COMPARING AND CONTRASTING
by Tyler Brinks
TOP FLW ANGLERS
PHOTOS BY D.W. REED II
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST FISH?
Jc: A bluegill, fishing with my dad, Reddy.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU
FISHED YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT?
Jc: It was a bank-fishing derby, and I won it. It
was by total length. Everyone else was fishing for
bluegills, and I caught a shiner that was longer.
ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW WOULD
YOU RATE LEDGE FISHING?
Jc: I love doing it, just not in tournaments. I
would say a 5.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FISHERY?
Jc: Lake Champlain, because you can catch
largemouths or smallmouths and fish from 4
inches to 40 feet deep and still catch them.
BESIDES BASS, WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE
SPECIES TO CATCH?
Jc: Anything in saltwater. They fight so much
harder, and you never know what you’ll catch.
ARE YOU A HUNTER?
Jc: I went one time, and we got a 12-foot gator
on the St. Johns River. Swamp People makes it
look easy, but it’s hard work. It was unbeliev-
able how hard it was.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE
FORCED TO MOVE TO NEW YORK CITY?
Jc: I’ve never been there, but went to Chicago
and hated it. I was out of my element.
IF YOU WEREN’T A PRO FISHERMAN,
WHERE WOULD YOU WORK?
Jc: I would probably be working at Walmart or
someplace like that.
WHO WOULD YOU RATHER TAKE FISHING:
KANYE WEST OR KIM KARDASHIAN?
Jc: Jeez, that’s a hard one. I’d probably be sick
that day so I didn’t have to go.
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