Avena: Empty tacklebox

Yesterday afternoon at the boat ramp Adrian Avena was eager to get back to his hotel room.

“I’m going to tie on every lure that I’ve ever caught a bass on and use those tomorrow,” he said. “I’m going to empty the tacklebox, have all of them ready.”

Truth: Check out his front deck and it’s loaded with options. And at least for now he’s abandoned the drop shotting game plan of the previous two days.

Avena is dead serious about qualifying for his childhood dream of fishing in the Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.

More change ups. Swindle looks to be using a deep diving crankbait, maybe a Rapala DT20, while Shin Fukae, Scott Rook, Chris Lane and Avena are using topwaters. Not surprisingly, some are using a River2Sea Whopper Plopper.