> Day 2: 3, 11-14 (8, 24-05) Dean Rojas gained eight places in the standings despite a bag that was two fish shy of a limit.

"I had six bites today, but three of them pulled off," he said. "I don't know what the problem was – I had brand new Gamakatsus on my crankbait.

"I had some bites in the morning, but I couldn't catch them. I didn't catch my first keeper until 9 o'clock. Some of them were just nipping at the bait and I think some wind and clouds would've made them bite better. The water was almost stagnant in a way."

He fished in the same vicinity as Christie and marveled at the long string of spectator boats that followed the leader every time he made a move.

"It was crazy. I've seen a lot of those, but that was the biggest I've ever seen in my life. They'd still be going by after like 2 1/2 minutes. It was just a constant roar of outboards.

"As a fan, it was a cool thing to see that much interest and that many folks wanting to learn." Read more

Photo by Dan OSullivan - Advanced Angler I started frog fishing many years ago, and it has always been one of my favorite ways to catch bass, but to me, the frogs available always were less than ideal for the way I liked to fish them.  I like to look at a piece of cover and try to visualize where the biggest bass in the area might be positioned, and put it there.  If that means throwing the frog over, around, under and through cover, then I will.

Not every frog would do exactly what I needed it to do.  I needed a bait that would skip cast well, walk in a side to side motion on the water and hook the vast majority of the fish that bit it.  Before I started working with SPRO, I found baits that did one or two of the things well, but they weren’t the whole package. Full Story

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