Friday, September 18, 2009
Fall is showing up- topwater time...
Here's a nice 5 1/2 lb Largemouth caught on a topwater bait today on JPP. The water is high, and the fish have moved shallow. Sorry for the crappy photo, but I was solo when I caught her.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Labor Day 2009...
Caught around 4 in the lake early on topwater and crankbait; then headed up towards the Stones River. We caught 3 more on some ledges in the upper end of the lake. Around 9:30 we went into the river. Saw a good deal of schooling activity, but we didn't spend any time chasing them.
Went way up the West Fork, and I caught a nice 4 1/2 lb LM on a jig.
Nice day.
Later
RBK
P.S. fell overboard today! NICE
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Guntersville 8-23-09
Hit Big G at 6 am today. Headed down lake to a grass flat and caught around 10 on a combination of senkos, pop-r, and a fluke, including a nice 3 1/2 pounder.
From there we headed down to a main lake ledge and landed two on a DD22 crankbait, which included a nice 5+ lb largehead.
Next, we went to an underwater island and proceeded to whack em on a Ribbit frog. We caught around 5 more solid keepers here, which put our total at around 14 fish with eight legal keepers for the day.
We bounced around for another hour or two and caught three or four more fish, but no bigguns.
All in all, it was a good day. 18 fish, with 8 keepers for around 16 lbs on our best five.
Later,
RBK
From there we headed down to a main lake ledge and landed two on a DD22 crankbait, which included a nice 5+ lb largehead.
Next, we went to an underwater island and proceeded to whack em on a Ribbit frog. We caught around 5 more solid keepers here, which put our total at around 14 fish with eight legal keepers for the day.
We bounced around for another hour or two and caught three or four more fish, but no bigguns.
All in all, it was a good day. 18 fish, with 8 keepers for around 16 lbs on our best five.
Later,
RBK
Sunday, August 9, 2009
F3 8-8-09...
Blasted off at 5:30 am. Headed upriver to a hump adjacent to the main channel. Bait was active, but the current was dead slack. We chunked cranks for around 20 minutes, and I caught a 12' dink, and my co-angler nabbed a solid keeper right at 15". From there, we bolted down river to a major creek to fish around a marina. We caught around 8 more fish here, and I left with a small limit of club keepers (12+ inches, since we don't actually weigh them in).
We ran way down river to a main channel ledge to throw a rig. We landed around 10 more fish here, with 7 or so keepers. I was able to cull up to just over 8 lbs here, but we did not get a big bite. When the fish quit biting here around 9 am, we ran North to fish more ledges, but we would only catch two more small fish all day. The bite just died with the rising heat.
We turned in our weigh sheets at 12:30. I ended up 3rd, and my non-boater finished 2nd. The good news is that my lead in the AOY race remains at 12 lbs going into the last event.
Until next time.
RBK
We ran way down river to a main channel ledge to throw a rig. We landed around 10 more fish here, with 7 or so keepers. I was able to cull up to just over 8 lbs here, but we did not get a big bite. When the fish quit biting here around 9 am, we ran North to fish more ledges, but we would only catch two more small fish all day. The bite just died with the rising heat.
We turned in our weigh sheets at 12:30. I ended up 3rd, and my non-boater finished 2nd. The good news is that my lead in the AOY race remains at 12 lbs going into the last event.
Until next time.
RBK
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Old Hickory 8-2...
Headed out to OHL this morning to do a little practicing for the second to last club tourney of the year next weekend. I was committed to finding some more ledges for the tourney, and I was able to add two to the arsenal.
I started on my marina slips, and it appears that deal is just about done. I caught four fish including two 14"+ keepers, and after thirty minutes, I was gone.
I headed down lake to a ledge that's been good the last few weeks just to check it. After four fish in about 15 minutes, including 3 solid keepers, I decided to start my search for new water. I moved about 2 miles upriver, and started on a main lake drop, but the first 100 yds or so just felt like silted in mud, and I couldn't find any wood or rock in the magic depth. I moved further up the ledge, and I started feeling a rough bottom. I don't know if it was a shell bed or an old roadbed, but it was a key deal. I caught six fish off of this stretch, and two of them were solid OHL keepers.
Next, I went further up and set up on a ledge at the mouth of a creek, and I found a good bit of scattered wood in 6-10 ft, but the only fish I caught here were small.
From here, I went to the creeks to try my flippin and crankin deals, and neither one worked. I did find two keeper fish on a secondary ledge in the creeks.
I hit two more main lake ledges before I left, but no luck.
It was a good practice day. I added two new spots to my milk run for Saturday, and my best five would have gone around 11 lbs. I'd take that on tourney day.
I'll report back next week.
RBK
I started on my marina slips, and it appears that deal is just about done. I caught four fish including two 14"+ keepers, and after thirty minutes, I was gone.
I headed down lake to a ledge that's been good the last few weeks just to check it. After four fish in about 15 minutes, including 3 solid keepers, I decided to start my search for new water. I moved about 2 miles upriver, and started on a main lake drop, but the first 100 yds or so just felt like silted in mud, and I couldn't find any wood or rock in the magic depth. I moved further up the ledge, and I started feeling a rough bottom. I don't know if it was a shell bed or an old roadbed, but it was a key deal. I caught six fish off of this stretch, and two of them were solid OHL keepers.
Next, I went further up and set up on a ledge at the mouth of a creek, and I found a good bit of scattered wood in 6-10 ft, but the only fish I caught here were small.
From here, I went to the creeks to try my flippin and crankin deals, and neither one worked. I did find two keeper fish on a secondary ledge in the creeks.
I hit two more main lake ledges before I left, but no luck.
It was a good practice day. I added two new spots to my milk run for Saturday, and my best five would have gone around 11 lbs. I'd take that on tourney day.
I'll report back next week.
RBK
Monday, July 27, 2009
F3 Tourney Saturday 7-25...
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
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 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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