We had our July tourney on OHL Saturday. We blasted off at 5:10 am and headed to a main lake hump, but with no current running, the fish were not there. After 15 minutes of chunkin and windin, we headed down to a marina to catch some small ones to get on the scorebord. The marina appears to be losing fish every week. We only caught around 10 on the wacky worm, and I only managed two small keepers here.
Next we headed to a secondary drop inside of the same creek, and I grabbed three other small keepers here. I now had a small limit of around 5 lbs, so it was off to the ledges to upgrade. We ran down lake to a main river channel drop and fished it for an hour or so. The fish were not biting very well, but we managed three fish on the rig here, and my non-boater snagged the big fish of the day, which was a healthy 20", 4 1/2 lb largemouth.
I was stuck on 5 lbs, so we headed back up-lake to fish a major creek. We pulled up on a point, and I immediately caught a solid 2 lb fish on the rig. We stayed on this spot for about 45 minutes, and we caught around 8 fish. I was able to cull three more times here, but they were not much help.
We moved around some more, and I decided to go shallow and flip for a while. We caught 4-5 more flippin, but no help to my bag.
We headed in at 12:30. My bag weighed 7.6 lbs, which was good for 3rd place. My non-boater had three keepers including the big fish of the tourney, which won him a little cash.
I was able to maintain my lead in the points race, which currently stands at around 9 lbs with two events to go. Old Hickory again in two weeks, and then KY Lake in Sept.
Until next time.
RBK
Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Central Team Trail 7-18-09.....
Fished a tourney on OHL Saturday with a friend. We have both been on some fish, so we split up our areas and developed a milk run of holes between the take off at Flippers and Drake's Creek on the lower end.
We had one community hole in mind for our first spot, but, as usual, it was occupied when we drove down lake from the launch. We went on further to a major creek and a set of marina slips where I have been catching ton of smaller fish lately. The fish were there, but the quality was just not enough to matter. Dwayne caught one around 13 3/4" and I had a couple of 13 1/2" fish. After about 30 minutes, we decided to leave with an empty livewell.
The next spot was a ledge inside of the same creek. I had been catching a few decent keeper fish here on a crankbait and Carolina Rig in 5-10 ft of water. We pulled up, and there was little if any shad activity, so I was skeptical as to whether or not we could catch them here. We marked the ledge with buoy markers on each end and started down it with the rig and crankbait. We fished for 20 minutes or so without a bite, and just when I suggested that we leave, my partner had a bite out of a rough spot that felt like a small rock pile. We zeroed in on this small spot in about 8 ft of water, and proceeded to catch around 8 fish here, all on the rig. We ended up leaving this spot with two small keepers. The bite died here around 7:00, so we headed down lake.
The next spot was a main river channel ledge that Dwayne had been catching some good ones on. He started with a crankbait, and I went with the rig here. It didn't take long for us to connect, and over the next hour, we caught around 10 fish here. We rounded out our limit, and DD caught the biggest one of the day which was pushing 4 lbs. We figured we had 10-11 lbs, and to contend, we would need two more good fish to cull the smallest ones in the box.
We ran further down lake to Drakes Creek, where I had caught some decent fish last week flipping some shallow shoreline cover. We went to my flippin bank and caught two fish, but they were small. No help, so we're out of there. We ran back to the main lake ledge and caught 3-4 more fish, but we didn't upgrade our weight much.
Next, we ran back up lake to a major creek, and we flipped another shallow bank. Only one small fish here, so back to the drops we headed. We hit a secondary point in that same creek, and caught 4 more fish on a crankbait, but we only were able to cull one fish, and it was just adding ounces at that.
From there we headed out to the main river and hit the community hole we had wanted to fish at first light. We landed three here, but no upgrades were found. Time was running short, so we went to some deep wood along the main river and threw worms, but nothing was biting.
We checked in and took our best five to the scales that weighed 10.5 lbs. It took 12.33 to make the top 5 and get paid and 20 lbs won it (a heck of a sack on OHL).
All in all, we had a really good day. We caught around 35 fish, 11 keepers, and we were able to cull three times. We just needed two or three more good ones to contend for a check.
F3 Club tourney is this Saturday, on OHL. I'll report back.
Good fishing.
RBK
We had one community hole in mind for our first spot, but, as usual, it was occupied when we drove down lake from the launch. We went on further to a major creek and a set of marina slips where I have been catching ton of smaller fish lately. The fish were there, but the quality was just not enough to matter. Dwayne caught one around 13 3/4" and I had a couple of 13 1/2" fish. After about 30 minutes, we decided to leave with an empty livewell.
The next spot was a ledge inside of the same creek. I had been catching a few decent keeper fish here on a crankbait and Carolina Rig in 5-10 ft of water. We pulled up, and there was little if any shad activity, so I was skeptical as to whether or not we could catch them here. We marked the ledge with buoy markers on each end and started down it with the rig and crankbait. We fished for 20 minutes or so without a bite, and just when I suggested that we leave, my partner had a bite out of a rough spot that felt like a small rock pile. We zeroed in on this small spot in about 8 ft of water, and proceeded to catch around 8 fish here, all on the rig. We ended up leaving this spot with two small keepers. The bite died here around 7:00, so we headed down lake.
The next spot was a main river channel ledge that Dwayne had been catching some good ones on. He started with a crankbait, and I went with the rig here. It didn't take long for us to connect, and over the next hour, we caught around 10 fish here. We rounded out our limit, and DD caught the biggest one of the day which was pushing 4 lbs. We figured we had 10-11 lbs, and to contend, we would need two more good fish to cull the smallest ones in the box.
We ran further down lake to Drakes Creek, where I had caught some decent fish last week flipping some shallow shoreline cover. We went to my flippin bank and caught two fish, but they were small. No help, so we're out of there. We ran back to the main lake ledge and caught 3-4 more fish, but we didn't upgrade our weight much.
Next, we ran back up lake to a major creek, and we flipped another shallow bank. Only one small fish here, so back to the drops we headed. We hit a secondary point in that same creek, and caught 4 more fish on a crankbait, but we only were able to cull one fish, and it was just adding ounces at that.
From there we headed out to the main river and hit the community hole we had wanted to fish at first light. We landed three here, but no upgrades were found. Time was running short, so we went to some deep wood along the main river and threw worms, but nothing was biting.
We checked in and took our best five to the scales that weighed 10.5 lbs. It took 12.33 to make the top 5 and get paid and 20 lbs won it (a heck of a sack on OHL).
All in all, we had a really good day. We caught around 35 fish, 11 keepers, and we were able to cull three times. We just needed two or three more good ones to contend for a check.
F3 Club tourney is this Saturday, on OHL. I'll report back.
Good fishing.
RBK
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