On one hand, you might think Jake Whitaker would be in a bit of a panic at 10:30 today. He’s only got a single 1-pound, 12-ounce keeper, according to BASSTrakk. However, Whitaker knows how this lake fishes, and how he was successful fishing it yesterday. It’s just now prime time for the Rookie of the Year contender.
“When the sun gets up here, that’s when you can get them to bite,” he said after weighing a 13 1/2-pound, sixth-place bag Thursday. “Most of my big ones came after 10:30 or 11:00.
“I think I found a section of the lake where I can get more bites and they’re the right size.”