The day is tougher on the whole field today.
There are some who are catching them. Some who aren’t. That feast or famine deal is pretty standard for most bass tournaments. It’s also the standard thing that provides big moves up and down in the points standings.
While Mille Lacs has shown out as the premier smallmouth fishery on the planet the last few days, it’s showing a mean side today. And that could translate into some sharp rises and falls in the points standings.
Going into today it looked as if you had a 6 or 7 pound deficit to make up you might be twiddling your thumbs. Everyone was catching them too good to really make a difference. With a downturn in the bites, making up deficits are all of the sudden a real possibility.
Take a look at Keith Combs. He’s already in 12th place. That’s up from 34th where he started the day. He just needs to move 6 more places and everything stay the same and he’s the AOY Champion.
We are talking about this at 9:30 in the morning because that’s the trend with a third of the day over. By midday that might become a silly point of conversation.
This lake has proven it can produce like none other. It might just need a little waking up.
The conditions of sunny and windy are perfect to catch a big bag of smallmouth. So you have to think it will eventually happen but the clock is ticking.