Biggest Tournament Limit of my life

last first blast off of the year last one crazy the year has just kind of went by fast you know this year it's kind of been a blur but uh st lawrence river one of the best smallmouth bass fisheries in the country i mean hands down it's got a lot of pressure it's not nearly as good as it was the first time i came here four years ago and i didn't even have forward faces sonar then and it would seem to be a little bit easier to get bites but you know somebody's gonna catch them big real big i'm still thinking the mark here is going to be over 20 a day to you know have a decent tournament we've got a long run ahead of us through big waves out into some big water hopefully we get there safe in one piece and then can catch our fish and then get back in one piece as well so the question mark this week is mobility not going to be able to cycle through spots very much this week not going to be able to run around a lot it's just going to be too much wind on way too big of a lake to really move and check different spots so we're going to go to one area and today at least all our eggs are kind of in one basket you know we got to go there we got to make it happen out of one area so hopefully we can do that i mean i'm looking forward to it there's some fish around um not a ton of real giant ones but are some big ones in the area and you know quite a few fish so hopefully they have not moved and if they did move hopefully i can find them so looking forward to getting out there and just kind of seeing what happens you know we got a shot at end of the year but we gotta go have a really good tournament to do it you know it's not like we have a big lead and we can just like make the top 50 and we're good it's like no you still have to go win aoi in this term right here so gotta go catch them and gotta go catch them big two days of practice in this one we had we had a day of practice canceled and that's going to kind of you know hurt people a little bit i think it definitely hurt me i didn't get to check a lot of stuff that i would normally check and didn't get to find as much new waters i would normally find either so you know two days of practice definitely changed things but looking forward to going you know got a long run this morning and when we get there and start catching them it'll all feel a lot better you gotta stop passing the baton i hope we stop i hope it's past for the last time bassmaster elite series the minn kota bassmaster elite at the st lawrence river five four three right behind him a two-time elite series champion from south carolina let's see oh double b brandon cobb he's the bassmaster elite series champion cooks our defending champion in this very event and you're reigning the kota olympian rookie of the year jay secure it right behind him a four-time bassmaster winner get up here you beautiful thing you i can't freaking get him how about that after that freaking run baby let's get a little bit more full that's gonna be ice cold right now put him in the fourth floor give me some more dude yes bouncing through them daggone waves i was like man am i done well you did not so big and stay on baby stay on it ain't that big i should have brought you a seat you know it's better than fizzing one big small mouth fizzing two scale didn't take this one this one you just caught no when i just caused a three pounder so you've seen them before huh give me some dude that's another biggin yeah come up here baby doll yeah come up here baby doll come up here they like to get under that dang boat i'm still getting that dang motor now i need to go chase it stop doing that yeah dang that's a tank yeah give me some baby yes whoo five and a half dude i'm shaking dude i can't believe they're biting like this it's a better one come on right over here baby doll it's a pretty dang good one that sucker made him not stop he's a good pull though i'm happy with our weight for the day but uh just one little flurry and then we didn't catch them the rest of the day at all so i don't know definitely need to hunker down in that area for longer the next two days if we can get there and everything will work out you don't have to go that far back actually looking relaxed like that can i ask you if i do a favor the person the holder bass holder can you slip it just a hand back look at that one did you weigh that one oh my gosh that's a giant i might be the big fish of the day that kind of it feels more relaxed like this i already can't breathe i feel like how much weight you got 30 days not long too much good job do not let him click in the water oh let him go i need to get real loud he is your progressive bass master angler of the year leader from alabama stone cold kyle welter five fish here today came into this event with a six-point lead over brandon kopp w's only you know i've been five fish here today 25 pounds 10 ounces he moves into third place with 25 10 let's hear it for him ladies and gentlemen stone cold kyle welter 25 10 currently sitting in third place in this tournament we're going to gain some progressive bass master angler of the year points here today six pounds and nine ounces a brand new phoenix boats big bass and dude you came into this event you know with a small lead over kopp and you did your job on day number one yeah you know we actually came into this effectively tied you know because it's a small lead basically i mean that can change every single day but what we risked it today you know a lot of guys did everybody called the big bags had to go out there and tough the giant waves but i'm really happy with the weight how it worked out hopefully we can get out there a little bit easier tomorrow and you know have more time to actually fish this angler of the year race the way you guys are both catching them i mean it literally could come down to sunday which has not happened very very long time are you ready to have this throw down all the way to the end that's how i want it to go you know like i want the excitement win lose or draw like let's make it interesting let's let's have fun you know let's keep it keep it rolling as long as we can can't wait to watch it go down let's hear it for them ladies and gentlemen day two st lawrence river definitely need a big bag today you know i had 25 10 yesterday gotta catch at least 22 or 23 to stay where i need to stay and anything more than that and we'll stay in contention actually win the tournament so i mean just gonna catch the five biggest ones we could possibly catch conditions are gonna change i have to move around probably and find where the fish are but we'll be a lot more have a lot more accessible water today because the wind's gonna lay down a little bit so i'll be able to actually move around and find you know fish for a couple of different groups of fish today hopefully when yesterday i already got fish for one group so could be a really fun day conditions are vastly different than yesterday and i know that smallmouth don't sit still so definitely get in the area where i think there's some big ones and and locate them again because i've learned fish for smallmouth as they move i'm at the drop of a hat so hopefully today we'll be able to locate them we got a long day today that's really gonna help me out because when conditions change they're definitely going to move and all it takes is a short couple of flurries to have a really big bag here arkansas he set the all-time winning weight record of smallmouth bass 102 pounds nine ounces right here last year 4 30 4 30 right you called it he's not a six but he's a yeah can you fizz these teeth real quick bigger by the second oh my god yeah look at this way look at this way real quick it ain't as big as he looked when he was airborne i'll tell you that but he is big he's a five yeah i thought i missed him when we're looking to make another cast and he was on there no i said it was a pretty one oh yeah i think he's prettier in just a second he looks like he's a four yeah i think he's prettier in just a second he looks like he's a four he was just right here by the boat and i could have grabbed him but i wasn't over here i got too much line out now i want you to come off you big sucker i can't never grab him by the dang nail he was never coming off i'm threading the gamakatsu light wire worm hook and that sucker gets never in a million years he's coming off i could bobble him all day at the boat he's a four like a four two i'm getting rid of that one getting rid of a three pounder i wish he had jumped about another foot this way oh my god yeah big and that sucker went ballistic was that the shot you wanted get up in this boat i need you get up in this boat i need you get tired big girl no it's not it's a new group there was three of them sitting up there by themselves about 120 yards 120 feet from where i just lost that one i was kind of curious if it was even a bass it is definitely a bass i've got 10 pound sunline amz braid tied to eight pound sunline shooter leader freaking meat pie baby look at that one baby yes dude give me some baby yes it's got to be five don't it yeah right at five i think we'll turn turn our only one loose now that's smaller than three pounds he's seen it i think this is a big one yeah that is a big one come over here baby come over here that ain't that big it ain't that big i thought it was bigger well it's pretty big in it what do you gotta get rid of 4.18 this feels like a smaller one may not be a bass i think we both know what that is right there that's a freaking biggin oh my goodness dude you might know of a summer house to buy up here one that a fisherman can afford it's got to be over five my heart's beating harder right now than it has the whole time it's worse right now they make footers is just part of the process this right here is a bonus one he's about to spool me it ain't that big maybe it is that big swallowed it what was he 4.14 what do you have to say for yourself today phenomenal day unbelievable day it's uh best day of fishing for smallmouth i've ever had go have a really good bag you know and i mean our smallest fish is a five pounder so what do we do you know i mean there's it's hard to catch a six we're checking in a little bit early had some mechanical issues that scared me a little bit so we're right here i had just a blast man so much fun out there just i mean glad we get to go do it again tomorrow and hopefully the day after that if we can make it just got to catch them tomorrow you know stay stay on top of things move if the fish move and then make it happen yeah so how was your day phenomenal best day of smallmouth fishing i've ever had in my life and it was at the right time great time sup he is your leader in progressive bass master angler of the year points from alabama stone cold at 25 pounds and 10 ounces needs 26 12 to take the lead here today on his quest to become an angler of the year needs 26 12 27 pounds 12 ounces 27 12 and stone tal welcher is leading the minn kota bass master elite on the saint lawrence river 53 pounds six ounces and he's atop the leaderboard of both the progressive bass master angler of the year title and the minn kota bass master elite put away this for things both big bass seems to be better than six one six pounds eight ounces and dude you are leading basically everything there is to lead with two days left in the season you came in here with a slim six-point lead over brandon kopp and man you are leading this tournament yeah but exactly what you said there's still two days to go you know and that's it's fun to catch them really good but you know like you're famous saying what a difference that they can make you know so i'm just going to try to make good adjustments stay on top of the fish and catch them but today was an absolute phenomenal day that's by far the best day of fishing for smallmouth i've ever had in my life i mean i'm just blown away that all that happened today you got so close to winning the bass master classic just a few years ago that bridesmaid finish and now the two most coveted trophies in this sport obviously the classic and progressive bass master angler of the year do you feel like you're going to hold that trophy two days from now yeah you know that's that's been the plan all year you know from the first tournament that's been the plan now i just do everything that i can to make that plan come to fruition but i'm glad that now that i'm having a good day you brought all that that bad juju wood i have nothing to do with it i tell stuff well it is true we did come in second but hopefully we don't do that this week before you leave here you got our progressive weekly bonus a thousand dollars at the end of this week that check gets a whole lot bigger let's hear it for your tournament leader your progressive bass wrestler angler of the year leader