And just like the flip of a light switch, Jake Whitaker’s dock bite has lit up. He just boated his fifth keeper, a clutch 2 pounder, that most certainly puts him in contention for the win on Championship Monday. He’s about 4 1/2 pounds behind leader Lee Livesay.
Whitaker’s best area of the marina is concentrated in three boat slips over 8 feet of water. He remains uncertain what the attractant to the slip is, but it’s accounted for most of his fish.
What’s interesting is how well Whitaker has the details of his bite dialed in. He discovered the baitfish are swimming in the shade cast by the roof of the marina slips. They get nabbed when swimming near the boat slips and walkways being used by largemouth as ambush points.
Job well done.