Lake of Egypt....

Well me and my buddy Doug went up to Lake of Egypt to get an idea what the fish are doing before next weekend. We have an Illinois Bass Federation tournament there. We ended up catching 4 keepers for about 13lbs and I lost another 4 to 5 lb fish, so we could have had a really good day if I would have got it in. We caught most of the fish on jerkbaits, crankbaits, and jigs. We were using Powell 684, 703 and 705 rods with 12 to 15 lb Triple Fish flourocarbon line.



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First Kenucky Lake BFL...

Well finished the first tournament for the year at Kentucky Lake and it was not as good as practice.  During Thursday and Friday we caught well over 100 fish and at least 10 keepers.  On Thursday and Friday we caught all of our fish on crankbaits and jigs.  Thursday we had 16lbs and Friday we 13lbs in just a few hours running the same pattern as Thursday.  So we thought we had something going.  But a cold front came in and I guess it shut the fish down  that we were catching.  Had a buddy down there and he was catching fish in the same area as well and his pattern also dissapeared.  So after the first two stops of the tournament we had 3 keepers in the boat by 9:30 and thought it was going to be a good day but all we managed to catch the rest of the day was plenty of short fish. I ended up with 2lb 14oz and 117th.  Hopefully next time it will work out.  Here's a picture of a fish in Practice.

GOD Bless!!

Kentucky Lake warming up...

Well me and my buddy Doug went down to Kentcucky Lake yesterday and had a pretty good day.  We only caught 5 keepers but they were some good ones.  The fishing should keep improving as the weeks pass by and it keeps warming up.  We caught most of our fish on jerkbaits and crankbaits.  Water temp was  43 in the moring and warmed up to 46 degrees in the afternoon. The water clarity was about 2 foot visibility.  I  was using a Powell 684 jerkbait rod and Doug was throwing a 703 cb glass rod on the jerkbaits and crankbaits.  I was throwing a 753cb glass rod for the crankbaits.  We were both using 10 and 12 lb Triple Fish Flourocarbon.  We ended up the day with 5 keepers and 23lb 4oz!  Here are a few photo's that we took: 

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My new Tournament Shirts...

I got my new tournament shirt this week and I think they look awesome! Here is a couple pictures of my hoodie that I also got.. Me and my buddy Doug will be going down to Kentucky lake tommorrow.. So check back to see how we did...

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Kentucky Lake....

Well me and my buddy Doug went down to Kentucky Lake today to do some fishing.  We caught 3 keepers and about 10 fish.  All on jerkbaits and crankbaits.  It really never warmed up, but we had a good time anyway. We tried out some different areas and some we have already fished with a little bit of success.  The  water temp was about 44 degrees,stained, and they were pulling a pretty good amount of current to.  I was using a Powell 754 CB Glass rod for the crankbaits and a 686mod-fast and 684mod-fast for the jerkbaits.  As far as line 15lb Triple fish flourocarbon on crankbaits and 8lb and 10lb flourocarbon on the jerkbaits.   Probably be about 2 weeks before we go back down there again.  Here is a couple of pics:

Until next time

GOD BLESS !!!

Another Bigbass Trail..

Well here we go again this weekend for another Bigbass Trail.  Wind was blowing about 20mph from the north with sleet and snow most of the morning and part of the afternoon.  Water temp is anywhere from 45 to 40 degrees and fairly clear.  We ended up catching 5 fish for 12.42lb and 2nd place this week.  We just couldnt get a big one to bite this week.  We caught all of our fish on jerkbaits again this week.  I was using a Powell 702 spinning rod with 8lb TripleFish flourocarbon line.  Our next event for Bigbass trail is Jan 9th.

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Bigbass Trail ....

Me and my partner Blaine fished the Bigbass Trail on Lake of Egypt yesterday. We ended up winning the event with 5 fish for 15.47 lbs. We caught all of our fish on jerkbaits, we used several different models of them to cover different depths. I was using a Powell 703 glass rod with 10lb Triple fish Fluorocarbon, also a Powell 683 with 12 lb triple fish fluorocarbon. We have another tournament next weekended, hopefully we can do it again.

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