Life On Tour

February 16, FLW Tournament, Final Day

Dan writes:

In the camera boat today I followed Keith Williams. He ran about 45 minutes upriver, and fished one little spot up one of the feeder creeks. In his early twenties, and son of veteran pro Gerry Williams, Keith was a real nice guy, and got off to a real good start this morning. He had his limit of five fish in thirty minutes. He stayed on this spot a while and culled some fish out, but was gaining only an ounce or two at a time. With 7 or 8 pounds in the livewell, he knew he needed at least two big fish to win. There were none here, and eventually he left, spending the rest of the day looking for a big bite, which never happened for him.

Annie writes:

As Dan had said, we stayed in a motel room last night for the first time ever. It might have been nicer, had Dan not had to get up at three am, and if I had not had to drive him to the Wal-Mart at four. After dropping him off Cooper and I returned to the room and the king-sized bed. We did not sleep though, probably because I had a TV for the first time in a while. I packed up the room, organized the truck and headed back to Wal-Mart around 11:30. After going into the salon to get my nails done I wandered around in the Fun Zone, and then it was time for Dan to come in. We watched the weigh-in and Larry Nixon, who just squeaked into the Top 10 yesterday, ended up winning it. I was glad for him.

After the weigh-in we were planning to get on the road, but John & Laraine, Stella & Guido, and two other couples were going to the Red Lobster for dinner. We would have to stop to eat soon anyway, so we decided to join them. This tournament is barely hours over, and Dan is already thinking ahead to the next one. From the far end of the dinner table, I could hear him asking Guido about Lake Ouachita, site of the next FLW event.