May 27th Cedar Lake

So if you are catching fish real good on a Lake do you go back. OF COURSE !! you never know if the Fat Girls will get picky. So Jack Harper decided he would go back again. Since we didn't have to hold back any with no tourney very soon. We got an early start to try some top water and that bite wasn't very productive. We began trying to duplicate the pattern from 2 days before and had some luck. Jack and I were able to catch 5 fish that hit the X-Tool scale at 22lbs 6 oz. with 60-70 fish caught all day. These fish again were caught on Slong's Fishing Lures Jigs, crank baits and Carolina rigs using Powell Rods Max and Endurance Series.

Cedar back on FIRE !!

Went back to Cedar Lake on May 24th, and of course the bite was on again, 2 days after tourney. GO FIGURE !!. I was able to catch 6 over 18in for a 5 fish total of 21 lbs 14 oz. and again I was by myself. and did take pics. I did do something this day I was throwing a crank bait on 1 new spot and caught a 5lb 1oz and a 3lb 13 oz on the same crank bait at the same time. I have caught doubles before, but they are usually little fish. Another great day on CEDAR !

A day to remember

   I tried to get about 5-6 different people to go to Cedar Lake with me on Monday May 16th, 2011. I had the most incredible day of fishing I have had by myself. I was able to catch 10 Bass over 18in in length. I weighed them on a X-tools scales. My 5 biggest Bass weighed 25 lbs 10oz. my 10 biggest weighed 45 lbs 2oz. These scales are not certified, but have been real close with weighing fish with the FLW Outdoors scales on several occasions. I did take pics of 9 of the fish and put them in a small album.
   Jack Harper and I went back to Cedar on May 19th, to check a couple of places. We were able to catch about 2-3 good over 18in fish, but didn't beat up on those places because of an upcoming tourney.
   I had a team tourney with my Cedar Lake Partner Darrell Calhoun on May 22. of course the fish didn't co- operate and we didn't adjust to the little move the fish may and only weighed in 6.43lbs. in The Ultimate Bass Fishing Challenge Fishing Circuit. I was using Powell Rods Max and Endurance series rods to throw crank baits, Carolina rigs and Slong's Fishing Lures jigs.

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May 14th BFL Kenlake Marina

Practice for this tourney went pretty good with my buddy Joel. For the tourney with threat of strong winds, I knew it could be tough for me. The wind blew pretty stout out of the north for some good 6-8 ft waves, maybe even bigger at times. I put 1 keeper in the boat for some good points. I did lose 2 more keepers, got a little excited on 1 and horsed it to the net a little. Not a good thing to do. I do sit currently 23rd in the points and do have a break until September from the BFLs. My partner joel and I will be fishing some team events on KY Lake. I may even throw in a couple on Cedar Lake.

Enough rain already !!

What in the world are people going to do. There is so much water around here that I have been looking for Noah and his Ark just anytime. Roads are closing, people are having to move out of there homes. Just was told that Golconda ,IL will be closing the flood gates. This means no way in or out of that town. There is a road south , but i believe the water is over that 1 too. So let's just hope and pray that this doesn't last too long.

I did get a little fishing in this weekend fished a 2 day club tourney on Cedar Lake. I didn't have much luck with the large mouth. But did have a good time. There was some good fish caught.The only Big Fish I caught was this 31.25 inch 16lb 6oz Striper.(weighed it on a X-Tool scale) I actually snagged the beast with a crankbait on 12lb flourocarbon line using a Powell Max series 703 cb glass rod. Fought it for what seemed like forever but probably only 4-5 minutes. Of course it got wrapped up in the trolling motor, then my outboard. I chased it around my jon boat about 3 times before we both got to tired to fight anymore. I finally got the net over its head and put it in the boat.

April's Fishing

   Let's do a little catching up,  fished a LBL Div. BFL on April 16th. I drew a man from Ohio, a Retired Army Major and Vietnam Vet. It was a real honor to fish with him. For those of you who don't know, I am a Army/Desert Storm Vet. He told me he is 72 years old, and for 6 months during the war he was blind and completely paralyzed. He had jumped out of a helicopter into a hot landing zone. When his squad hit the ground they landed in a un-marked mine field. He was the only survivor. A true HERO !! I did catch 2 fish this day for some good points. It moved me up to 25th place in the standings. The wind did howl from the SSW with gust up to 30-35 mph.  CONGRATS TO MY BUDDY AND FISHING PARTNER JOEL TROVILLION on his 1st place BFL finish with 18lbs 3oz.

   On April 23rd, my partner Joel and I fished the 23rd Jet A Marina Classic on Ky Lake out of Ky Dam Marina. There was 312 boats in the field. Joel and I were able to catch 20lbs 14oz, good enough for 4th place and $1250. We caught our fish on crankbaits using POWELL Endurance and Max Series rods.

 

Vacation is Over !!

I took a little time off from work in the end of March to fish a couple of FLW Outdoors events. The first was a LBL Div. BFL on March 26th, in which I drew a boater partner that i have fished with last year. And again had a good time fishing with Mike McAtee. I was able to catch a couple of keepers for some good points that has moved me into the top 40 in standings so far towards qualifying for the regional. We went to Lake Barkley to fish this event. The event took off out of the Ky Dam Marina. We concentrated mostly on main lake points. I would like to again say " Congrats!!" to my buddy Duke Jenkel for winning this event. Oh and "thanks again Duke !!" for the Steak dinner.(rode rules did apply)
I also fished the 2nd stop of the FLW Everstart series on Ky Lake on March 31, April 1st & 2nd at Moors Marina. My 1st day partner I drew FLW Pro Roy Hawk a great person and angler. We ran to Barkley Lake and also concentrated mostly on main lake points. I did manage to catch 3 solid keepers for 7lbs 13oz that put me in 24th place after day 1.
Day 2, I drew Brian Hensley from Michigan. Brian was another incredible draw. Brian told me he wasn't on much of a pattern, but did his best to try and get us on some fish. We concentrated mostly on secondary points on Barkley Lake and I did manage to catch 1 keeper for 2lbs 6 oz for a 2 day total of 10lbs 3 oz and good enough for 36th place and $476. I mostly threw crankbaits, but also threw Slong's fishing lures jigs and spinnerbaits to catch fish during these tournaments. I was using Powell Rods Max Series and Endurance Series Rods. "Congrats" to Harold Buchmeier on his 20th place finish in the Everstart.



6lb 8oz caught in practice for Everstart