October Fishing

   OK Joel, I will update my Blog. Still been doing a little fishing this month on Lake of Egypt. Water level is still 3-4 ft low. What little rain we did get didn't help the drought much. Went to Egypt on the 11th and 12th of Oct. caught a few shorties and a 4lb 4oz beauty on a Carolina Rig.
   I went back to Egypt on the 19th and took Jack Harper with me. We were able to catch 13 fish with 3 lake keepers and the rest were slot or shorties. Those fish were caught on Crank baits and C-Rigs.
   I fished a Club Classic on Egypt on the 23rd and 24th, I was only able to catch 4 club  keepers in 2 days. With the 30+ mph winds and the other tournament pressure I was able to find the bait fish. Hopefully, my little fishing dry spell will be over soon. The water temps continue to fall in the 60s. And with the beginning of November just around the corner. Maybe it won't be long for the jerk bait bite to start. I will try to keep this updated a little more often for you all to read. Thanks !!

USA BASSIN Oct 2,2010

My Dad and I fished our first circuit-style team tournament today. USA BASSIN started having a Southern Illinois fall div last year on Lake of Egypt.  We were boat 7 of a 22 boat field. The day started out kinda slow, the start time was 7:30 am. There was about 3 club tourneys already fishing when we started. We caught 4 keepers for 6.44lbs, including Big Bass of the tourney 3.41lbs, which paid us $210. We boated 9-10 fish all day only loosing a couple more. A cold front move in about 11 am making it very windy and a lot cooler by the end. Our fish were caught on spinnerbaits and crankbaits.

FALL is in the air

My Dad asked me if I would like to fish a team tourney on Lake of Egypt. So, on Friday Sept. 24 I went to Egypt. I caught approx. 12-14 fish. No keepers over 16in. putin the boat. Dad and I went up Sunday a.m. for about 3 hours. We put 4 keepers in the boat for 11lbs and I had another keeper on to the boat. Catching a total of approx 20 fish. it was a cloudy, breezy day and the water temps still ranged in the upper 70s. fish were caught from top water baits to carolina rigs.

I went up Wednesday Sept 29th, to look around and check some water temps as we have had some cooler days. I caught 2 slots and a 4lb 4oz keeper. the water temps had dropped about 6-7 degrees.

Kincaid Lake Club fish-off

My summer fishing luck continued on Kincaid Lake, I fished a club fish-off on September 18th 2010, and I had only 1 keeper, I was hoping for a frog bite this year at Kincaid, but no luck for me. Lack of rain and high temps makes for very little water in the grass mats. Plus my knowledge of  Kincaid Lake is not the best.

Last BFL on Ky Lake

OK, I need to do some catching up. I fished my last BFL on Ky. It was the Super Tourney. The partner I drew wasn't on any kind of a pattern so I really didn't have a good tourney. I zeroed again, not making the Regional on Lake Guntersville. Not a good year on drawing partner this year. So i will try again next year in the LBL div. as a co-angler.