Chris Zaldain just put on a three-act show wrapped around one 4-pound plus smallmouth.
From the hookset to the fight Zaldain was vintage excitement. It took what seemed like forever but was only a few minutes long. Then the landing at the side of the boat accumulating into a better than average fish in the boat. The final act is still going on with Zaldain all a jitter with excitement and information passed on to the “Live Show.”
I’m sure it was as much fun to watch there as it was on the water.
That fish puts him close to the lead, just ounces behind Cory Johnston and Keith Combs on the unofficial BassTrakk leaderboard.
I think his weight there is a little light. But that can probably be said for Combs and Johnston as well. All of that is for this derby.
The over-arching story in the AOY race is getting more interesting by the minute.