By Bryan Brasher
BASS PRESS RELEASE
After
two days of competition at the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department, the anglers will take a break from fishing
Saturday.
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| Pipkens has a massive 12lb lead! (Photo: BASS) |
Chad Pipkens
said he will welcome the break — and with the cushion he has in the standings,
he should rest easy.
Pipkens’ five
biggest bass during today’s second round weighed 30 pounds, 15 ounces — his
second straight day with more than 30 pounds — and he maintained his overall
lead in the event with a massive, two-day total of 62-14.
That means he’ll have a gigantic cushion of 11-4 over his closest competitor
when fishing resumes Sunday morning.
“I had probably
the best hour and a half of fishing I’ve ever had — and I got to have it on the
right day,” said Pipkens, a Michigan resident who is fishing just two months
after breaking his collarbone while playing ice hockey. “I’ve seen it like that
before, but it happened on the wrong day when I had to let up on them.
“We have an off
day tomorrow. So today, I was able to just keep hammering them.”
Unlike
Thursday’s first round when Pipkens struggled early, he got off to a fast start
today, exploiting an early-morning shad-spawn bite in shallow water. He caught
a nice-size largemouth off his first spot and then moved to another spot where
things got as good for him as they’ve ever been.
