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Derek Remitz - "I'm just kind of plugging away doing what I usually do. My practice is going okay, but overall it's a little slow. I never really know what I'm on until the first day of the tournament is over. It's about what I expected, though. You have to fish slow and grind it out, and I'm comfortable with that. Don't believe what all these guys are saying, though. It's better than they let on." |
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 Last week, Derek Remitz told us weights would be down this year at Amistad. "The big bite just isn't here. I don't really know why but I'm beginning to wonder if it's not past its prime," he said after two days of tough practice.
That turned out not to be true. The top three winners bagged 15 bass apiece that averaged just over 5 pounds per fish. If Day 1 hadn't been cancelled, the total weights probably would have hit the 100-pound mark. And, let's not forget Greg Hackney's 11-pound, 11-ounce monster on Saturday. That's a big bass anywhere, anytime.
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8th: Remitz Stayed 'In Between' Day 1 Falcon |
Derek Remitz spent most of his time fishing "somewhere in between" on day 1.
"I'm not up on the bank flipping that brush, but I'm not out in the middle of nowhere, either," he said. "I'm fishing brush that's about 12- to 15-feet deep. I looked for that deep bite that a lot of other guys are on, but I just never found it."
He said he fished "pretty close" to Mark Davis today and he's confident there's still plenty of fish left in his area.
"The spot I'm fishing is a big flat with a lot of little fingers and points. I caught 6 or 8 off each little spot and never went back. I'm sure there's more fish there. I've got a good feeling I'll catch them again tomorrow.
"What I can't get over is that I culled 25 pounds today," he added. "That's ridiculous. Aaron (Martens) said he culled like 32 or 33 pounds today. This place is pretty amazing. It's definitely the best fishing I've ever experienced in my life." Read More |
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Quick Bites: FLW Series East-West Fish-Off, Day 2 |
Wal-Mart FLW Series - 08.Feb.2008
East-West Fish-Off -
Lake Amistad, Del Rio Texas
Thursday, Day 2
Rebounds and turnarounds … With much less wind on day two of the FLW Series East-West Fish-Off on Lake Amistad, pros could get on their deep spots and really pinpoint bass easier today, and the results showed with bigger weights coming to the scales. Some pros took advantage of the calm conditions and turned around their miserly day-one catches in a big way. Lake Amistad all-star Derek Remitz had a much better day two, besting his 10-pound, 12-ounce start yesterday with a 23-pound, 13-ounce bag today to take the lead away from his matchup, Western pro Zack Thompson, by 2 pounds, 9 ounces. Read More |
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Omega gives winning football jig a new look |
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 Omega Custom Tackle’s football jig that won the 2007 Bassmaster Elite Series Battle on the Border at Lake Amistad has a new look and a new name.
The company announced Alabama pro Derek Remitz has renewed his contract with Omega for 2008 and helped design a new signature series jig. The Battle on the Border winner will be displaying the Omega Custom Tackle boat wrap on his bass boat and will be wearing an Omega Custom Tackle jersey during the 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series season.
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Photos provided by BASS Communications 