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[/align]That "something" was talking to Elias all week. The biggest decision he made came on a sleepless night after Day One. Elias drew one of the late flights Thursday and Ish Monroe was already sitting on the point where Elias intended to fish. Monroe caught 35-6 there and was in third place after sitting on the point all day.

Elias motored over to Monroe at the end of the day and told him he intended to fish there Friday. Monroe voiced his displeasure, and it left Elias in a quandary. In fact, he was so stressed about what to do that his roommate, Guy Eaker, said that he had to tie on Elias' crankbaits that night.
"It was very hard for me to go fish that point (Friday)," Elias said. "But I'd given up every spot I had found (in practice) to someone, and that was the point I was going to start on (Thursday). I felt like I had every right to fish it. Just because he drew out in the first flight on the first day didn't mean I didn't have the right to draw out in front of him the second day and fish that point.
"So I did. We shared it. Myself or Ish, either one probably could have won this tournament if we had that point to ourselves. Aaron could have won if he'd had his point to himself.
"I don't feel bad about it because I turned it over to the Lord that night. I said, 'If I'm wrong, then please give me a sign. If I'm doing it right, please give me a sign.'
"I pulled up there and caught four that weighed 32 pounds in about 30 minutes (Friday), so I felt like I got the right sign."
Monroe weighed-in only 20-8 Friday and finished in 28th place for the tournament.