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For the second straight day, Zack Thompson of Alameda, Calif., found himself in a familiar position – standing alone in second place. But that wasn’t the only thing that was familiar. As it turned out, Thompson realized early on that he was also sharing water with his long-time friend, travel partner and fellow top-10 competitor Matt Newman.
“Matt and I always room together, we travel together and now we’re even sharing water,” said Thompson. “So far it’s been working out unbelievably well.”
So were the two friends simply experiencing a psychic connection that brought them to the same place on the lake? Or was this a pre-planned deal?
“During practice, we’re both looking for fish (that would be attracted to) reaction baits because I think we both knew that that type of bait would do well this tournament,” Thompson said. “So I’m fishing a swimbait and I find this area that just looked like a perfect spot. And then I come around the corner and there’s Matt – doing basically the same thing. I looked at Matt and said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ So after that, we both spent the rest of practice trying to find other good areas but we just couldn’t find any. It just so happened that we keyed in on the same thing at the same time.
“I’m actually surprised that nobody else found it,” Thompson added.
As far as a description of the area, Thompson said it has a little bit of everything.
“It’s really a live section of the lake,” he said. “It’s got lots of baitfish, some really good structure and it’s holding lots of fish.”
Thompson said he plans on continually targeting bass with a combination of 6-inch, Berkley Havoc Bottom Hopper worms and a Picasso umbrella rig.
“Today surpassed my expectations,” said Thompson, who now boasts a two-day total catch of 26 pounds, 10 ounces. “And hopefully, I can get back in that double-digit stringer range tomorrow.” Complete Story |
