They cataching them good! Hope Cliff can hold that big lead, he had a great early bite today!

I’m pulling for Cox but dang cliff made it tuff today

Buddy of mine has ran a cameraman around down there the last 3 days. He said it’s been fun to watch them up close and personal.

Looking good for this heat

I was amazed to watch them take care of their fish, add ice and some additives to live wells!

What is the stuff folks add to the livewells? And does it actually increase the odds of the fish surviving long term or just keep it alive long enough to be weighed only to die shortly after release?

G-Juice

https://www.omniafishing.com/p/g-ju..._sort=true&fishing_reports_waterbody

All-day fish care in the summer time is an art. Lots, probably most, of those guys are not pumping in fresh water (because it’s HOT) and are opting to recirculate the same water while using ice to help keep livewell temps down. Using G-Juice helps to combat the ammonia buildup coming from the fish and cleans up the chlorine or anything else coming from the ice.

I’m pretty sure BASS uses the Fish Lung apparatus in their holding tanks at/after weigh in. It injects super concentrated oxygen into the water to help the fish regain as much strength as possible before release. Some of the pros are using it or similar products on their boats.

Back when I done it a lot. I would have some hydrogen peroxide on hand, some additives, and plenty of ice. I would freeze 2 liter bottles of good water, place them in the livewells one at a time and leave the cap off. Also had some extra pumps to recirculate water very well.. it is an art

Yep, hydrogen peroxide helps tremendously! There was a sizable fish kill after the Big Bass Splash here in Guntersville last week. Wish they’d educate the masses a little better to help reduce that.

Feel like it’s more they just don’t care. I always had a few needles with me to stick them, and Mt Dew in the gills seemed to help a little on bleeding fish…

That’s part of it for sure, but I read over and over how tons of folks say they just pump in fresh water every once in a while and “never lost a fish”.

Thats what gets me too...How you gonna keep a big spot alive all day long in this heat with just fresh water... I would ice em down, add sure-life and recirculate...They're too hard to come by for me not to take care of them...

Cliff just won it but Ray made it close!

He's been on the trail for 14 yrs and this is his first blue trophy...Happy for him...

Heard through the vine, he found a football field size of hydro, that TVA missed killing… I can’t confirm that for a positive..

It’s crazy how he and Hanselman and Cox milked their spots for 4 consecutive days. Not areas, but spots. It’s insane.

I watched it live most of the day and I thought I heard Cliff say he caught most of them in a area the size of two of his boats. I think they need to try and schedule the southern events not in the heat of the summer!

Many years ago I was running up river. Passed a patch floating down river and saw one bust the surface. Went back to it and slung a rat on it and caught a 5lber. It was about 5,000 sf. We must have caught 50 out of it floating down river.

I’m pretty sure hanselman fished the money hole.. that’s not the correct name for the spot but maybe a local can chime in can verify the correct name..

Hamner said he was sharing a community spot with a 7 year old kid on the bank, said the kid out fished him two days! That's good stuff!