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Sunline Strong Performer – T-Bend

<b><font color=green>Sunline Strong Performer – T-Bend</font></b>

There were lots of instances at the Toledo Bend Bassmaster Elite Series of anglers catching strong bags one day and then failing to crack 10 pounds the next. Perhaps no one epitomized that phenomenon better than Jeff Kriet.

The Oklahoman was in 65th place after boxing 9-15 on day 1. On day 2, he jumped all the way to 9th with a 25-pound stringer before going back the other direction on day 3 (8-10) to eventually finish 18th.

"The weights were just crazy – they were all over the board," he said. "The second day those fish were right where I thought they'd be. A lot of those really big ones, they'd get in that timber and just be sitting there, very inactive."

He found two big schools of quality fish within a 3-mile stretch during practice. Terry Scroggins and Ott DeFoe beat him to them on the morning of day 1, and he shared one of them with DeFoe while compiling his massive sack on day 2.

He caught most of his fish on a Big Bite Baits Kriet Tail worm. He picked up a few on a shaky-head and a spoon.

"I did make a mistake by not throwing a dropshot on the third day," he said. "I started getting impatient and when you're dropshotting you're not fishing to win, but if I'd started doing it earlier in the day I probably could've made the Top 12.

"I ended up catching three or four keepers on it in the last 30 minutes. They were really suspended that day."

The Sunline Strong Performer, which focuses on the angler who makes the most significant single-day move in the standings at each tour-level event, is brought to you by the great people at Sunline.

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