re: Bassmaster Classic.... gonna be cold... who wins?

Casey stayed pretty much in the same flat the entire last day.
He has been fishing this lake all his life , has planted numerous brushpiles, and has alot of folks putting stuff in his ear all month leading up to this.
Icasmelly had over 1,200 places waypointed in his GPS. Do you think he spent three days finding 1,200 places in practice? Point is they ALL get info from friends,guides ...you name it.

Ever heard of information overload?

Bottom line Casey understood the Hartwell bass better than most because he fishes the lake every chance he gets. He knew the shallow water dock bite would go away for the most part due to cloudy weather conditions, thus he chose to stay on flat that the fish were moving in and out of for most of the last day.That takes patience way beyond his years. Most guys couldn't do that, especially on the last day.

In case you have never seen it, Hartwell has 10-15 ft visibility at times. Ridiculously clearwater that I absolutely hate to fish, since I grew up worming ledges and flipping /pitching brush on Lake Eufaula in ALabama where you are lucky to see past 6" into the water most of the year.

Casey won this tourney by being patient and fishing S-L-O-W. When you see the replay notice how slow he fished his stuff...gave a whole new meaning to the term "Slo-Rolling" to me.
The kid is good...period.

Background: I've Been Bass fishing since I was 5 , 51 now.

It's interesting how these pro's can catch bass from 2 ft to 45 on the same day. Especially on a lake they do not frequent.

Do they share knowledge and spots, or are they that good ? I love this stuff and was glued to my computer all weekend watching on-line.

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Do they share knowledge and spots, or are they that good ? I love this stuff and was glued to my computer all weekend watching on-line. 

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I would imagine its a combination of all the above.
These guys are out there fishing everyday, so they understand what they are seeing on the electronics better than your wknd guy. I'm sure they share info amongst friends as well. Usually the guy that wins just makes better decisions than the rest of the field.
Reading about Casey in the Classic he limited every morning off of the same flat and then hit brushpiles the rest of the first two days looking for a big fish. Final morning decided to hold on Spot One and work it all day. Wound up culling a 3lb fish for a 4-something just one hour from finish.
Kid showed true poise....mark of a champion IMHO.

Growing up fishing back of boat with my pop I used to complain about sitting on the same river ledge all fricking day long in the heat of summer, going hour after hour without a bite. But pops patience and experience knew that the fish were there, just had to wait them out till something triggered them to hit. 99% of fisherman would give up on that spot. He didn't and almost ALWAYS would pull up a couple 7-8 lbers before the day was done while others scrambling the lake would have one or two dinks to show for it.
Most of the bass pro's are just that dang good.
Of course a little help never hurt either, nor some luck.

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Do they share knowledge and spots, or are they that good ? I love this stuff and was glued to my computer all weekend watching on-line.

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They call ahead for locals. Heck, even I was called by one of the chick pros for a Red River tourney. I took her to several spots in her boat a few weeks before the event.

Yeah Alx, that's about I kinda tear up lol. Likely has less to do w/vernacular/more to do with that's the part she starts screaming lol.

You read it right. Probably closer to 6-8 lbers.

Same river ledge on Lake Eufaula, Al.
From roughly third wk of June through first week of August. At times would fish the same 100-150 yd stretch all day from sun up to late aftrn. As close to a sure thing as there is in mid-summer.

He once weighed a 7-fish one day sack of 45lbs plus off of that ledge during an MBAA tourney. Think about that for a second.
Two 8's, two 7's,a 6, a 5, and a 4.
And his "big fish" broke off....

Of course we are talking about a man who was one 2-lb fish lost at the boat from fishing in the Bassmasters Classic as an amateur, so it's pretty safe to say he was quite the bass fisherman in his prime.