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Darin Roddick-Small's Tournament Journal |
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Darin
Roddick-Small, Futurebass Pro Staff Prefishing We
got the launch at 7:00 PM the night before the event to get some more
information from the fish. We headed down to the main lake and then
dropped the trolling motor. The water temperature in this area was
just shy of 60 degrees. I started out by working a swim jig in the
blue devil pattern. I was unable to get any and switched to one of
Brovarney Baits finesse jigs in black and purple. Within minutes, I
caught a fat 15-inch large mouth. We worked around this bay for a
while longer and shook off a couple of other fish, while trying to
establish some type of pattern. We
then left this bay and headed out to the main lake to try to find some
other action. We stopped at a tapering flat with rock and some docks.
Within minutes, we hooked up again with another solid chunk in the
15-inch range on the finesse jig. The water temperatures in this area
were a few degrees cooler, but I liked the area better. We continued
down this stretch and boated another fish and decided to call it a
night as it was starting to get dark. We left the lake in high spirits
with what we found. The
Tournament
We
fished the area for a while longer with no more leagals being caught,
so we pulled pin and headed to the next area. This was a great move.
With in an hour, we put 3 solid legals in the boat that were each over
2 ¾ pounds. All of these were caught on a Venom Dream Craw. We
finished the day out looking for a kicker, but we were not able to get
any other real good fish. We continued to catch a number of legals,
but they were all at, or under 15 inches. I
would like to thank Venom Lures and Brovarney Baits for their fine
products. Without them, I doubt that I would have seen the same
success. Thank you. I encourage you to check them both out at www.venomlures.com
and www.brovarneybaits.com
. Tight
Lines and God Bless |
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We
pulled into this area and I flipped my dream craw into a tree and
almost immediately hooked up with a solid 2 ½ pound bass. Thing were
starting to came together. I picked up a crank bait as we worked to
our next spot in hopes of catching a stay fish. I missed a few and
then caught a short fish as we got to the next area. My partner
continued to work the tube while I fished the crank for a while. I was
happy that I did. I hooked into a solid bass that went 3.98 pounds and
helped to anchor our catch. Moving down this shoreline, my partner,
Frank Ungaro caught his best fish of the day a solid 2 ½ pound bass
on his Venom Tube.