California's Cody Meyer turned in his worst-ever finish in the Forrest Wood Cup last week. It was the first time in four outings that he failed to crack the Top 10, but he only missed that mark by a single placement.
He's a deep-water light-line, spotted bass expert who finished 2nd the last time the Cup visited Lanier in 2010. He again fished to his strengths this time around, but now wishes he'd taken at least a quick look in the other direction during practice.
"Two years ago the water was up and the largemouth weren't really a player," he said. "This time (with the water level about 8 feet down) they were, and I wish I'd spent at least a day of practice looking for them eating bream off the beds or whatever.
"I'd like to have had a place where I could go fish around for an hour or 2 to try to catch a big largemouth, and then go deep. It wasn't the ideal weather for fishing deep with all the overcast (skies), and if I'd have had a Plan B, I might've had a better chance of making the Top-10 cut."
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