Day 4 with Powroznik and Tharp

Go on the water with Jacob Powroznik and Randall Tharp as they fish Day 4 of the Evan Williams Bourbon Bassmaster Elite at Toledo Bend.

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Clear skies met the 12-angler field on Day 4 on Toledo Bend.
Clear skies met the 12-angler field on Day 4 on Toledo Bend.
Jacob Powroznik began his day in the Indian Mounds area of the lake throwing a jerkbait.
Jacob Powroznik began his day in the Indian Mounds area of the lake throwing a jerkbait.
He caught one keeper with it.
He caught one keeper with it.
He fought the fish for a while, thinking it was big, but it was hooked in the side.
He fought the fish for a while, thinking it was big, but it was hooked in the side.
Powroznik fires another cast.
Powroznik fires another cast.
He spent a short time with the jerkbait, then went to work with a pitching bait in grass.
He spent a short time with the jerkbait, then went to work with a pitching bait in grass.
Along the bank, Powroznik went to work on a limit.
Along the bank, Powroznik went to work on a limit.
This was his second keeper of the day.
This was his second keeper of the day.
He lets the bait loose again...
He lets the bait loose again…
...and connected with another fish!
…and connected with another fish!
He swings it aboard.
He swings it aboard.
He's approaching a limit.
He’s approaching a limit.
After unhooking it, he added it to his well.
After unhooking it, he added it to his well.
Randall Tharp had an early flurry.
Randall Tharp had an early flurry.
He caught all but one of his keepers in the morning.
He caught all but one of his keepers in the morning.
A blue heron sails past, near the water's surface.
A blue heron sails past, near the water’s surface.
Tharp is back at it, relentlessly pitching his Trigger X soft plastic.
Tharp is back at it, relentlessly pitching his Trigger X soft plastic.
His persistence pays off yet again.
His persistence pays off yet again.
After a burly hookset, the bass was vaulted from the water.
After a burly hookset, the bass was vaulted from the water.
Tharp hoists another fish aboard...
Tharp hoists another fish aboard…
...but it wound up being too small to help his limit.
…but it wound up being too small to help his limit.
But catching fish after fish kept his confidence high.
But catching fish after fish kept his confidence high.
Tharp makes another pitch...
Tharp makes another pitch…
...and it pays off, but this one was short.
…and it pays off, but this one was short.
Tharp never wavered in his confidence.
Tharp never wavered in his confidence.
Tharp had very few rods on his deck, as he had his pattern refined.
Tharp had very few rods on his deck, as he had his pattern refined.
He sets the hook hard!
He sets the hook hard!
But there's something wrong...
But there’s something wrong…
...the fish came off underwater.
…the fish came off underwater.
A bald eagle soared overhead.
A bald eagle soared overhead.
Tharp munches on a sandwich between spots.
Tharp munches on a sandwich between spots.
This fish didn't help him at all.
This fish didn’t help him at all.
Tharp kept after it all day long.
Tharp kept after it all day long.
He hammers another bass!
He hammers another bass!
The bass fought hard...
The bass fought hard…
...but it didn't stand much chance against Tharp's braided line.
…but it didn’t stand much chance against Tharp’s braided line.
He boats it as his cameraman looks shocked.
He boats it as his cameraman looks shocked.
Gar after gar assaulted his bait's punch skirt to the point that it needed to be replaced.
Gar after gar assaulted his bait’s punch skirt to the point that it needed to be replaced.
Tharp grins as he holds his fish.
Tharp grins as he holds his fish.
Again, he lays a hard hookset on another bass.
Again, he lays a hard hookset on another bass.
He lifts it aboard.
He lifts it aboard.
He slips it past his cameraman.
He slips it past his cameraman.
Over the console it goes.
Over the console it goes.
This was his last cull of the day.
This was his last cull of the day.
The smaller fish goes back into Toledo Bend.
The smaller fish goes back into Toledo Bend.