For amateur anglers and professionals alike, the bass fishing action on Leap Day was magical even if the chilly weather was not. Bassmaster Elite Series pro Taku Ito lands a Lake Fork bass that helped push his day’s five-fish bag limit to more than 38-pounds unofficially (as of press time) and near the top of an incredible B.A.S.S. leaderboard after one day of competition on the East Texas big bass factory. Photo courtesy of Bassmaster.com / Dalton Tumblin
In the early afternoon hours on Thursday, my phone buzzed as I was working. Looking at it, I wasn’t surprised that a text had just…