2015 Walmart FLW Tour Lewis Smith Lake Day 2: Zack Birge Jumps into Lead!

Mix of Spots and Largemouth Key for Top 10
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Day two of the Walmart FLW Tour event on Lewis Smith Lake presented by Evinrude was some 25 degrees colder than day one. In some areas the water temperature dropped 8 degrees. But the drastic change seemed to have little impact on the predominant patterns from day one. Though the leaderboard shifted a bit, eight of the top 10 pros from day one stayed within the top 10 on day two.

Zack Birge, who is quickly making a name for himself across all FLW levels, moved into the lead on day two with a 17-pound, 14-ounce limit, which gives him a two-day total of 36-13.

For the second day in a row, Birge brought in all largemouths for his limit, though he had to wait them out a bit more today.

A Santone buzzbait help Zack reach the top.
(Photo: FLW)

“I knew nothing would really happen in there until about noon,” Birge says of his best area. “At 11 o’clock I got my first good bite. Then I caught another one at noon, and another good one an hour after that. The water temperature did drop a few degrees in there overnight, but it gained those degrees back by noon with sunshine. That helped.”

Birge is from Oklahoma, and he is fishing in a classic Okie style – big baits for big bass in shallow flooded bushes.
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