Brandon and I fished in a tournament on Thursday night 4/22/10 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. The water is still warming up with 70+ degrees being normal in the coves. The main lake is hovering around 68 degrees for the most part. Tonight started off very windy, but calmed down after dark. It was also partly cloudy for most of the tournament.
We started by fishing spinnerbaits and crankbaits on windblown main lake flats for about an hour with no luck. We made a move into a pocket off the main lake out of the wind and fished the entire edge with plastics. The first half of the pocket resulted in zero bites, but the second half gave up 5 fish and several misses, with one being a keeper weighing 2.44 lbs. We continued on to another spot we have had success on in the past and immediately landed another keeper on plastics that weighed 2.26 lbs. After that fish our night went downhill. I had a nice fish jump and break my line and Brandon had a really nice fish come unbuttoned. Had we landed those two, I think we would have had enough weight to win the tournament. Once it got dark, we had a few nibbles but nothing we could set the hook on.
All the fish we caught were several feet off the bank. The lake is not full yet and alot of the cover is still out of the water.
On a side note, the FLW is here this week and they have been hammering the fish all week and weighing in some very nice bags. It's becoming evident that with all the tournaments that have been taking place, the numbers of fish being caught has decreased substantially.![]()
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We started by fishing spinnerbaits and crankbaits on windblown main lake flats for about an hour with no luck. We made a move into a pocket off the main lake out of the wind and fished the entire edge with plastics. The first half of the pocket resulted in zero bites, but the second half gave up 5 fish and several misses, with one being a keeper weighing 2.44 lbs. We continued on to another spot we have had success on in the past and immediately landed another keeper on plastics that weighed 2.26 lbs. After that fish our night went downhill. I had a nice fish jump and break my line and Brandon had a really nice fish come unbuttoned. Had we landed those two, I think we would have had enough weight to win the tournament. Once it got dark, we had a few nibbles but nothing we could set the hook on.
All the fish we caught were several feet off the bank. The lake is not full yet and alot of the cover is still out of the water.
On a side note, the FLW is here this week and they have been hammering the fish all week and weighing in some very nice bags. It's becoming evident that with all the tournaments that have been taking place, the numbers of fish being caught has decreased substantially.
