Marty Robinson poured it on late in the day on the Kissimmee Chain. Photo by Josh Gassmann.
By Joel Shangle – January 30, 2019
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Let today serve as a warning to all 80 anglers competing on the MLF Bass Pro Tour: No lead is ever safe. But on the flipside – and as daily winner Marty Robinson happily proved on Wednesday – you’re rarely out of it in the Bass Pro Tour’s “every fish counts” competition format.
Propelled by one of the most frenetic fish-catching displays in MLF history, Robinson rocketed from near the bottom of the 40-man field competing in Group B at the B & W Trailer Hitches Stage One presented By Power-Pole on the Kissimmee Chain to win the round by over 14 pounds.
After struggling mightily with one fish for 2 pounds, 3 ounces over the first six hours of the day, Robinson racked up 33 fish for 53-13 over the final two hours of competition, blazing past Anthony Gagliardi (41-14), Jacob Powroznik (33-8), Greg Hackney (31-6) and Fletcher Shryock (30-1) to claim his first Bass Pro Tour round win.
“I’d say this was a pretty memorable day,” Robinson said. “My first day of competition on the Bass Pro Tour, to come from almost at the bottom and win it like that, I don’t think I could’ve written it any better. I can tell you one thing for sure, it was about as much fun as I’ve had in awhile.”
