His uncle, David Dudley had 17-14 yesterday. He added only 6 pounds and an ounce today and fell to 6^th with 23-15. But Dudley and Jarabeck have kept it in the family so far with the tourney’s two heaviest sacks.

Brent Ehrler moved into 2^nd with 12-07 today (25-12 total).

Bryan Thrift slipped just a notch from 2^nd to 3^rd today with 10-07 (25-00 total).

Michael Wooley made a big move into 4^th with 14-12 (24-04 total).

Jacob Wheeler rounds out the Top 5 after an 11-pound, 13-ounce day that brings his total weight to 24-02.

Gone is the 3-pound, 5-ounce stranglehold that Dudley had on the field. Now ounces separate contestants. The Top 20 cut separated 25 of them from competition altogether. Dan Morehead was the last man in with a 15-13 total. Randall Tharp was the first out with 15-11.

Some guys are fishing shallow. Some are fishing deep. Most are mixing it up a bit.

Tharp was in the shallow camp. “I wish I was fishing tomorrow because it got real easy today,” said Tharp. “I was in 2 feet of water and then I caught about 7 fish in 6 inches of water during hottest part of the day.”

Wooley went the other way, “My shallowest fish came from 23 feet of water. My deepest was in 40 feet.”

With a jam-packed leader board and so many fishing styles in play, this is shaping up to be an interesting derby. Y’all stay tuned!

Co-angler Champ Crowned:

Bryan New of Belmont, NC won the co-angler division with a 2-day total weight of 15-14. New was consistent with daily weights of 7-9 and 8-5. He enjoyed a winning margin of 3 pounds, 6 ounces over Jason Johnson of Gainesville, GA. New won $50,000.