David Kilgore caught a 17-06 bag of spotted bass Friday to take over the lead at the Logan Martin Lake Bassmaster Southern Open with a 2-day total of 33-13. He supplanted Chris Lane in the top slot as the 2012 Bassmaster Classic champion dropped to 5th with a 10-03 stringer.
“The morning bite was slow yesterday,” Kilgore said. “Today I had all the bass I weighed in by 7:30 (a.m.).”
Kilgore left his key areas after that and concentrated on largemouths. He caught five of those, but nothing big enough to cull anything from his initial limit. On day 3 Kilgore plans to hammer his best spotted-bass water all day.
Former FLW Tour pro Alvin Shaw jumped three spots to land in 2nd place with a 15-07 bag. He's fishing an area that he believes the spotted bass moved into during the high water of the previous week.
“They haven’t moved out yet,” he said. “I’m hoping they stay 1 more day.”
Here are the totals for the 12 anglers who'll be back on the water for day 3:
1. David Kilgore: 33-13
2. Alvin Shaw: 31-07
3. David Walker: 30-15
4. Tim Hurst: 29-14
5. Chris Lane: 28-13
6. Michael Reid: 28-08
7. Greg Vinson: 28-04
8. William Weidler: 27-12
9. Paul Elias: 27-11
10. Tim Frederick: 27-05
