“I went to my big fish and culled up to 5.9 pounds.”
– Jeff Kriet
“To do good here you need a biggun’ … like a two-pounder.”
– Jeff Kriet
“I don’t know what’s happening over here.”
– Yusuke Miyazaki
“Ain’t anybody going to be out of it after today.”
– Timmy Horton
“The guy that fishes on the fly is gonna do pretty good.”
– Fred Roumbanis
“Still trying to figure out if I’m fishing with nerves of steel, or pure stupidity.”
– Cliff Croche
“We know the fish live here, we caught them the last time we were here.”
– Andy Montgomery
“I thought I would be in like 75th place with a weight like that.”
– Marty Robinson after weighing in 12 pounds, 10 ounces and finishing the day in sixth place.
“I can’t remember when I was this happy with eight pounds.”
– Mike Iaconelli
“I opened up the rod box to get another rod out, and it was empty.”
– Kevin Short
“All the sandbagging you usually hear … it’s for real this time.”
– Mark Davis
“Two big fish will win this tournament.”
– Mark Davis
“I told my Marshal at one o’clock, thank God I’m in the Classic … cause I’m about to zero in this sucker.”
– Day One leader Keith Combs