Well my only fear came true yesterday. On Friday afternoon I still had several bedded fish in my "secret bass garden" that is a 30 minute idle up a river to a back water. When I got there yesterday morning, all but 1 were gone! Damn!
So I went to my back up fish out on the lake. God kept the wind at bay just long enough for me to get the fish I needed and then it started getting ugly.
I headed back towards weigh in early and fished across the bay for the last 3 hrs. Good thing too because the lake reared her ugly head and it got nasty. I culled a few times and my co limited out.
I ended up with only 13.85 lbs and finished 10th. Now on Lake Champlain, that weight shouldn't be anywhere near 10th but there were only 41 boats and the weather did play a HUGE role.
I should do much better this coming weekend in the BFL. I only hope that:
1) the lake clarity improves dramatically
2) I get at least a few days of calm, clear, sunny weather to mark fish
3) on tourney day it stays nice enough for me to get there and fish!
So I went to my back up fish out on the lake. God kept the wind at bay just long enough for me to get the fish I needed and then it started getting ugly.
I headed back towards weigh in early and fished across the bay for the last 3 hrs. Good thing too because the lake reared her ugly head and it got nasty. I culled a few times and my co limited out.
I ended up with only 13.85 lbs and finished 10th. Now on Lake Champlain, that weight shouldn't be anywhere near 10th but there were only 41 boats and the weather did play a HUGE role.
I should do much better this coming weekend in the BFL. I only hope that:
1) the lake clarity improves dramatically
2) I get at least a few days of calm, clear, sunny weather to mark fish
3) on tourney day it stays nice enough for me to get there and fish!
