Bird Classic 2021 bound
By David A. Brown
BASS Press Release
Quick pace key to finding win.
(Photo: BASS)
Focusing on current-related habitat enabled
Cody Bird of Granbury, Texas, to win the Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open on
Neely Henry Lake with a three-day total of 34 pounds, 1 ounce.
Bird placed third on Day
1 with a limit of 13-1 and moved into the Day 2 lead after adding 11-9. On
Championship Saturday, he turned in a limit of 9-7 and earned the $35,000 top
prize for his first B.A.S.S. win.
“I have two seconds, a
third, a fourth, two fifths, a sixth and three sevenths — it feels good to
finally win one,” Bird said. “I’m just not a closer. This time, when I got up
there, I made up my mind that they were going to have to take it from me.
“It took me a while, but
it was worth it. I earned this one, for sure.”
