The team of Bobby Lane and Gerald Brown brought a 10-pounder to the scale for the second straight day and took over the lead Friday at the PAA Tour Team Challenge at Lake Toho in Florida. Their 23.20-pound sack pushed their 2-day total to 49.65.
"We battled the weather and had just two good bites, but found another area with some fish in it so we'll go back there Saturday," said Lane, who lives in Lakeland and has fished the central Florida lakes all his life. He and Brown are locking into Lake Kissimmee – about a 37-mile run from the launch – and are employing a sight-fishing/casting combo attack.
Day-1 leaders Chad Morgethaler and Glenn Brown weighed 16.34 today and fell to 2nd with 48.23 – a little more than a pound out of the lead. From there it was a sizable drop down to Brian Snowden and Jeff Hager in 3rd with 40.75.
The field was greeted by gusting wind and spitting rain Friday morning. The rain subsided mid-morning, but the wind continued most of the day. The front finally moved out of the area about 5 p.m., and sun and clear skies are expected for Saturday's final round.
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