Wow was it tough today. We ended up with 2 keepers for 3.86 lbs, which put us right in the middle of the pack, in 10th.
It only took 10 lbs to win.
The best fish came on a shad rap in 2-3 ft of water near Smith Springs, and DD cauht a keeper spot on the rig in Hamilton Cr.
On the day we caught around 15 fish, with little quality.
Conditions: Water level was at Winter Pool; 54-59 degrees. Weather was mostly sunny and warm, with highs in the low 70's, and SW winds at 5-15 MPH.
Until next time.
RBK
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011- F3 Club tourney....
Met Duke at the ramp at 5:30, and we headed up-lake a couple of miles to try some shallow cranking in the pockets across from a bluff. It didn't take long to find a wad of little uns. The fish were chewing a SSR Shad Rap in 1-3 ft on the flat points at the mouth of the pockets. Duke limited out pretty quickly, catching 5 "club keepers" from 12-13 1/2", and I caught two.
Around 7:15 the fish shut off, so we decided to run down lake to find some bigger ones. We eased under the big bridge to my favorite early Spring area near Smith Springs, and we only had one bite, but it was a big ole good un of a brown fish. The fish measured 18" and fell for my old standby #5 Shad Rap. The odd thing was she was inside the pocket, and the deeper 45 degree bank didn't pay off at all (no wind on it).
We moved down to Hamilton Creek, and I added two club keepers on the shallow banks on the Shad Rap. I needed one more, so we eased over to Suggs Creek and went back to chunkin and windin the little plug on the secondary points near the creek mouth. I caught two keepers here, and one of them was a nice 17 1/2" smallie.
We bounced around trying to run the shallow secondary point pattern, but we ran out of time.
All in all, it was a good day for the first trip out on PP. I ended up with 10.3 lbs; first place and big fish for the 18" brownie.
Conditions: mostly clear; low 36 and high around 60 when we left at noon; winds 10-15 out of the SSW; water temps 49-53 degrees.
Tight lines.
RBK
Around 7:15 the fish shut off, so we decided to run down lake to find some bigger ones. We eased under the big bridge to my favorite early Spring area near Smith Springs, and we only had one bite, but it was a big ole good un of a brown fish. The fish measured 18" and fell for my old standby #5 Shad Rap. The odd thing was she was inside the pocket, and the deeper 45 degree bank didn't pay off at all (no wind on it).
We moved down to Hamilton Creek, and I added two club keepers on the shallow banks on the Shad Rap. I needed one more, so we eased over to Suggs Creek and went back to chunkin and windin the little plug on the secondary points near the creek mouth. I caught two keepers here, and one of them was a nice 17 1/2" smallie.
We bounced around trying to run the shallow secondary point pattern, but we ran out of time.
All in all, it was a good day for the first trip out on PP. I ended up with 10.3 lbs; first place and big fish for the 18" brownie.
Conditions: mostly clear; low 36 and high around 60 when we left at noon; winds 10-15 out of the SSW; water temps 49-53 degrees.
Tight lines.
RBK
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Guntersville TBT Sunday, 2-27-11....
Dwayne and I met in the Boro at 3:30 am to hit the road to Big G. We registered, and since we had sent in our entry early, we were boat #5, which was a good thing, since our first stop was a well known community hole.
We made the short run to our first stop, and we pounded that spot for about an hour and a half with only two fish coming over the rail, but one of them was a solid 4 lbr that I caught on a swimbait. From there, we eased into the back of a creek to check some staging areas adjacent to a series of large spawning flats. We started in the creek channel, and we hit a couple of brush piles that paid off. We landed our second and third keepers here, with one of them being a 5 3/4 lb fish. We stayed in the back of the creek for another hour or so, but we could not add to the creel.
We eased back to our first spot of the day, and Dwayne caught a nice 3 lb fish on the swimbait. We kept pounding the area, but nothing else bit. We now had 4 fish for around 16 lbs, but we needed number 5.
Since the back of the creek had warmed up we figured we'd ease up on the shallow flats and try the old pad stems. We ended up catching around 5 fish in the stems on a Chatterbait, and two of them were keepers. We culled one time and figured we needed another kicker to break the 20 lb mark.
We decided to go back to the deep spot and finish the day throwing the swimbait. Unfortunately, we didn't catch any more.
We weighed in 18.99 lbs and finished in 5th place (of course they paid 4!).
All in all it was a good day on the water.
Until next time.
RBK
We made the short run to our first stop, and we pounded that spot for about an hour and a half with only two fish coming over the rail, but one of them was a solid 4 lbr that I caught on a swimbait. From there, we eased into the back of a creek to check some staging areas adjacent to a series of large spawning flats. We started in the creek channel, and we hit a couple of brush piles that paid off. We landed our second and third keepers here, with one of them being a 5 3/4 lb fish. We stayed in the back of the creek for another hour or so, but we could not add to the creel.
We eased back to our first spot of the day, and Dwayne caught a nice 3 lb fish on the swimbait. We kept pounding the area, but nothing else bit. We now had 4 fish for around 16 lbs, but we needed number 5.
Since the back of the creek had warmed up we figured we'd ease up on the shallow flats and try the old pad stems. We ended up catching around 5 fish in the stems on a Chatterbait, and two of them were keepers. We culled one time and figured we needed another kicker to break the 20 lb mark.
We decided to go back to the deep spot and finish the day throwing the swimbait. Unfortunately, we didn't catch any more.
We weighed in 18.99 lbs and finished in 5th place (of course they paid 4!).
All in all it was a good day on the water.
Until next time.
RBK
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Lay Lake Bassmaster Weekend Series Regional 10-15 and 10-16-2010...
Big fish of the tournament 8.04 lbs caught in first 20 minutes of fishing. Ended up with 4 keepers over two days; 13.9 lbs; 53rd place out of 160 or so.
Won big fish award and $1,120 in cash for the bigun.
RBK
Saturday, September 4, 2010
2010 schedule / results / points standings...
Regular Season:
2-27- F3 Club - Percy Priest- CANCELLED due to Weather.
3-13- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Percy Priest- 17th place 4.76 lbs.
3-20- F3 Club - Percy Priest- 6th place 2.5 lbs.
4-10- F3 Club - Center Hill- 5th place 1.4 lbs.
4-24- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Center Hill- 24th place 7.1 lbs.
5-15- F3 Club - Percy Priest- 7th place 3.51 lbs.
6-19- F3 Club - Old Hickory- 4th place- 6.7 lbs.
6-26- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Old Hickory- 11th place- 10.40 lbs.
7-17- BASS - ABA Weekend Series KY Lake- 32nd place- 2.8 lbs.
7-24- F3 Club - Old Hickory- 1st place 7.55 lbs.
8-14- F3 Club - Old Hickory- 2nd place 6.7 lbs.
8-28 and 8-29- BASS - ABA Weekend Series 2 day Divisional Old Hickory- 21st place- 3.55 lbs.
9-11- F3 Club - Percy Priest- T 7th- .96 lbs. (and a crankbait in the hand!)
Post Season: ***
10-15 and 10-16- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Regional Championship- Lay Lake AL- 53rd place; won Big bass Award for 8 lb Largemouth! 10-31 to 11-6- BASS- ABA Weekend Series National Championship- Lake Guntersville AL
*** These are year end championships, and I must qualify for each in order to participate.
AOY Standings:
F3 Bassmasters- 2nd place - final standings
ABA Bassmaster Weekend Series Central TN Div.- 9th place at season end.
2-27- F3 Club - Percy Priest- CANCELLED due to Weather.
3-13- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Percy Priest- 17th place 4.76 lbs.
3-20- F3 Club - Percy Priest- 6th place 2.5 lbs.
4-10- F3 Club - Center Hill- 5th place 1.4 lbs.
4-24- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Center Hill- 24th place 7.1 lbs.
5-15- F3 Club - Percy Priest- 7th place 3.51 lbs.
6-19- F3 Club - Old Hickory- 4th place- 6.7 lbs.
6-26- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Old Hickory- 11th place- 10.40 lbs.
7-17- BASS - ABA Weekend Series KY Lake- 32nd place- 2.8 lbs.
7-24- F3 Club - Old Hickory- 1st place 7.55 lbs.
8-14- F3 Club - Old Hickory- 2nd place 6.7 lbs.
8-28 and 8-29- BASS - ABA Weekend Series 2 day Divisional Old Hickory- 21st place- 3.55 lbs.
9-11- F3 Club - Percy Priest- T 7th- .96 lbs. (and a crankbait in the hand!)
Post Season: ***
10-15 and 10-16- BASS - ABA Weekend Series Regional Championship- Lay Lake AL- 53rd place; won Big bass Award for 8 lb Largemouth! 10-31 to 11-6- BASS- ABA Weekend Series National Championship- Lake Guntersville AL
*** These are year end championships, and I must qualify for each in order to participate.
AOY Standings:
F3 Bassmasters- 2nd place - final standings
ABA Bassmaster Weekend Series Central TN Div.- 9th place at season end.
Saturday 9-4 JPP...
Headed out to Priest this am to do some scouting for our last club derby next weekend. I eliminated two shallow spots right off the bat, and picked up Tim at the ramp around 6:30.
We headed down lake to a small pocket near the main river channel with big rocks leading in. I hung a small spot right off on the crankbait on the point. Threw the Pop-r for about 10 minutes, but I only had one blow-up (swing and a miss). We eased down the other side of the cove toward deep water and caught two or three little spots / smallies on a worm and jig. I also lost one on a crankbait here.
Next we eased down to the end of a bluff, leading into a shallow pocket. We caught 3 or 4 down this bank, and I lost a big fish that I never saw (came unbuttoned on the crank). From here we went to a major creek further down lake and hit a bluffy bank with jigs and shaky heads. We caught a couple here including a nice 13" smallie.
From here, we eased across the lake to a 45 degree bank behind an island. We caught three or so here and missed 3-4 more bites on the jig. No size, but the spots were biting ok.
From this bank, we started heading back up lake. First stop was a deep brush pile near the bridge. Tim snagged a nice 2 1/2 lb smallie here on the rig. That was the only bite out of the brush. We idled back to a roadbed in the same area, and we missed all three bites we had here.
We threw at the bridge corner on the Hobson Pike bridge, and I lost a nice one on the jig and shook off a couple more bites.
So far, so good. We had at least gotten bites on every spot since 6:30. We banged around on a few more holes in the mid lake area, but we did not have another bite.
Monday calls for a trip to the upper end to check some stuff up there. If I don't do well up river, I feel fairly confident in what we found on the lower end.
Later-
RBK
We headed down lake to a small pocket near the main river channel with big rocks leading in. I hung a small spot right off on the crankbait on the point. Threw the Pop-r for about 10 minutes, but I only had one blow-up (swing and a miss). We eased down the other side of the cove toward deep water and caught two or three little spots / smallies on a worm and jig. I also lost one on a crankbait here.
Next we eased down to the end of a bluff, leading into a shallow pocket. We caught 3 or 4 down this bank, and I lost a big fish that I never saw (came unbuttoned on the crank). From here we went to a major creek further down lake and hit a bluffy bank with jigs and shaky heads. We caught a couple here including a nice 13" smallie.
From here, we eased across the lake to a 45 degree bank behind an island. We caught three or so here and missed 3-4 more bites on the jig. No size, but the spots were biting ok.
From this bank, we started heading back up lake. First stop was a deep brush pile near the bridge. Tim snagged a nice 2 1/2 lb smallie here on the rig. That was the only bite out of the brush. We idled back to a roadbed in the same area, and we missed all three bites we had here.
We threw at the bridge corner on the Hobson Pike bridge, and I lost a nice one on the jig and shook off a couple more bites.
So far, so good. We had at least gotten bites on every spot since 6:30. We banged around on a few more holes in the mid lake area, but we did not have another bite.
Monday calls for a trip to the upper end to check some stuff up there. If I don't do well up river, I feel fairly confident in what we found on the lower end.
Later-
RBK
Sunday, August 29, 2010
2 Day BWS Divisional - OHL 8-28 and 8-29.....
Wow, was it tough on everyone. The fish have scattered, with the most consistent bite being schooling fish in the creeks. My ledge fish were gone.
The first day I caught two keepers on a trap in the jumps and also landed around 10 short fish. To tell you how truly crappy the fishing is, my pitiful 3.55 lbs put me in 15th place out of 36 boaters.
Day two was a disaster. The schooling fish were not eating lures well at all, and we only caught 3 or four in the jumps. My non-boater caught one decent 2 lb keeper, and I weighed in zero (nada; zilcho; nuttin honey). We caught around 15 on the day, but they were all dinks.
I ended the year in 9th place.
Here is a link to the results so you can see how terrible it really was:
http://www.abaproam.com/results/296.pdf
On to Priest for our last club deal and then the Regional BWS at Lay Lake in October.
Later,
RBK
The first day I caught two keepers on a trap in the jumps and also landed around 10 short fish. To tell you how truly crappy the fishing is, my pitiful 3.55 lbs put me in 15th place out of 36 boaters.
Day two was a disaster. The schooling fish were not eating lures well at all, and we only caught 3 or four in the jumps. My non-boater caught one decent 2 lb keeper, and I weighed in zero (nada; zilcho; nuttin honey). We caught around 15 on the day, but they were all dinks.
I ended the year in 9th place.
Here is a link to the results so you can see how terrible it really was:
http://www.abaproam.com/results/296.pdf
On to Priest for our last club deal and then the Regional BWS at Lay Lake in October.
Later,
RBK
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