After fishing the fog for about an hour (without a bite), we headed back up the lake to a point at the end of two islands. He went back to pitching the grass (as many anglers were doing) with a soft plastic--a Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw in watermelon candy. (He also made a few pitches with a junebug colored ultravibe, but stuck mostly with the original color.)
By this time we'd been on the water for a couple of hours and Brent had yet to land a fish. We came across Yusuke Miyazaki, and he and Brent talked about lures and the conditions. Miyazaki said, "Harder today, huh?" to which Brent answered "Yeah, I'd say so!" It seemed like a lot of guys were having a hard time finding the larger fish (and I remember him saying to Derek Remitz later in the day, "How many of the same sized fish can there be on this lake?"), and Brent would end the day with just over 12 pounds, not enough to make the third day cut. But for all the pressure he must have felt, he was a great host. I did my best not to bother him, but he often initiated conversation. Guess he's just a social person. (Remember an interesting conversation regarding a friend of his getting fired from a job at one of the major phone companies and how they set him up to fail, something I see as a chef all the time. Guess there are jerks all over, in all walks of life.)
In all, this was far and away one of the most interesting and funnest things I've ever done. My thanks to B.A.S.S. for the opportunity to do this. 
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