It all started out three weeks prior, when the regular tournament partner of Gasicel’s life-long friend, Scott Somerfield, had to cancel out on fishing that day’s tournament. Knowing the weather could be anything but pleasant, Gasicel still agreed to head out onto Hubbard with his bud. “Scott and I used to fish some tournaments together,” Gasicel said. “We thought we knew how to fish. Come to find out, we didn’t. We got our butts kicked those first few years. “But then he started fishing more and more, and got better and better. This fish is a testimonial of how far Scott has come in competitive bass fishing.” What stood out most about this behemoth smallmouth for Gasicel? The strike and battle.