F3 Classic KY lake 10-1-11

Headed over to the big pond this morning for our first ever year end Classic. 5 boats made the trip, and it was going to be a nice Fall day, EXCEPT....15-25 MPH North winds and we were on the back side of a major cold front.

Oh well, enough for the excuses. We took off at 6:30 from New Johnsonville, and since the main channel was rolling with 3 footers straight out of the North, we cut our run down significantly. We ducked into the creek that houses Pebble Isle Marina, and since Noah had located some fish at the mouth of the creek, I eased back a ways inside the creek to stay out of his way. I was chunking a 5/8 oz Yozuri Rattle Vibe in chrome TN Shad, and the fish were there and willing to eat. I caught the fist club keeper in the area, and then I proceeded to hook and lose three fish in the 3 lb range in the span of 30 minutes- Ouch! I also caught 5-10 short fish.

We kept banging around in the creek until around 8 am, and then we followed Noah over to the creek channel that leades into Eva. He had a good little stretch in there, but I fished one other area, with no luck. It was really too windy to fish most of the places I wanted to hit there, so we ran back to Trace Creek. I was able to add club keepers number two and three here. David nabbed a nice 2 lb keeper here on a shallow Bandit crank too.

The wind was so bad by now that we very few options. It was around 10 am, and I decided to seek shelter and finish out our day on the south side of the hwy 70 bridge near the ramp. It was protected from the wind, and it turned out to be a good decision. David caught another 2 lb keeper here, and I was able to finish out my limit by 11:00. The fourth keeper would win the big fish pot for the day. It was a chunky 18" largemouth that smoked the Red Eye Shad. I also lost another 3 lb class fish on a worm. I probably lost 12 lbs of keeper fish on the day, and I should have weighed in 15 lbs.

We checked in at noon, and I won the Classic with 7.7 lbs and also took the big fish money.

It was anoter fun year with F3, and I was happy with my consistency (just missing quality bites most of the year).

RBK