Luke Clausen
Luke Clausen
Luke Clausen of the Spokane Valley is a professional fisherman. Clausen won the 36th Citgo Bassmaster Classic held on Lake Tohopekaliga in central Florida, from February 23–26, 2006...
falling holding middle
It hasn't sunk in. It's like in the middle of a dream. When I was out there and the confetti was falling and I was holding the trophy, it's surreal.
awesome catching
Everything I did worked. I couldn't do no wrong. I was catching some awesome fish.
five fun nervous relaxed stage tournament until
I was relaxed the whole time. I'm never nervous when I'm tournament fishing. To me it's fun and relaxing. I didn't get a little nervous (Sunday) until I got up on the stage with the other five finalists.
area strongest
I think I had the strongest area on the lake.
affect boat
It didn't affect me, though. I yanked him out of the water, got him back on the boat and went right on fishing.
middle
It hasn't really sunk in yet. It's like you're in the middle of a dream.
bigger catching fishing isolated reason
That's the reason I'm catching bigger fish. They're on isolated beds, and I'm fishing really slow.
area caught fish friday spent time
I was pretty disappointed today. I spent all of my time in the area where I caught my fish Friday because I thought it had more fish.
bedding caught days fish good last morning third visions
For two days I've been on bedding fish, and I went back this morning and caught a 6-pounder on my third cast. I had visions of grandeur, but that was my last good fish of the day.
areas bit catch five good maybe milk sure today tomorrow
I just had a good day. I could go out tomorrow and maybe catch 10 pounds. I'm not sure if I can catch five fish. But I'll got back to the some of the areas that I got bit in today and try to milk them for what they're worth.
area lake strongest understood
I probably had the strongest area of the lake and I understood it better than the other guys. That was why I won.
became fish keeping near raised rod slow wind
I had to fish slow on the bottom, keeping my rod-tip near the surface. If I raised the rod even a little, the 40-mph wind became troublesome.
confidence
I had a lot of confidence in the area.
areas catch change fish
I'm going to change and fish some new areas tomorrow. All I can do is go catch as many fish as I can. We'll see what happens.