Yes, it’s very, very early, and Chris Zaldain’s 13-pound, 4-ounce limit isn’t going to keep him at the top of the leaderboard. But he’s there now, unofficially, after catching those five bass 42 minutes after the 6:00 a.m. takeoff.
Even more impressively, Zaldain wasn’t even in the first flight. He was boat #32 in the takeoff order. Zaldain finished in 33rd place on Day 1 with 17-3.