While everyone else was heading toward the popular flats of Noxon Reservoir at launch each day, Montana’s Tim Johnston was going in the completely opposite direction upriver. It proved to be key to his win at the 2014 B.A.S.S. Nation Western Divisional. “No one was there,” said Johnston. “There was less pressure.” He was simply cranking a bank during his practice days, but Johnston found something there that was special — a “magic tree.” “I caught 10 or 11 of my fish there during the tournament,” he said, “and I weighed in eight of those. The rest came from other...
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