BassKing17

The temperature is 56 degrees F

Oh and should I throw a top water frog over some submerged rock piles? the rocks and rebar are about 2 feet below the surface.

Hey guys, I am fishing a little tournament my friends threw together for tommorrow morning. I am in south texas (houston area) I actuallly live on the lake we are fishing. the lake is 80 acres it used to be a sand pit until they hit a natural spring and it filled up. The lake is 40 feet at the deepest point. Water clarity is about 4 feet visiblilty it has little vegitation the back side of the lake has alot of stumps and rocks and flooded like timber. Some of the timber is in 5 feet of water right next to a drop off down to 20+ feet The forage in this lake is mainly shad. I also have a spot where its an underwater hump. The top of the hump is about 8 feet below the surface and slopes off immediatly to 26+ feet. I have dumped a ton of christmas trees on top of the hump about (20) a few years back. I have caught an 8.5lber off the hump in October, Well, Its february and the temperatures here have been awfully warm 75 degrees or more during mid day since christmas. Do you think the fish in the lake are in pre spawn? What should I be using and what kind of structure should i be looking for? Normally the temperatures up until now are cold ( 40 degrees) but its been pretty warm. Only getting into the upper 50's at night. The tournament is a 5 fish limit most total wieght wins. This lake has always produced small bass in numbers with bleeding rattle trap. I was thinking first thing in the morning hit the flooded timber in 5 feet of water with a dark jig or plastic lizard or grub. Thought? Questions? Thanks, Zack

Hey guys, My name is Zack Ive been coming to this site for a few years and decided to join. I am 20 years old and have been bass fishing since I was old enough to walk. I was born and raised in a farm town in Southwestern Oklahoma. I finally started fishing Angler Quest Tournaments about 2 years ago when I had a boat. I placed 1st in my fourth tournament and 2nd in my fifth. I no longer have a bass boat and I am in the hunt for one! For years I have been fishing Lake Livingston in south east texas. Most of my time is spent on the 80 acre lake that I live on. I have caught over 20 fish more than 6 pounds and just a handful over 8 pounds. My largest bass came on a Green Pumpkin seed Zoom finesse worm texas rigged which wieghed 10.5 pounds. I love to fish more than I love anything. I have a tournament coming up tommorrrow morning so wish me luck!

I have caught a Mussel as well. It ate my texas rigged lizard! I have also caught snakes and a few ducks. I also caught a bucket that had holes drilled in it, the lid was on it. When i opened it it had a hog skull inside.

Man you sound like me! I would deffinatly do it but I live in the Houston area lol. I have fished several big tournament on Lake Livingston and Sam Rayburn in Texas. I placed 1st in one and 2nd in another! To bad you dont live here!