20 Quotes by Luke Clausen

I was relaxed the whole time. I'm never nervous when I'm tournament fishing. To me it's fun and relaxing. I didn't get a little nervous (Sunday) until I got up on the stage with the other five finalists.

For two days I've been on bedding fish, and I went back this morning and caught a 6-pounder on my third cast. I had visions of grandeur, but that was my last good fish of the day.

I think I had the strongest area on the lake.

It didn't affect me, though. I yanked him out of the water, got him back on the boat and went right on fishing.

It hasn't sunk in. It's like in the middle of a dream. When I was out there and the confetti was falling and I was holding the trophy, it's surreal.

It hasn't really sunk in yet. It's like you're in the middle of a dream.

That's the reason I'm catching bigger fish. They're on isolated beds, and I'm fishing really slow.

I was pretty disappointed today. I spent all of my time in the area where I caught my fish Friday because I thought it had more fish.

Everything I did worked. I couldn't do no wrong. I was catching some awesome fish.