Pickwick Elite Series
Brent Chapman – Practice Days 1 & 2 4/5/2011
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Photo: B.A.S.S./Gary Tramontina |
I'm getting lots of bites, but I don't really know what kind of bites they are. The few that I caught were 2-pound fish, which to me says that a lot of those 1 1/2-pound fish we caught last year are 2-pounders now. Every fish you catch is about as fat as it can be. They're super fat, so they definitely haven't spawned yet. I think a lot of the fish are wanting to spawn, and probably some are. I just think we're going to catch a lot of weight here.
I hate to say this, because I don't want to jinx anything, but the bushes could really use a little less water. I think the lake's a little too full right now. A lot of the bushes I'm flipping have 4 to 5 feet of water, and I'd like to have about 3. I think if we could lose about a foot of water, it would make the fishing even better. READ MORE |
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2nd: Surprises for Chapman |
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> Day 1: 5, 25-04
The two hawgs that Chapman brought to the scale were not fish he'd found in practice. They turned what would've been a run-of-the-mill day into a great one.
"I literally thought that 12 to 15 pounds would be the best I'd do unless I got a really big bite," he said. "Those two I caught, I hadn't seen fish that big all week."
He didn't get a good look at either prior to putting a hook into them.
"I saw something move so I knew (a fish) was there, but I was just kind of blind-casting to them. The water was a little dirtier and that made it harder to look for them. Read Story
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Chapman 2nd Day 1 St. Johns |
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Chapman, also sight fishing in an area shared by Elite pros, had two anchors in his 25-4 bag. One was a 9-4 and the other was an 8-9.
The 9-4 almost came unbuttoned at the boat, but Chapman lipped it at the last second. The 8-9 hit while he snuck a bite of a sandwich.
"All of a sudden, the rod about got jerked out of my hand," he said. "Those two fish there made a world of difference. They were typical big fish for Florida, and that's what you need here -- a big one and a limit." Complete Story
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