Excerpt form FLW Outdoors article: Hodges busts 22-1 to extend Kentucky Lake lead
by Jennifer Simmons - 03.May.2007

Behind Hodges in the No. 2 position is yesterday’s second-place pro Curt McGuire of Lawrenceburg, Tenn. McGuire’s day-one catch of 19-8 was followed up today with a limit weighing 19 pounds for a two-day total of 38 pounds, 8 ounces.

McGuire hinted yesterday that the cloudy weather wasn’t doing him any favors, but he didn’t let today’s clouds and storms keep him from bringing in another big stringer.

“It was a little slower,” he said. “It took me all day to catch my fish. I guess I caught too many of them yesterday. I can catch a bunch of keepers, but good ones are hard to come by.”

Indeed, McGuire said he has yet to catch a single bass that weighs as much as 5 pounds, though all of his fish are Kentucky Lake largemouths. As for his chances the next couple of days, McGuire is cautiously optimistic.

“I’ve got some stuff left that I haven’t hit very hard yet,” he said. “I’d like to see the sun. I feel optimistic, but I don’t know if I can keep catching 19 pounds a day. I think I can keep catching them, though.”