Usually bass tournaments are won by the angler who makes the right decisions and adjustments during the couse of the day and that has never been more evident that day #2 at Wixom on August 30th. Jim Rice was that angler who figured it out and nearly doubled his closest competitors weights when he sacked a 14.15 lb limit to win in a landslide. Here's how he dit it:
Rice had a short practice session but was still able to weigh in a limit that tipped the scales at just over 11 pounds on day one to finish 3rd. "It was raining all day and I was able to catch them on the flats", exclaimed Jim who has failed to weigh in a limit in only one event this year. But Sunday brought different conditions with cool temps and bright sun.
"I started near the launch and tried working a weedline in hopes my wife could catch a couple", stated Rice. "I was just throwing a Zara Spook out into 27 feet of water and looked away only to have the 4 pound smallie hit it right at the boat". That smallie was the big fish of the tournament but the rest of the day did not come as easily. "After that I only caught two more keepers until about 1 o'clock in the afternoon and decided I needed to do something different". That something different was to head upriver and focus on isolated cover offering shade.
"I threw to docks, wood, seawalls, anything isolated that was protected from the sun", said Jimbo who pretty much locked up the AOY title with one event left. Rice threw a slew of different baits from senkos to texas rigged soft plastics and even got a few more on the Spook. He ended up catching about 10 keepers with most coming during the last two hours of the event. "That's what I like about Wixom is that you can catch them so many places and doing lot's of different things."
Day two notes:
-14 anglers competed Sunday compared to 17 on Saturday
-Only 2 anglers weiged in limits on day 2
-Sundays win was Jims second win of the season
-Rices big bass was officially 3.97 lbs
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