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It's the final day of the Blue Ridge Brawl, and we showed up to the marina around 8:30. We got out of the car, walked toward the media trailers, and saw Skeet Reese right of the bank of the marina. We watched him for a while and talked to some people who had seen him catch a number of fish in that spot, including a 3-pounder.
As he was fishing he suddenly reeled in his drop shot rig, yelled over to the camera guy to get him to start filming again, flipped the finesse worm back behind him, and within a couple of seconds his rod tip was bowed over. He wasn't able to land that fish, but it was still cool to watch.
After watching him for a while we had to go hook up with Mark Zona and Keith Alan because they were going to have us on the live Internet show Hooked Up. That was a great opportunity for us to get some big time publicity since one of our main goals for being there was to try to get some attention for our club in our search for sponsorships, and opportunities for growth.
You should definitely check that out if you didn't get to catch it live. I have not seen it yet either, but I hear good things. (Editor's note: ESPNOutdoors.com archives all Hooked Up shows. Check back for updates.)
When that was done we went walking around and Skeet was back at the point fishing that drop shot. We saw him cull one fish and then he caught another fish that didn't measure up before he left for another spot.
When they came into the weigh-in I got a chance to ask him about his day on the water. He told me that all of his keepers came in that same spot. He caught fish there all day long. I also asked him about a couple of the spectators who were fishing directly in front of his boat, and another boat who pulled a tube full of kids right down the bank about 10 yards ahead of him. He said there is nothing you can do but laugh, shrug it off, and get back to fishing. It was cool to get to watch him fish for a good part of the day and then get to ask him about it while he was sitting around the aerator tanks with his fish.
— Charlie Machek
