Whitaker lands 3-pounder

Steve Bowman, Derek Hudnall and I just spent an hour trying to find Jake Whitaker. The 2018 Toyota Rookie of the Year kept moving and we were beginning to think he was dodging us.

We finally found him and Whitaker immediately hooked up. The 3 pounder was under a dock and he had to carefully work the fish over a cable.

Whitaker pulled out his balance beam to cull and his two smallest fish both weighted 2-2.

The North Carolina angler has about 15 pounds now, putting him in eighth place in BASSTrakk.

“I need a 4 pounder now,” he said.