Here is some of Mark's interview with Bass Zone below (Story by Dan O'Sullivan):
If Scroggins can hold onto at least finish in a top three points position in the Southern Opens, Menendez will qualify for his fifth trip to the Bassmaster Classic.
“I’m not really thinking about it at all,” Menendez told The BASS ZONE. “Of course, I’m lying to you about that; I think about it all the time.” Menendez said that he feels fairly confident that Scroggins will do well enough to stay in the top five, but he doesn’t want to get too confident.
“I’m fairly practiced at this kind of situation,” Menendez said. “I always seem to be at this point when it comes to qualifying for the Classic; fortunately I seem to come out on the uphill side of the equation. So, while I’m thinking about it, I’m not really worried about it.”
Menendez said that he can trace the six point deficit to two lost fish, one at Grand Lake and one at the California Delta. “Each of those fish cost me a 50 cut and a paycheck, but the fish in the Delta probably cost me the most in the points,” Menendez said. “I hooked her on a Red Tomato Series 4s crankbait, and she just came off; she was a five pound class fish.”
Menendez said that he feels like he had a solid season other than taking a gamble at Lake Champlain that cost him a good finish, and a bad first day at the Potomac. “Other than those two tournaments, I had a solid year,” Menendez told The BASS ZONE.
As for the rest of the Southern Open schedule, Terry Scroggins and his final chance at being in the field for the 2008 Bassmaster Classic, Menendez might find his way to Lake Wheeler in Alabama for the finale, but not for the obvious reason.
“A good friend of mine, Luke Estell from Illinois, is in position to qualify for the Elite Series, with a long shot at making the Classic,” Menendez told The BASS ZONE. “I might go to cheer for Luke, but I could also offer to be Terry’s caddy, wash his truck, or just anything I can do to help him do well,” Menendez said jokingly.
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