"I had the bites I needed," he said. "I broke one off on the hookset that was 4-plus that bit a wacky-rigged Senko, then I found the biggest fish I've found since I been here and got it to eat a frog, but I missed it.

"I can't believe it ate that frog in open water. That was a last-ditch effort to get it to bite, and I reacted too soon and pulled it away."

He caught most of his fish this week on dropshots and wacky-rigs.

"I'm not too disappointed. All in all, it was a good tournament." Complete Story