September fishing

Haven't been in two weeks. Last trip was to Priest and it was TOUGH.

F3 Bassmasters are having our September tourney this Saturday on Old Hickory. I haven't been out there in over three weeks. I'm hoping that the summer patterns are still holding up from August. The good thing is that I was on a shallow bite then, and with the air and water temps cooling, that deal should only get better.

I feel like if I can find the bait I know how to catch em on OHL. Spent a bunch of time out there this summer, and I have 7-10 areas that were holding some decent groups of fish, but we'll see what happens Saturday.

I'm in second place in the points, trailing the leader by 6 1/2 lbs with two events to go. So, it's now or never. To have a chance to win the points, I need to beat him by at least three pounds to have a legit shot to take it in October on Priest.

I'm optimistic on Priest in October, b/c I was on a really good bite there last year in the fall. But I need to get within striking distance by sacking them good this weekend. It's unfortunate I couldn't pre-fish OHL the last week or so, but we'll just see if we can locate them.

I'll report back next week.

RBK