Fishing Forum

<br /> Well, let's just say that this one did not go down the way Charly and I had envisioned it. He had gone out "just for fun" last week and whacked a 15lb sack of magnum spots. Then in practice he gets bit by 2 keeper smallies on back-to-back casts! I expected to spend the day culling shad-engorged bass that would bite anything in their feeding frenzies... <br /> Our first stop was the weedline known for holding 19"+ smallies...it was DEAD, lol. No surface action except for the occasional bust just to mock us. We fished the crap out of it and pulled a 3lbr and a solid keeper, both on 10" worms. We then gambled on a run upriver and and found the same thing...no schooling??? Picked up another solid keeper on the blade and then decided it was time to change our gameplan and run downriver. <br /> We spent the rest of the afternoon fishing the transition where grass in 4 - 6 feet of water met the shallows in back of coves. Managed our 4th keeper, a beat up 17"er, on a blade at our 1st stop. At the next cove I get thumped hard on the worm and haul water emoBang ..cast again and another swing-n-miss. Charly throws and whacks a fat 4lbr, our best fish and we finally had a limit emoParty . Both of us were a bit down and finally limiting was a big boost, lol. At our last stop we managed one cull for an upgrade of a pound or so and that was it...time to head in. <br /> With only 13lbs, we expected to finish in the middle half and go home broke, lol. Thankfully, many of you had a suckier day than us emoPoke. Thanks to all who participated, organized and donated for an excellent year...looking forward to the next one. <br />