Bill Weidler is a man on a mission all of the sudden. You can see the intensity on his face.
This is his sixth keeper and it comes in the boat at 4-2. And it dumps a 2-pounder.
His smallest fish in the well is 3-8. The rest are 4-pounders, one of which is 4-7.
That should give him around 20 pounds. And he still has plenty of room to move.
Weidler needs it too. He was a stick on the Opens front on his way to getting to the Elites. But he’s not lived up to his or others expectations. But we’ve seen a constant change in Weidler and it’s all been positive. It’s the kind of things you hear from champions.
After a poor New York swing his words were simple:
“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there.”
I don’t know who he borrowed that from but it’s helped him focus. And as I finish typing that. He hooks into and lands a 5.1-pound fish. Culling the 3 1/2 pounder. He’s scaring 22 pounds at the moment. And it’s an awful lot of fun to watch.
You have to realize that for most of these anglers the bigger bites have come later in the day. That’s hours from now.