Entry 304-3

Greg Hackney on Smith Mountain Lake

Part 3: Day 2 of the Tournament

Question: Greg, what did you do on the second day of the tournament?

Hackney: The second day was very much like the first day, but I started in a different pocket in the lake that I’d never fished previously. I fished for bass that weren’t quite as big as the bass I targeted on the first day. I caught a limit really quickly and a 3 pounder fishing the Strike King Zero. I fished the bank by casting out in front of the boat, letting the Zero fall and then land on the bottom, while I used the trolling motor to look for bedding bass. Once I had my limit, I decided to fish for bigger bass.

Finally, in the afternoon, I found bigger bass and was able to upgrade my limit. That afternoon I caught a 4-1/2-pound female and a decent-sized male bass. I caught the male bass first. The female bass wouldn’t move onto the nest as long as the male was there. But after I caught the male bass, she moved onto the bed and became very defensive since the male was gone. I only had to cast to that female bass three times to get it to bite. I caught both of those bass on the green-pumpkin-colored Strike King Coffee Tube. At the end of day two, I only had 14 pounds of bass and dropped to 15th place.

Next: Day 3 of the Smith Mountain Competition

Contents:

• Part 1: The Game Plan
• Part 2: Day 1 of the Smith Mountain Tournament
• Part 3: Day 2 of the Tournament
• Part 4: Day 3 of the Smith Mountain Competition
• Part 5: The Last Day of the Smith Mountain Lake Tournament