Building Site Ready!
Friday, June 21, 2019
All the trees have been cut, grading and road addition completed, and the pad has been poured. Hopefully by the end of next week I will have a 30x50 building installed where I am parked. I will be posting updates periodically on how I am customizing the inside. I am excited to get started.
High Rock BFL Recap
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Going into the tournament I felt real good about being able to catch between 15 and 19 pounds. I had found an out of the way place that was holding a large number of 3-4 pound fish. There was a ton of bait and the fish location was almost predictable. The best action was after 9:00. Then came the rains on Friday. I checked the place in the rain mid-day Friday and fished for 15 minutes and caught two threes and a four. I put the trolling motor up and headed in quite sure of what I was going to do and a good idea of the weight I would catch.
I was pleased to see the lake had not risen any at all Saturday morning when we put in. I ran my topwater places with a buzz bait but didn't catch any. Close to my buzz bait area there were two places I had caught them on a jig three weeks prior. Though I had only had one jig bite the last three practices, I decided to hit them before going to my prime location. My co-angler caught one keeper at our first stop and I caught a couple of shorts. In the second area I caught two and lost two. At that point we headed to may primary location. I realized two miles before I got to it that I was in trouble. The water had gone from a slight stain to corn planting color. When I got to the area the current was unlike any I have ever seen outside of a tailrace. It was totally washed out with mud and even had I wanted to fish it still I was not prepared to fish that level of current with the baits I had prepared.
At this point I went to scrambling and returned to the area I had caught the jig fish earlier and started expanding the area, focusing on docks with a jig. They bit it very good. I probably caught a dozen and ended up with a little over 13 pounds for the day. I did break two fish off on the hook set but I consider that my fault due to not retying often enough. 25 lb Big Game doesn't break like that if you are checking the line properly.
The finish did move me up in the points to 55. I need 10 more spots in order to qualify for the Hartwell Regional in October. We have one tournament left at Norman in September so it is very important I spend my time there in August and September. Norman is the reason I haver been in the hole all year since I zeroed there in the first tournament. Looking forward to redemption.
I was pleased to see the lake had not risen any at all Saturday morning when we put in. I ran my topwater places with a buzz bait but didn't catch any. Close to my buzz bait area there were two places I had caught them on a jig three weeks prior. Though I had only had one jig bite the last three practices, I decided to hit them before going to my prime location. My co-angler caught one keeper at our first stop and I caught a couple of shorts. In the second area I caught two and lost two. At that point we headed to may primary location. I realized two miles before I got to it that I was in trouble. The water had gone from a slight stain to corn planting color. When I got to the area the current was unlike any I have ever seen outside of a tailrace. It was totally washed out with mud and even had I wanted to fish it still I was not prepared to fish that level of current with the baits I had prepared.
At this point I went to scrambling and returned to the area I had caught the jig fish earlier and started expanding the area, focusing on docks with a jig. They bit it very good. I probably caught a dozen and ended up with a little over 13 pounds for the day. I did break two fish off on the hook set but I consider that my fault due to not retying often enough. 25 lb Big Game doesn't break like that if you are checking the line properly.
The finish did move me up in the points to 55. I need 10 more spots in order to qualify for the Hartwell Regional in October. We have one tournament left at Norman in September so it is very important I spend my time there in August and September. Norman is the reason I haver been in the hole all year since I zeroed there in the first tournament. Looking forward to redemption.
High Rock BFL Practice
Monday, June 3, 2019
I have been practicing for the High Rock BFL the past 3 weeks. The one thing I have figured out is what I find one weekend is not holding up the next. I am not really sure why this is - it might be I have not stumbled on the right pattern yet.
Two weeks ago I spent a full day on the water and caught around 15 with the best 5 going between 21-22. The next weekend I spent another full day and had one bite. The past Saturday I fished 11 hours and had 5 bites but all but one were good ones. I have not touched the areas where I caught the good ones week one - I am going to fish those regardless. I think I have a good plan combining things from the last three weeks and I am going to run some of this Friday when I practice. Hooks are bent and I am just looking for one bite in an area and then I will leave. I do plan to try to expand an area I found fish the last part of the day Saturday. There is more water I did not get to and I need to check it out Friday and see how much of the area I need to hit. There is enough water to spend at least a 1/2 day in.
I need a good tournament. The zero at Norman is still hurting me in the points and I have two opportunities to improve on it. A big key this Saturday will be whether or not I can get a couple of fish the first two hours. If I do then I feel good about weighing in a decent bag. But as always, if we get a bunch of rain at the end of the week and the lake rises and muddies up it might change what I need to be doing. Then it will be a matter of whether or not I can figure it out quickly enough.
I will post a report on the tournament this weekend.
Two weeks ago I spent a full day on the water and caught around 15 with the best 5 going between 21-22. The next weekend I spent another full day and had one bite. The past Saturday I fished 11 hours and had 5 bites but all but one were good ones. I have not touched the areas where I caught the good ones week one - I am going to fish those regardless. I think I have a good plan combining things from the last three weeks and I am going to run some of this Friday when I practice. Hooks are bent and I am just looking for one bite in an area and then I will leave. I do plan to try to expand an area I found fish the last part of the day Saturday. There is more water I did not get to and I need to check it out Friday and see how much of the area I need to hit. There is enough water to spend at least a 1/2 day in.
I need a good tournament. The zero at Norman is still hurting me in the points and I have two opportunities to improve on it. A big key this Saturday will be whether or not I can get a couple of fish the first two hours. If I do then I feel good about weighing in a decent bag. But as always, if we get a bunch of rain at the end of the week and the lake rises and muddies up it might change what I need to be doing. Then it will be a matter of whether or not I can figure it out quickly enough.
I will post a report on the tournament this weekend.
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