Kevin VanDam

More current, less locals

May 08, 2010

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — As Day Two of the Synergy Southern Challenge got underway Friday, the common sentiment was that the key for catching another good bag would be continued current and low pressure from local anglers.

With the number of recreational boats on the lake, the latter has been hard to come across, but Denny Brauer was fortunate to have one small spot all to himself on Day One.

“The key for me today will be not having locals sitting on my spot that were watching me yesterday,” Brauer said. “It’s a really tiny place and every fish I weighed in yesterday came off of it.”

While some of the anglers left their best spots after catching a good limit early, Brauer stayed and continued catching fish for most of the day. He culled up here and there to 24 pounds, 9 ounces and sits in ninth place.

“I don’t even know if they will still be there when I go back,” Brauer said. “But I’ve got four or five schools located within half a mile I can go to. Another angler is fishing one of them and he had a big bag, but I should have the other areas to myself.”

The current definitely helps make those areas better, and despite the heavy rains from last week, Brauer noticed they were not pulling as much water as they had during practice.

“If you were there when the current isn’t flowing, you are not catching them,” Brauer said. “Then the water started moving around 11:00 and lasted until around 2:00, which really surprised me because they have been running a lot more.”

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