Stetson Blaylock is off to a good start on Monday. Call it a case of riding off a confidence-building Sunday. Part of that comes from the fact that Blaylock caught his personal best smallmouth limit weighing 24 pounds, 12 ounces.
“It’s crazy that where I caught them on Sunday was a place that I caught them like that maybe six years ago,” he said.
Blaylock revisited history on the last day of practice, and had this to say about the confidence he gained to make the spot his go-to for Sunday.
“I caught a five pounder and there were a dozen like it that followed it to the boat,” he added.
Even better, initially the hot spot was where Blaylock thought he’d need to weed through small fish to gain ground on the likes of the five pounders that came from the spot on Sunday.
“I think it’s what I’m throwing, which are some baits that I don’t think a lot of other guys are using,” he said. “My baits make a different noise and I think those fish are reacting to it.”
What else is going on is other anglers are fishing around Blaylock.
“There are other guys fishing like me, but not using the kind of baits that I am throwing.”
Blaylock surged with even more confidence in making this statement.
“The cool part is I am catching other fish in areas where I did not in practice,” he explained. “This is one of those lakes where you don’t have to pinpoint them and know where they are, because you just need to be in general areas where they are positioned.”