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Reed accomplished something that was very difficult at this event – each of his daily bags was bigger than the previous one. "It was a really good tournament," he said. "Catching more and more every day here, that was tough." He shared water with Davis throughout the tournament and neither knew where the fish would be on a particular day. He caught more than a dozen keepers today – which was his high for the week – and the biggest was a 3 1/2-pounder. He had a limit prior to 7:00 and kept boosting it as the day wore on. "I just basically got a little more finesse into what I'd been doing – I went from a Carolina rig down to a dropshot, and that small (Yum) Houdini Worm was the key." Complete Story |
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EVANS, Ga. — Looking at Matt Reed's performance in the Bassmaster Elite Series Pride of Georgia, you might think he would start lobbying for five-day tournaments. Reed started the event in 45th with 9 pounds, 9 ounces. He was in 40th on Day Two after catching 10-0. And on Day Three he launched into 12th place with a 12-7 stringer. He put the exclamation point on it all with the biggest final-day limit totaling 15-13. One more day and Reed's late-charge antics might have been enough to put him over the top, if not for one thing: "I really don't want to have to go out there again,'' Reed said. "This place is eventually going to get you." Complete Story |
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Reed logged his best Elite finish since August 2007 at the Potomac River – a tournament also won by Reese.
"I had a great week," he said. "I really enjoy sight-fishing and I caught them every day.
"I fished a good tournament and I don't have anything to complain about. I wish I'd have done better, but I don't know exactly what I would've done to accomplish that. I caught most of them that I had a chance at and the few I didn't catch, I don't think anybody would've caught. I had a 5-pounder that I probably spent 6 hours of this tournament on."
He ran all new water today because he'd exhausted all of his marked fish. His bag included a 5-12.
"I only had three little ones at 1:00 and it took me 2 hours to catch her. Other than that I had four minnows." Complete Story |
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Smith Mountain 4th: Reed still Scrounging |
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Reed continued to sight-fish, which is what he's done throughout the tournament. Each day he's found enough new ones to keep himself near the top of the standings.
"I've basically been out of fish since the first day, but I keep scrounging around," he said. "I don't have any big ones left that I know I can catch.
"There's a couple that I haven't been able to catch that I'd like to shoot before I leave here," he joked.
He might look for other spawners tomorrow or he may switch gears altogether.
"I'm contemplating that. If I tried something totally different I could fall pretty hard, but then again I can't fall any farther than 12th place. It's tough to decide whether to go for a big sack or do the best you can with what you have.
"If I had to say right now, I'd say that I'm going to sight-fish for part of the day, anyway."
It took him a substantial portion of the day to complete his limit and he culled several times thereafter.
"It was kind of one of those things where I hated to catch them because they weren't much bigger than what I had, but I needed every ounce I could get to make sure I made the Top 12." Complete Story
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Matt Reed said he thoroughly enjoyed the tournament, but it had its stressful side, too. "It was fun, but it was scary going into it because I knew I was going to have to mash 'em," he said. "You knew you were going to have to catch big ones." He focused on grass edges that were influenced by the current. He moved farther offshore when the flow slowed down, but still keyed on grass. Most of his fish were enticed by an XCalibur One Knocker lipless crankbait, but a few of the bigger ones were caught on a Yum Money Minnow swimbait. He weighed 18-12 today. "It was very slow for me today and I probably didn't catch two limits of keepers." Complete Story |
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10th: Reed Had Better Day |
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Matt Reed didn't have a real good day Saturday when an 11-11 bag took him out of contention. He bounced back with a 16-11 stringer today to grab a Top-10 finish. "I caught a bunch of fish today," he noted. "I just didn't get any big bites. You always would love to win, but I had to make the Top 12." He finished 18th here a year ago, so he was thrilled to improve upon that. "I like it (here)," he added. "I love structure fishing and I'm not really a dropshotter by nature, but I love to structure fish. These fish – you find them on your electronics and sit over them and catch them. It's like a video game." Read More |
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