“You just have to go and pray, and catch some big ones.”
– Tournament leader Brent Chapman on the making the hazardous run to his fish.
“An eight-hour day seems like a long time, but it’s not when you’re confused.”
– Mike Iaconelli
“I can’t stand having a bad event. This river just bit me.”
– Cliff Pace
“Sometimes when you take the road less traveled, you get lost.”
– Rick Clunn
“If something looks good I throw at it. If it doesn't work, I go somewhere else.”
– Hank Cherry
“It looks like one big 79-mile game of leap frog out there.”
– Gerald Swindle
“With 50 less boats out there tomorrow the weights should go up.”
– Kevin VanDam
“I knew there was gonna be some speed bumps this year.”
– Elite Series rookie Josh Bertrand