We started our morning on Jason Christie, the current leader of the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race.
We had to search a bit. But we caught up with him at the most opportune moment. He was moving and as we were behind him, he threw an ear on his prop. This can happen in these lakes where you spend the day bouncing around in stumpy environments.
It did not bother Christie too much. He worked like he was on pit row at a NASCAR race and in less than 2 minutes (I timed him) he was back up and running.
In that two minutes we had a moment to catch up with him on his morning. He’s caught a 4-pounder and another keeper. He didn’t mention the weight but a good guess is 5 1/2 to 6 pounds.
He did say the 4-pounder was a surprise and a blessing. Given that fish hit in an area he didn’t think those size fish lived in and he was able to quickly swap out what could have been a disaster, things are going well for Christie.
Those are the type things that happen for guys who eventually win the AOY title.