain.

Tomorrow they’re going to bite a lot better for everybody,” VanDam said Friday, falling on the plus-side of the issue. “This is a lake where you need those low light conditions.”

On the negative side, there’s Edwin Evers, who said, “Bass are cold-blooded creatures. They crave that sunshine this time of year. It brings them up. I’m a firm believer in that. My best days in the springtime are always on a sunny day.”

There’s a steak dinner and a $300,000 first-place prize in the Bassmaster Classic riding on this issue.