After leading the Bassmaster Angler of the Year race for several weeks, Clark Wendlandt tumbled to third place after his 81st-place finish at Chickamauga. But Wendlandt is making a strong bid to retake his spot atop the AOY points list, according to Steve Bowman, who had to wind his way for 45 minutes into the back of a creek to find Wendlandt.
As he got there, Wendlandt caught another keeper, which bumped him up to a limit weighing 15-9 today. His big bass so far is a 3-11.