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 FLW Live Reel Chat with Scott Suggs
Recent Forrest Wood Cup winner Scott Suggs discusses what it is like to be the first $1 million winner in bass-fishing history, how he found those tournament-winning suspended bass, and what is in store for his future, among many other topics. More
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It was a harried morning for Suggs after the fog delay. He had a short day due to boat draw, and wanted that morning bite before the sun rose. "I feel fortunate and blessed to catch what I did," he said. "I fished under a lot of pressure this morning. Knowing all that I wanted to try and do, I was just kind of nervous. And I lost more than I caught this morning. I lost a couple 3-pounders right off the bat, then I lost an even bigger one a little after that. Then it all starts playing in your head with the day being slick-calm and all that. "I was just fortunate that I made some good decisions. I changed my style of fishing for a little bit to go for a limit, then from 12:30 until weigh-in I managed to catch one nearly 5, a 5 and another good one." Complete Story |
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Scott Suggs' fish were of better-than-average size, but he only caught six of them on the weekend. |
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Scott Suggs fished one lock up the Allegheny in his bid to become the first two-time Cup winner. He was on fish there that were better-than-average size, but managed a limit only on the first day. "I didn't pre-fish much, but I rode all three rivers in practice and I could tell that the Allegheny was the flattest of all of them," he said. Complete Story |
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2007 Forrest Wood Cup champion finishes fourth |
Folgers pro Scott Suggs of Bryant, Ark., finished fourth with a two-day total of 7 pounds, 10 ounces worth $60,000. Suggs caught three bass each of the last two days, his day-four stringer weighing 3 pounds, 4 ounces. Furthermore, he was the only pro finalist who never caught a five-bass limit all week.
Before the tournament began, Suggs was dialed in on an offshore pattern one lock up in the Allegheny. On day one, he fished some water two locks up the Allegheny near Iaconelli, but his main area was after the first lock. Unfortunately, the rain and added current ripped his fish downstream. On day two he was able to find success behind an island that broke the current, but that was only temporary. More |
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Scott Suggs desperately wanted to be the only one to win two Cups. It wasn't to be. "I'm disappointed," he said. "I caught what I hooked today, but I had this one spot where I caught two largemouths yesterday. I stopped in there this morning and had one between 2 1/2 and 4 come up on my Pop-R and suck it completely under. I leaned into it but never set the hook – I never felt him. Complete Story |
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Just 2 pounds off the lead is bass fishing’s first instant millionaire, Scott Suggs. The Folgers pro, who won the Cup in 2007, caught only three bass Saturday, but they weighed 4 pounds, 6 ounces. Surprisingly, two of those three fish were largemouth bass, the other a smallie.
Like most, Suggs has been adjusting all week. Yesterday he fished behind an island that broke the ripping current in the Allegheny. Today he tried to fish offshore, but it didn’t work.
“I wasted a bunch of time trying to find that perfect current break,” he said. “I know those fish didn’t move, but I couldn’t find them today.” More |
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Suggs keeps catching one fewer fish each day than he had the day before, but his three-fish sack today kept him in the hunt for his second Cup title. He thinks he still has plenty of fish in his pool (one lock up the Allegheny), but he'll have to make the right adjustments to get back on them. Complete Story |
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Coming into the tournament many thought that in order to make the top 10 a five-bass limit each day would be absolutely necessary. But Scott Suggs proved that theory wrong as he caught only three keepers day two, but still finished the opening round in third. Those three keeper smallmouths weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces, which pushed his two-day total to 14 pounds even.
Suggs is also fishing the Allegheny, but he’s only going through one lock. He’s using big, heavy soft plastics in green pumpkin. He started the day using red-flake color, but it didn’t work and he eventually switched back. Suggs colors the tips of his unspecified baits with chartreuse in hopes that they will stand out in the dirty water. More |
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