Harris Chain - Open

[Wayne Ek]

Any FM 'ers going down to fish this one. We just got notification that we made the list on the Am side.

[Deitz Dittrich]

You an AM?... I think not..

[Wayne Ek]

Bro... you know me. I will be anything to fish some soft water in a warm place.

[Central Bassman]

You shouldhave a good time, Why not as a boater? To far to travel with the boat?

[Wayne Ek]

To tough to get the boat out now.

[Central Bassman]

Good Point

[bassNspear]

Hope you have a good time. Good Luck and Have Fun Wayne

[TonkaBass]

Good luck!

[ikeslayer]

come on wayne you are only 19 pounds out of the lead and only 12 out of second after day one

http://proxy.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/members/ldr/leaderboard?class=0&tournamentId=883

[Cecil]

Ouch! That's a tall ladder to climb. On a brighter note Jason Berg is in 23rd on the pro side.

[bassNspear]

can always hope for some great luck!

[swampbuck]

Jason Caught a toad on Day one over 8lbs, He said it was his biggest bass ever nice to catch it during the tournament

[bassNspear]

thats crazy. I hope we can turn it around to get back up ontop the leader board

[Chris519]

Man! It is 44 degrees outside. I just took a 2 mile walk and now I am watching the weigh-in on espn. Is it too early for spring fever??

[lookincalifornia]

wow, no three day limits. must have been tough from the rear deck. a very repectfull finish for mr elk. well done wayne.

[grab the net]

I hope you will take the time to give us an account of your experience. I for one really enjoy reading those. Gives a personal perspective from a regular joe. You beat the Wolverine!! Did you get a chance to talk to him?

[Central Bassman]

I can't wait to hear Agapes report on the tournament

[Wayne Ek]

We got back into Minn. late Sunday night. I had a good time, the drive was ugly. The first day I fished with Brian Easler (finished 114). We had boat draw No. 137, but because of a problem with the engine we got out 45 minutes late. Fished bedding bass in small narrow canals in about 2' of water. I had very limited water to fish, but managed one fish. The second day I fished with Kevin Pulsifer (finished 91), again we started out in canals, but larger ones and I had better water to fish. I managed 3 fish. Both days saw rain and cool temps (if you're from florida) It rained both days and on the second day it was only 38 degrees at launch and I was wearing arctic armor bibs and a Cabelas top. Stayed warm. Would I do it again, yes I think so. Do I like fishing on the pro side of the aisle better, yes. I do have a new respect for the Am side of the boat as you have no control or say on what is going to happen. But I got to fish soft water and had half-way decent weather.

[bassNspear]

Great to hear the report from the tournament. Glad that you had a great time down there. Hope you get a shot at it again wayne!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Given the opportunity Wayne, how would you have fished different from your anglers?

[Wayne Ek]

D.D. this time of year you,re really limited by what the angler in the front of the boat has going. If he/she decides to chase bedding bass in the canals you can find yourself fishing very little good water. If he/she decides to fish bedding fish on the open lakes or river then you have more choices. I caught all my fish on a 7" Zoom Trick worm. If I had a chance to fish open water then I was tossing a rattle bait. It's pretty much the luck of the draw for co-anglers this time of the year.

[Cecil]

If you were in the front of the boat, what might you have done?

[grab the net]

Learn any new presentation tricks after fishing with some different people? How was pre-fishing? Did you get a chance to do any other fishing while down there?

[Wayne Ek]

No pre-fishing as this was a spur of the moment trip. No new tech. they approached bedding bass pretty much the way we do. Without a chance to pre-fish the lake I wouldn't even speculate on what I would have done. I know from past experience on Florida lakes that a cold front moving in will push the fish to HEAVY matts of vegetation or move them to deeper water if it's close by. Deeper water means moving form 1' of water to 2.5' of water down there.