Photo: B.A.S.S./Seigo Saito

2nd: Rojas Played Pick and Choose

The day-1 weights didn’t shock Rojas, who mixed a shallow-water pattern with some deep-water stuff, taking advantage of the calm conditions in the morning.

“I’m not surprised at all,” he said. “This fishery’s got them. I figured with what I had, there’d be three or four guys with about the same thing.”

He had his weight by mid-morning and then backed off, hoping to preserve some areas for tomorrow and potentially the weekend.

“There are a lot of boats around me,” he said. “I knew (the fish) were there. I had a milk run today and I went around and caught all of the ones I wanted to catch.”

“That’s why I caught everything I could,” he said. “We were lucky to have what we had conditions-wise. I caught what I needed. I didn’t try to catch more than I needed.” Read More