My only comfort going into the second day was that Andy is a phenomenal fisherman. He would be around fish no matter what conditions we faced. If I was lucky enough to get a bite behind him I would have to make it count. They called our number and we turned around through the mass of waiting bass boats and headed up into Prairie Creek. We pulled up to a short pocket and Andy started flipping immediately. I had talked to Aaron McMannaway about his practice in Prairie Creek and he said most of the good ones he caught were on a Bomber Long A. Aaron by the way was sitting in 130th after the first day; things had not gone well for him. While Aaron had not done well in there, about half of the top 30 had and it would eventually be won in there by Ray Scheide. So taking Aaron's advice, I start throwing the long A; no luck. I then switch to a fluke and then a big Pop R. Nothing doing for me or Andy. I'm paying very close attention to what Andy is doing while I'm fishing. I've already decided that I'm probably not going to catch anything behind him, so I'm treating it as a learning experience. I watch how he casts, where he casts, and what he's using. Would you believe that Andy flips a finesse worm 90 percent of the time; I would never have expected that. Andy rears back and sets the hook, dragging a nice largie out of a bush. He swings it in and I'm sure he has his first keeper of the day. It measures 14 7/8. Just shy of the mark, he has to throw it back. By 8:45 Andy realizes something has changed. He says we should have gotten allot more bites than we've been having. "It's time for plan B" he says. I didn't know what plan "B" was, but I was happy he had one. Andy proceeds to tell me that we need to go out onto the lake and fish for some spotted bass. I felt like I had just won the lottery. I now had a chance to catch up with the rest of the field. In the next 4 hours Andy catches 7 keepers and I catch 4. Andy caught all his on a shaky worm. My first and biggest keeper came on a 4" hollow belly and the others came on a shaky worm. I have 2 worms that I fish 99 percent of the time; one is a 6" Berkley Hand Pour worm and the other is a Stalker Baits dropsicle worm. The dropsicle worm is probably my favorite shaky head bait of all time. The Berkley hand pours run a close second though. The action from a hand poured worm is unmatched. So, Andy tells me I better catch a 5th fish quick because he's going back into Prairie Creek to finish the day out. I don't end up catching anything there, but I'm already happy with what I have; it's not much, but it's better than what I thought I would have. Andy goes back to flipping and I start throwing the fluke again. I scare a minnow with the fluke and a 4+ come bolting out from under a log and eats the minnow. He had to pass my fluke to get the minnow. It almost made me throw up. I thought he was going for my fluke. We continue into the back of the cove and into the flooded trees. I cast into an open area with a submerged bush and start working my fluke. Three giants all 3+ come out of the bush fighting over my fluke. The biggest of the three eats it (which never happens); I set the hook and watch the fluke squeeze right out of its lips. I felt sick again. I threw a worm and a square bill by the bush but the fish had moved on. Andy found a keeper on a bed and caught it after 15 minutes. There was only 15 minutes left by now and Andy decided to go back to the small cut he had started in first thing. We roll in and he catches 2 shorts. There's a long point with submerged bushes that runs out from the tree line that he's been flipping. He takes me out onto the point and says "let's see if you can't catch your 5th out here on a worm. My first cast I get bit and land an almost 2lb spot. I get it in, he pulls up the trolling motor and we head back to weigh in. The day turned out much better than I had anticipated. Had everything gone right and I had gotten the big ones in, it could have been spectacular. Still, I was happy with my performance. I had a limit. It turns out that the fishing was difficult that day and my 6-6 was good enough to move me into 24th. Thank God for Andy's plan "B". I can't tell you how many times that day I heard people say the flipping bite was off, but they didn't leave to fish for spots until too late in the day. Andy made the right move at the right time and it paid off for both of us. Andy didn't make the cut, but he still got a $13,000 check. With my 24th place finish I moved into 5th in the Angler of the Year standings. I'm only 11 points out of second. 1st has a pretty hefty lead over the rest of the field, but if things go my way I have a good chance of winning again. Our next event is at Kentucky Lake. The fish will be post spawn and eating. As long as the lake doesn't flood the fishing should be awesome. I'm looking forward to catching some hawgs! And, I'm practicing with Dan Morehead, who you should definitely have on your Fantasy Fishing team.