Monroe spent the bulk of his day fishing for a large spawning bass that almost surely would have won the $100,000 Berkley Big Bass for the day. He was able to hook the fish but never landed it. Later in the day, he switched things up and caught a 3-11.
To get to the Championship Round, he utilized a River2Sea Ish Monroe Phat Mat Daddy Frog in the Yellow Head color.
4th: Ish Monroe – 36-15 (12)
Photo by Phoenix Moore
California’s Ish Monroe is primarily fishing with one of his favorite lures: a frog. He’s also mixing in some sight fishing when he runs across a fish he can see.
“I’m catching them the way I like to catch them with a River2Sea Ish Monroe Phat Mat Daddy Frog,” Monroe said. “Today was mostly the frog skipping it under overhanging limbs and fishing it around reed clumps. If I saw one on a bed, I would use a Yamamoto Senko. I’m excited about tomorrow because this lake has some big ones and plenty of spawning fish right now.”