As the rain started pelting down on Stetson Blaylock, and he was thinking about moving closer to the check-in site at Metro Park,he hooked up with yet another big smallmouth bass. However, Blaylock didn’t think it was all that big – until he boat-flipped it.
“What am I doing!” shouted Blaylock upon realizing this was a near-5-pounder. Well, when it’s your day, it’s your day. Blaylock puts everything on a digital scale, which indicated that one weighed 4.80 pounds, allowing him to cull a 4.25-pounder. So he should have at least 22-8 today.
“I’m pretty sure that’s my biggest bag of smallmouth ever,” said Blaylock.
He started the day fourth in the AOY standings, 20 points behind Scott Canterbury. He’s seemingly on the edge of contending for the AOY title due to the fact that both Chris Zaldain and Cory Johnston are between him and Canterbury. Blaylock is certainly keeping himself in the AOY conversation for another day, that’s what he’s doing.