"I'm catching them a little differently than everyone and the wind
helped me," he said. "About 11:30 a.m. it slacked off a little bit and
I caught most of my fish in about an hour or 90 minutes. The big one
hit on my third cast on a V&M Punch Craw on 14-pound Mossy Oak
line.
 

"I usually use 10-pound test for sight-fishing, but I knew this one was
big enough that I had to change. The 14-pound test was the smallest
line I thought I could get away with and still have a chance, because
of the clear water."

Ponds was boat No. 31 and Kennedy was No. 30, but Ponds beat Kennedy to the area that had the big fish and three other bedding fish. After a brief discussion, they agreed Ponds would take first crack at the big one and then Kennedy could go after the other three.

"Watching him catch that big one about killed me but it was fun," Kennedy said. "I caught two of the others in there."