Alabama rookie Clent Davis missed making his second FLW Tour Top 10 in three events by a single placement in last week's derby at the Potomac River in Maryland. He would've made it to the final day if a slew of good fish hadn't gotten unbuttoned before reaching his boat.
"Day 3 could've been even better than day 2 if I'd just put the fish in the net that bit, but it was just one of those days," he said. "I lost at least eight fish, and one of them was over 5 pounds, for sure. It was sickening."
He weighed just 13-10 on day 3 after coming in with a stout 19-06 the previous day.
"They were eating the swimjig really weird (on day 3). The one big one I got, the jig was hooked in the top of its head. They were coming up wanting to kill it, but then they weren't putting it in their mouth.
"I caught that big one real quick, so I just kept throwing the jig and kept losing them. I was telling myself, 'If you can just get one of these in the boat, you're fishing tomorrow.' Justin Lucas, my travel partner, slowed down with a (stickbait) that day and whacked them. I probably should've thrown a Senko, too."
On a more positive note, his 11th-place finish gave him the lead in the Rookie of the Year race, where he holds a 41-point advantage over New Jersey's Adrian Avena.
"I've got to go out and bust it for two more tournaments. I need to distance myself at Kentucky Lake a little bit because Avena lives on Champlain."
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