Ben Suit’s bass was the first 4-pound even bass of the third day, Oct. 11. The bass earned him $5,000 at the Sealy Big Bass Splash tournament at Lake Sam Rayburn. It also finished 11th in the 9-10 a.m. hour to fetch another $350.
Sunday morning, Suit was throwing a Whopper Plopper in an undisclosed color when the 4-pounder bit along the edge of hydrilla in 4-foot depths in the Veach Basin area of Lake Sam Rayburn. He and his co-angler had another solid bass to go with it but chose to stay there