The Arkansas River is rolling high and muddy, so Wade Leblanc went deep in a backwater area where he caught two good ones early.
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Brian Clark was one of many anglers flipping and casting tight to bank cover.
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And there was a good one, but Sloan had it on for only a second or two. “That was a four-pounder,” he said.
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Elite Series angler Ken Iyobe found some calm water near the bank behind a rock jetty.
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With the high water, there’s lots of debris in the Arkansas River, either washed up in backwater areas like this, or floating down the main river channel. It’s definitely “boater beware.”
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Co-angler Jim Simpson was working some shallow vegetation in a backwater area with a buzzbait.
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There are plenty of bridge pilings to fish in this tournament. Chance Havard tried casting between a bridge piling and a rock bank to no avail.
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While most of the rock jetties are almost underwater, they continue to provide current breaks that attract both fish and fishermen.
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Co-angler Billy Doak threw a white spinnerbait along the jetty, trying to coax a strike.
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This heron liked its chances of catching a fish along the jetty as well.
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Pro competitor Jeffery Lemoine Jr. felt a strike and set the hook a little harder than he needed to for this white bass.
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“I didn’t catch one white bass in here during practice,” Lemoine lamented.
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