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“Experience helps in a place like this. The river undergoes change every year. The shell beds get moved by the current, so someone knowledgeable about that has an advantage.”
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“I go with my history and what I like to do here. I avoid straying out and instead stay in one area and break it down, hoping it will be sustainable for the four days.”
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“I’m fortunate to have experience here, so I’m able to match up areas with the conditions.”
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“It’s virtually impossible to pick this place apart in three days due to its size and the running times considering it’s not a wide-open lake.”
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“I have no clue what I’m doing (laughs, of course). I just hope I land on something right.”
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“I’ve never been here before, so it’s about managing expectations for how you want to fish.”
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“We’ve been so many times in the last five years that I’m one of those guys in the tournament how can reliably fish history.”
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“If there is one thing we do know, it’s that the bite is mostly postspawn.”
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