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I just finished up our fifth event on Kentucky Lake leaving just the final event at lake Champlain in a couple weeks. The tournament was a dissapointing event but did not have a disasterous ending. I ended up in 13th place after a miracoulous day two recovery and am now only five points off the lead for the angler of the year title.
My practice was lackluster, not in the fish catching department but rather in the consistency department. Everyone knows when you go to Kentucky Lake in June you better be out on the ledges, but you must also find schools of fish and not be fishing for singles because they move entirely too much. During my four practice days I was only able to find 2 schools of big fish but was able to catch some others at random. |
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Just finished up with Beaver Lake once again... |
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For the fifth year in a row I have had to compete on Beaver lake and it seems as though my result fails to change. Most years I have gotten a check and have only been able to catch a good bag of fish one of the first two days and this year was no different. Beaver was about 8 foot above normal pool as it was last year, but this year it was high and clear versus last years muddy water. This left few options for how to attack this pond of little fish, it was either flip plastics up in the flooded area for smallmouth and spots spawning on the trees or largemouth in the bushes and mats, or fish the original shoreline for post and prespawn fish that were out chasing shad. The shakey worm was still my bait of choice for the clear water - there is no better bait than a straight tailed worm for catching all three species in clear water. With the amount of cover in the lake I had to upsize my line to 12lb 100% flouro and in stead of the shakey head it was a texas rig with a 3/16 oz bullet weight and a 3/0 straight shank hook. |
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Fishing is always about the decisions you make |
 Done with two tour events- four to go. We just finished our second FLW tour event at Tablerock in MO and I left with a dissapointing 11th place finish missing the top ten cut by four ounces. Here is how it went down.....
I started practice in the midlake area around Kimberling City armed with the two baits that I felt confident would play major roles in the outcome of the event - a crankbait and jerkbait. I spent most of the first day from Kimberling City to the lower parts of the river throwing the Megabass Vision 110 in leviathan ayu and ito tennessee shad. I would throw the ayu when the light was low or when the water had some color or wind and the tenn shad in the clearer calmer water with more sun. It was no problem to catch fish but the quality was lacking after the morning was gone. It wasn't until later in the day that i realized the problem- I had to move away from the bank and fish slower after the morning bite dwindled. I then continued catching some three to four pound fish but they were very sporadic, one on a point, one off a channel bank etc. It was difficult to pinpoint where I would catch one or to run a pattern. |
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We have just competed in our first tour event of the season on Lake Guntersville - what a slugfest! It took over 20lbs a day to make the top ten cut and there were 15 bags over 20 the first day! This is truly an awesome fishery.
I spent my practice dedicated to a Megabass vibration X knowing that the top ten would be dominated by that style of baits. 9 of the top 10 were throwing them and I would guess over 90% of the fish weighed came on lipless baits. I focused my effort from Town creek to Comer Bridge where historically the majority of the fish have been caught. I was able to find several stretches of grass on the back side of the river that was holding fish but also attracted lots of anglers and the creeks seemed about the same. The lake actually fished fairly small because there were not a tremendous area with grass that was grown up very tall yet. |
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