4th: Reed Kept Improving

Reed accomplished something that was very difficult at this event – each of his daily bags was bigger than the previous one. "It was a really good tournament," he said. "Catching more and more every day here, that was tough." He shared water with Davis throughout the tournament and neither knew where the fish would be on a particular day. He caught more than a dozen keepers today – which was his high for the week – and the biggest was a 3 1/2-pounder. He had a limit prior to 7:00 and kept boosting it as the day wore on. "I just basically got a little more finesse into what I'd been doing – I went from a Carolina rig down to a dropshot, and that small (Yum) Houdini Worm was the key." Complete Story

 

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