Luke Clausen
Luke Clausen
Luke Clausen of the Spokane Valley is a professional fisherman. Clausen won the 36th Citgo Bassmaster Classic held on Lake Tohopekaliga in central Florida, from February 23–26, 2006...
five fun nervous relaxed stage tournament until
I was relaxed the whole time. I'm never nervous when I'm tournament fishing. To me it's fun and relaxing. I didn't get a little nervous (Sunday) until I got up on the stage with the other five finalists.
bunch factor fish guys matter mind money thrown tournament
Actually, the money isn't even a factor in my mind. I fished this tournament just like I would have fished if a bunch of guys had thrown $5 into a pot. I fish the same way no matter what.
area strongest
I think I had the strongest area on the lake.
affect boat
It didn't affect me, though. I yanked him out of the water, got him back on the boat and went right on fishing.
falling holding middle
It hasn't sunk in. It's like in the middle of a dream. When I was out there and the confetti was falling and I was holding the trophy, it's surreal.
middle
It hasn't really sunk in yet. It's like you're in the middle of a dream.
bedding caught days fish good last morning third visions
For two days I've been on bedding fish, and I went back this morning and caught a 6-pounder on my third cast. I had visions of grandeur, but that was my last good fish of the day.
awesome catching
Everything I did worked. I couldn't do no wrong. I was catching some awesome fish.
caught everywhere
Everything went right for me today. Everywhere I went I caught fish.
bigger catching fishing isolated reason
That's the reason I'm catching bigger fish. They're on isolated beds, and I'm fishing really slow.
area caught fish friday spent time
I was pretty disappointed today. I spent all of my time in the area where I caught my fish Friday because I thought it had more fish.
areas bit catch five good maybe milk sure today tomorrow
I just had a good day. I could go out tomorrow and maybe catch 10 pounds. I'm not sure if I can catch five fish. But I'll got back to the some of the areas that I got bit in today and try to milk them for what they're worth.
biting cast catch downhill third
I just wasn't able to catch them. My third cast was a 6-pounder. Things went downhill after that. They were just not biting as well as Friday.
became fish keeping near raised rod slow wind
I had to fish slow on the bottom, keeping my rod-tip near the surface. If I raised the rod even a little, the 40-mph wind became troublesome.