Avena’s difference maker

Adrian Avena just scored a bass weighing 1-12 that gave him a confidence boost to stay out deep. For a while, anyway.

“Under these conditions the bite is probably hot on the windy shorelines but this fish tells me there might be a three-pounder in the mix.”

Avena still plans to eventually move shallow, fish shorelines with a reaction lure like a jerkbait. For now, he’s wisely sticking to a game plan that has produced well for him thus far. And what the heck, he burned all that midnight oil to paint the spoons after the trip to Walmart.