I had never heard of Ben Johns, so I did a search. Also learned there is a website called "Murderpedia".
http://www.murderpedia.org/male.J/j/johns-alis-ben.htm
The "late start" makes no sense - they rank a lake in northern WI #1 - talk about a late starting lake! I don't have a dog in this fight, so I don't care that much - but I agree the ranking system is messed up.
I see that Bassmaster magazine has ranked Sturgeon Bay, WI as the #1 bass destination in the USA. Lots and lots of big smallies - I wonder if they've even seen the Ned? That would be a fun road trip to go up there and fish for those smallies.
Yeah that wind was a booger yesterday, it's been hard to get away from it this spring. Weather guesser last night was saying there's a potential for a light frost tomorrow AM. Sheesh...