10-03-2019, 09:00 AM
Got in some practice last week with lean results so I abandoned anything new and went to my normal stuff. 1st stop 12 FOW Carolina rig. 8 casts and nothing. Moved to spot 2- had 3 keepers in 5 casts with a Carolina rig Senko in 6 FOW. . Stayed on them too long and had only one more small one that didn&#39;t cull. Guess I cleaned them out. Its about 8:30 and I&#39;m trolling up to a waypoint to line up a cast and here comes a pontoon blazing out of a pocket and right across my juice. I got quite p&#39;d off but what happened was in my favor. Pods of bait got agitated on my hole just when I fired the cast- my lipless bait flew about 40 yards on target and after about 3 or 4 cranks of the reel a 4.60 slammed the slack out of my line and I heard my reel make that familiar &#39;Zeet, Zeet&#39; sound!<br />Got her netted but had a bleeder. Lucky I had just broke out a diet coke and that foamy c02 quickly stopped the bleeding. There was a 3 lb plus upgrade! Caught several other fish nearby but no culls. around 10, made a run up river and fished wood and grass in 1-5 FOW. Caught a few keepers on a spinner bait in a foot of water on wood and had 1 upgrade of about 4 oz. then it really slowed down and the rest of the day was a fruitless attempt to catch that one more good one. Ended up with about 12 fish that included 8 keepers. Tied the Webbs for 3rd and had a great time. Grats to all and thanks to the committee for your efforts and kindness.