First Tourney this Saturday

[Christopher Laurencio]

I'm going to my first tourney of the season tommorrow morning, pre-fished last week, no bites.



Water surface temp was 45 degrees, dark/dingy water. What should I try? Muddy bottom, lot's of fish in 10'-20'marked on the lowrance stacked up on top of eachother, that the simulator was on for a minute, all of them were suspending. Weather for tourney will be 45-50 degrees and overcast/cloudy.

LM lake, any suggestions?

Chris

 

[JAMES MOORE]

Try a jigging spoon over the suspended fish (1/4 oz to 3/16 oz)you saw or try a black 1/32-1/8 oz hair jig dangled in front of their nose. Water that cold their not going to be very active. If they do eat it will be a small tidbit of food.

 

[Mini]

Jig and Pig (real pork) on the break and Hair Jig.



If the sun is out make sure you cruise the sunny banks in the afternoon.....



Mini

 

[greg hall]

I too am going to fish a open tx tomorrow in the upper chesapeake bay (tidal)water was cold this week but I'm going to try it let you guys know how we did.Good Luck!

 

[Mike L.]

Chris I have half day off today and will be trying Assunpink this afternoon. I'll let you know how I do.

 

[CJ Extrom]

Chris, were is the tourney? I must agree with James small spoons and jigs. Hope the wind will stay down for you. Good luck.

 

[Christopher Laurencio]

CJ,

It's in Stone Tavern, I'm not looking forward to going actually because of the weather and the day before Easter, I'm going as a non-boater and have already committed to going, if not I would be sleeping in.



I don't have any Hair jigs, I mainly use SpiderJigs for jig fishing, do you think that will work? If I use the 4" size. Maybe Drop-Shot?



Next week I have a tourney on MC, if it's thawed out by then! I drove past oxford furnace lake this morning and it's still 90% hard.

 

[JAMES MOORE]

Another option try 3 inch twister tail (I like tripple ripple white) on the lightest jig head you can get away with. I usually use 1/16 oz. but 1/8 will work also. Slow and steady retrieve. I've caught some awful lunkers up here early in the spring right after ice out.

 

[Greg Duggan]

CJL, you have open water already??

not fair. our lakes are still very hard.



GRegD

 

[Christopher Laurencio]

GregD, It's about 50/50 now, some of the south jersey lakes are completely soft. But up north west by me, they are still frozen mostly.



I'll be fishing this weekend.

 

[Mike L.]

CJL, I was just outside ready to throw the johnboat into the pickup, but its cold and breezy out with no sun in sight. Feels like rain. I've got the next 5 days off so I'll do the around the house work now and fish on a nicer day!

Good Luck tomorrow. When your through with your T, if you need a cup of coffee call me and you can drop by the house !

 

[Thomas Macaluso]

Have fun Chris. I was going to fish a buddy tournament on Assunpink on Saturday . But I think I'll stay home and watch Roland Martin LOL!!! . Too cold for me !!

 

[Christopher Laurencio]

Thanks Mike.



TOO COLD, come on Tom, don't that Basscat have heated floors? LOL



I would like to see you show it off to the CJBB nuckleheads.



Remember the other day you asked me about the Federation card? I got it in the mail last week.



So Tom, what should I use for Stoney Tavern? Besides gloves

 

[al cannia]

Good cold water baits/tactics: Jigging spoons,suspending jerks,inline spinners,jignpig,texas rigged tubes around cover.Fish northerly(usually the warmest) shorelines and if there is a breeze,fish the wind blown shore,if it is really blowin fish the same shoreline with BIG spinnerbaits, they will crash them, cold water or not.

 

[Dan Sullivan]

Good luck Chris!

 

[William H. (Bill) Barham]

Good Luck Chris.. I'll have my fingers crossed for you.



Bill

 

[Thomas Macaluso]

Try rattletraps I know that's what most of the guys will be using on Assunpink on Saturday .As far as CJBB I'll have to show up at one of thier tournaments maybe !