Kevin VanDam

Just catch a limit

June 27, 2008
(bassmaster.com, June 27, 2008)

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — It’s easy to catch bass on Old Hickory Lake. It’s difficult to catch five largemouth bass that meet the 14-inch minimum length limit. It’s more difficult to do that here than anywhere else the Bassmaster Elite Series has been this season.

Larry Towell

Marty Stone fields questions from the media as he starts Day Two in second place with a first day weight of 16 pounds, 5 ounces.
So there wasn’t much confidence in the air when the Elite Series pros launched on Day Two of the Tennessee Triumph presented by Longhorn.

“I’m as subject to go out and not catch one today as I am to go out and catch another 17-pound bag,” said Kevin Wirth, the Day One leader with 17 pounds, 2 ounces.

“Yesterday I would have been tickled to death with 7 to 9 pounds,” said Marty Stone, who is second with 16-5. “That’s the goal again today: 7 to 9 pounds. If anything happens above and beyond that — great. This is Hickory.”

“It’s kind of scary out there,” said Todd Faircloth, who unofficially moved back into the lead in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race with his 22nd-place bag of 11-3. “You don’t really know what’s going to happen.”

Nothing is official in that TTBAOY points race until the standings become final on Sunday. But leader Kevin VanDam left the door open to his nearest competitors Thursday with his 63rd-place bag of 7-5.

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