GrandSlamBasser87

ALSO....you may find yourself catching more fish off one piece of cover by working the outskirts first, starting maybe out to 10' away, and working your way in from there. By doing this, you can catch fish on the outskirts of the cover which will not spook the many fish that may be closer or in the cover. Be mindful of line abrasion when dealing with wood as well.

I wouls def. back up the crankbaits and colorado spinnerbaits! Be sure to choose a crakbait that will run at a depth that will allow you to bounce it off the cover here and there to trigger the reaction strike, same goes for the spinnerbait, let it bounce off and flutter for a second then pick the retreive back up. Had good success on a stained-muddy lake around wood with a Bandit fire-tiger crankbait and also a Terminator Colorado blade spinnerbait with gold blades with most strikes coming after the bait contacted the structure which would trigger the reaction strike from bass as they think it is injured. Good luck!

Anyone know of any open tourney's or clubs accepting new members around the Charlottesville or Richmond area??? I have heard of a "Sunday Series" on the Chick and Pumunky rivers around Richmond but have no information on how to join or their launch sites. If anyone knows of events similar to this I would like to hear about them as I am looking to get into the tournament fishing. Appreciate any info.

IMO, it is best to have the sun to your back as it makes it harder to make you out as opposed to the sun shining on you. This is a tactic I use both on the water fishing and in the woods hunting. You never want to be looking into the sun as it will pretty much make you glow and allow deer to make you out much easier, yet if it is at your back when the deer approach, it will inhibit their ability to make out your outline as the sun will blur their vision and shadow your figure. I also know that having the sun behind and over your shoulder, it betters your vision while sight fishing or just in general. Test this theory by holding your thumb or cover it with your hand in the direction of the sun, and then away from the sun, you should be able to see the object much better when the sun shines on it; the same goes for taking pictures as well. I hope this helps and good luck!