We’ve been sitting on Jamie Hartman for awhile and we’ve yet to see him hook up. We have seen him set the hook but not catch one.
We are on him because we expect him to be a factor in this event. He’s been strong all year and this is basically his home water. But it’s not being very accommodating at the moment.
BassTrakk says he has zero. But we understand he has three. They aren’t very big, which means at this point he’s struggling a bit.
Our topic of conversation in the boat is how tough it must be to fish your own water in a high-pressure event. Whether it’s having an impact on Hartman or not remains to be seen. It’s still early. And we are certain he knows this place well enough to make things happen. But with all the catching taking place around us and it not happening in his boat, it does create a moment of pause.