Man the lake is confusing the crap out of me.... Fished the tourney out of Belle Glade and just couldnt find big fish.  Found a decent amout of keeper size but  lost the only big bite I had all day not once but twice....  Didnt bother bringing a bag of keepers to the scale as I knew it wouldnt have touched the 25 or so it took to win.  Anyone else had any luck??

hey do you mind telling me what Kotg is?

had 13.9, knew were some big post spawn females were, caught a 5 and 4 but couldnt get others to bite. Seems to me when the sun is out and you are in the clear water the females are spawning around it gets alot harder to get them to bite.

We went pretty far up north. Anyone know if any southern areas are holding spawners? i know a guy who caught an 8 sat in a tourny south on a bed but nothing else.

King-of -the-glades. it's a local tournament trail

had 13.9, knew were some big post spawn females were, caught a 5 and 4 but couldnt get others to bite. Seems to me when the sun is out and you are in the clear water the females are spawning around it gets alot harder to get them to bite.

We went pretty far up north. Anyone know if any southern areas are holding spawners? i know a guy who caught an 8 sat in a tourny south on a bed but nothing else.[/quot

What made it even better was watching a guide tossing shiners snatching up 3 and 4 pounders like they were bream. What won big fish?

We fished a 30 boat tournement on th e lake sunday and had 17.3#  our biggest was 4.5# and placed third we just couldnt find the kicker fish we needed. Second had 18 and change first had 19 and change.

Saw tons of beds over on the Shoal with buck bass.  We kept at it hoping some momma's would come in during the afternoon but it never happened for us.  If I remember correctly there were only 3-4 bags over 20 lbs weighed.  

yeah right outside of where we were there was a shiner trip and twice i hear em screaming oh my god what a pig....dont know the weights or big fish...anyone else know

25 pounds won, 22 second and 21 third. big fish was 7.84 pounds. my partner and i had 11.84. i caught a five pounder and that was it for our big bites. that lake will humble you in a flash! still love the place though. now its back to the canals.

King-of -the-glades. it's a local tournament trail

where can i find these tournaments?  im trying to do some of these things got a boat again few months ago been mainly fishing coconut creek n margate canals  

BP10 there are tons of bass clubs in Broward as well as 'open' tournaments out of Holiday Park, Alligator Alley, and Lake Okeechobee.  Steve Waters column in the Sun Sentinel on Friday lists the open tournaments for next few weekends.  There will often be flyers posted or in the store at Holiday Park.   On Lake O, you have Bassbusters once a month, Slims 2x a month, and some others out of Roland Martin's Tackle shop on a regular basis.  There will be weekend tournaments every weekend through June so go catch them up!

 

If you are fishing around Margate... watch out for the snakeheads.  There are even tournaments for those critters coming in a few months (hosted by JD's Custom Baits).

Saw tons of beds over on the Shoal with buck bass.  We kept at it hoping some momma's would come in during the afternoon but it never happened for us.  If I remember correctly there were only 3-4 bags over 20 lbs weighed.  

 

Yeah, Jack.  That place we fished in the afternoon had some serious fish.  Hundreds of beds and most all of them had a buck bass sitting on it.  I really thought with the warming trend/new moon situation the big females would have moved in that afternoon.  Knowing our luck...a wave of pigs moved in @ about 3:15. 

 

I would have loved to fish there Monday/Tuesday...

where can i find these tournaments?  im trying to do some of these things got a boat again few months ago been mainly fishing coconut creek n margate canals  

 

Check the bulletin board at the back of BPS, Davie (near the bathrooms).  There are flyers/business cards for many of the local bass clubs posted there. 

where can i find these tournaments?  im trying to do some of these things got a boat again few months ago been mainly fishing coconut creek n margate canals  

 

If your interested... Big Reel Bassmasters of Margate would be your local club based out of margate.

 

http://www.bigreel.org/

BP10. Start with club tourneys, and local tourneys and progress from there. Welcome to BR.