Jason Christie was the final angler to qualify for the Forrest Wood Cup at Georgia's Lake Lanier via the FLW Tour Majors points list. After day 1 of the event, it looked as if he'd be one of the first guys sent packing.
The Oklahoman caught a lackluster 7-14 sack on opening day and was in 38th place in the 46-angler field. He boxed 13-08 on day 2, however, and moved up to 18th to survive the midway cut. That was the position where he'd eventually finish.
What was the difference between day 1 and day 2 for him? On the latter, he kept his biggest bites hooked up.
"The first day I lost a 5-pounder, the second day I caught everything, then the third day I lost another 5-pounder," he said. "I had pretty much the same amount and same quality of bites every day."
He did his damage on the surface with a Heddon One Knocker Spook.
"The bigger ones seemed to bite in the first couple hours of the day, although I did catch one good one late on the second day. They were a little more aggressive early in the morning, and one or two of those kind of bites a day would make a huge difference."
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