We drift a little too close to Mark Davis, close enough for a little idle conversation before we pull away. As we're talking to him, he nails bass number five.
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After a long spell without a bite, Davis circles back to where he caught his bass earlier this morning. It takes awhile, but he finally sets the hook into bass number four....
Mark Davis is patiently drop shotting, but his technique is unlike what I've seen other Elite pros doing. Davis is making long casts as opposed to short pitches and...
Even though Davis has some of the top finesse fishermen on the Elite tour on his tail, including wonderboy Aaron Martens, he's my pick to win this event.
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Derek Remitz's marshal tells us Derek has a limit for about 18 to 19 pounds of quality Lake Erie smallmouth. Nice calm conditions are making drop shotting a pleasure.