Excerpt form FLW Outdoors article: Home sweet home
by Jennifer Simmons - 18.Jun.2005

Curt McGuire of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., finished in the No. 2 spot with a two-day total of 33 pounds, 2 ounces that earned him $10,000.

McGuire led day three with an 18-8 limit and brought in 14-10 today – a lower weight, but still the second-heaviest pro limit brought in on day four. Like most everybody else, McGuire fished ledges all week with a jig.

“I was fishing really slowly, working a jig with slow hops,” he said. “If you could find one rock or small brush pile, the fish would be stacked in it.”

McGuire said the ledges were huge but the spots he was fishing were relatively small, and he was making one cast to each ledge. He said that even though he registered his heaviest weight on day three, that was actually his toughest day. It continued to be a challenge on day four, with the fish changing positions on the ledges, and he credits his co-angler partner Chuck Rounds with showing him how to catch them.

“They moved up off the bottom, and I couldn’t figure out how to catch them,” he said. “This morning I thought, ‘Something is bad wrong.’ It frazzled me – got me off my game. Chuck is how I figured out they were on top.”

McGuire used a green pumpkin football-head jig to catch most of his bass, though he did find some success on a crankbait and 10-inch ribbontail worm.

McGuire ranked 30th in year-end points standings, also earning an EverStart championship berth.