John Crews just jumped 16 spots with one swing of the rod. Crews started today in 27th. With two small keepers in the box, he had moved up to 20th on BassTrakk. But the 4-5 he caught moments ago sent him from crawling upward to teleporting himself into fourth. If he can just fill out a limit now with a couple of 2-pounders, he’ll be averaging 9 pounds a day and have a great shot to fish on Championship Sunday.
That’s how pivotal one big bite is here on the Sabine. An angler can ride one 4-pound-class fish all the way to a Top 10 finish here if he sprinkles a couple of 2-pounders into his daily bags. Crews is ecstatic right now, no doubt, having the second-biggest bass of the day behind Brock Mosley’s 4-10. These two bites represent about 33% of the bass over 4 pounds that we’ve seen here on the Sabine through two and a quarter days of fishing. Solid gold for Crews and Mosley.
