flatcreek

About 10 years ago we had a tournament and about halfway to the lake I realized I was driving to the wrong lake. I pulled over and turned around in a pasture and drove to the right lake.I did make it in time for the launch.Good thing I’m always early.

It comes down to personal preference and style of fishing. As for me and my family we can’t get by fishing and camping the lakes we fish without V-8 truck engines 4wd vehicles.I need at least an 18 foot bassboat with a 150 hp outboard minimum to keep me content.If you plan on covering a lot of ground territory and water I would say an upgrade is a must.

I use basic Lowrance depth finders, one on the bow and one on console.i use them for depth and temperature and study contour.I’ve got nothing against the high tech stuff it’s just not in my wheelhouse. I was pulling for our local brethren to win this thing but some got close but no cigar.I tip my hat to the Canadian pros, don’t know much about them but they sure can catch bass. I’ve still got an old Ted Williams Sears flasher

Well don’t tell anyone about the largemouth up in the river please lol

Wow,I’d think the spots would be out deeper on brushpiles. Was he up in the river fishing for largemouth?

Congratulations to Chris Johnston. He said before tournament it was his favorite lake in the South and he knows his stuff.lots of nice bags,Lanier showed out.

I’m trying to get the day 2 weigh in on my phone but it keeps showing day 1.

Maybe Randy didn’t have 5 grand in his mason jar to pony up

White caps today, going to get rough out there on Oceanier

@Tennessee Boy if that’s the case then the local pros in this tournament should have an advantage knowing where the good ones are.Local knowledge is not always always advantageous as we’ve seen before so it’ll be interesting to see how this shakes out.Spotted bass could dominate but some guys will run up the river for big girl largemouth.i fish out of Laurel Park a lot so I expect this to be a good tournament

Brushpiles should be key

I expect Paul Marks Jr. to do well in this one

Yes it was on FoxS1 in the morning until noon then they switched over to Fox Network until 3 o’clock eastern time

Shut up and fish

Zoom Speedworm

Not a kayak guy myself but glad you found some good tournaments to fish.

Sliders work great on grassy shorelines in Spring and Summer .Stealthy approach to catching finicky bass.

Yep put me in the CB camp.I’ve got a healthy stockpile.

Keep hope alive

I have a large shop if you need to use it you’re welcome.Plenty of dried in space. I’m an hour from Eatonton

I figured SF might be done after Buttkicker linedrives a 57 yarder.

El Niño is a beast this year. Reminds me of one we had about 30 years ago when had trouble getting our footings and foundations poured.Chocolate milk gonna be around awhile longer.Hope for warmer weather to improve the fishing.

Storming Hornet by Rick Steckleberg has been the best I’ve fished.

Sent PM

I fish Flukes year round.Weightless most of the time.Winter time I fish them on a Sworming Hornet with a slow retrieve since 2013 when I caught 2 10 pound largemouth on back to back casts.You could say I got hooked on Flukes that day and my best 5 went 41 pounds.I also like to fish them on a Carolina rig in cold water.