Sitting in third place in both tournaments are Derek Navis of Waupun, WI and Korey Sprengel of Beaver Dam, WI with 32.67lbs. “We put a lot of miles on yesterday,” said Navis. “We were basically on plan F by the time we found fish and started catching them.  We were pulling spinners in the mid to bottom of the water column.” The three colors that worked best for the team were green, gold and purple. They were running half ounce inline weights.

Near the top of the standings in both tournaments is the Minnesota team of Dusty Minke and Bill Shimota with 26.99lbs. Yesterday started out slow for the team until the wind picked up. While they had thought about running around, being patient with their spot paid off as the bite started to turn on. The plan for today is to go back to the same hump just west of the shoals in Big Bay with spinners. “I think the big fish are there, it’s just a matter of finding them,” said Shimota. “We just have to be patient and grind all day for five bites instead of running around for little ones. We are going to need a big bag today.”

Of course as with many tournaments, we can expect to see a lot of movement on the leaderboard. One of the teams hoping to make a jump up is the Nebraska duo of Cliff Doty and Scott Haes. They are sitting in 23rd on the NTC side with 17.70lbs. Yesterday they pulled Tennessee Shad Husky Jerks to catch their fish and plan on doing the same thing today. “If your mojo is working don’t mess with it,” said Doty.