Day on the lake with Brandon Card

Welcome to Bassmaster Magazine's Day on the Lake! This month, it’s Brandon Card’s turn to take on a small lake he’s never seen before; he’ll attempt to catch bass for seven hours while we document his every move. The 26-year-old Caryville, Tenn., angler was the 2012 Bassmaster Rookie of the Year and qualified for the 2013 Classic. Here’s what happened April 12, 2013, when Card took on Lake X, a small reservoir. If cold fronts have ever negatively impacted your spring bass outings, you’ll want to stay tuned for what follows.

7:24 a.m. Brandon Card makes his first casts of the day with a swimbait in the upper end of Lake X.

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7:47 a.m. Card’s first bass of the day, a beautiful 6-pound, 9-ounce largemouth, whacked his spinnerbait in muddy water.

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8:47 a.m. Card flips a jig to submerged wood cover in the upper end of Lake X.

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8:52 a.m. Card flips a jig in a muddy inflowing creek on Lake X.

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9:00 a.m. Card pitches a jig to a laydown tree on Lake X.

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9:10 a.m. Card fights a good bass that hit his jig in a muddy creek arm.

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9:10 a.m. Card’s second keeper of the day, a 4-1 largemouth, hit his jig in a muddy creek arm.

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Brandon Card’s two biggest fish of the day were both in muddy water entering Lake X from an inflowing tributary arm.

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10:27 a.m. Card sticks a 4-pounder that hit his plastic craw on its spawning bed.

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10:51 a.m. Card’s third keeper of the day, 1 pound, 1 ounce, hit a jig near a dock.

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11:53 a.m. Card attempts to catch a 3-pound bass off its bed with a craw.

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12:51 p.m. Card moves back to the main lake to try a jerkbait.

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Card’s two biggest bass of the day weighed 6-9 and 4-1.

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Day on the lake with Brandon Card

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