Gerald Swindle is in his element. Earlier in the week he reluctantly started with a drop shot rig. He seemed to be stuck on using that lure, which isn’t in his wheelhouse of preferred baits. That seemed odd, the reason being he was just totally off.
He just explained the reason why on LIVE.
“Coming into this tournament is the most tired I’ve ever been in 20 years of doing this,” he said. “I was waking up dead tired, going to bed the same way.”
Part of the reason is the back-to-back events, with so much on the line for the AOY title. Swindle reasoned that he needed a Top 12 finish at the Mississippi River, last week, to give him a shot at the title.
Unknowlingly at the time, he was right.
“I fished my guts out there and left my heart on the Mississippi River.”
And then yesterday, a day off.
“I got to clear my head, get some rest, get my mind back in the game.”
The man with the Postive Mental Attitude is back in the game and doing what he does best with a jerkbait and chatterbait. Not a drop shot rig in sight, either.