My tournament...

I say "My Tournament" because I wanted to see what size bag I could get. I started my day about 11am and with-in 5 casts I had a nice 3 pounder of a tennesse shad color uncle bucks 1/4oz lipless crank bait on a 4' flat. I then fished an "***" baby brush bug fished with a 1/2 bullet weight. These were my 2 GOTO baits today. The wind was slow (thank god) so boat control wasn't on my mind like it usually is. I then started fishing a dock with a good drop-off (4' - 15') with only a small 14" fish. The river I was fishing has a 15" slot limit until 6/15 so it took me a while to get my limit.

Once I moved from the dock I went to a grass flat throwing a spinnerbait with no takers, so I moved on to another ledge and again no takers. I then moved to some fallen trees in the water and I was able to catch 11 fish on back to back casts. All with my *** brush hog. I was able to cull 6 times working this pattern. Once i had fished all the trees in about 2' of water I moved to tress in deeper water in search of larger fish with no luck. So one last ditch effort to get some larger fish I moved to a bridge in about 3'-6'. I started throwing my lipless crank and I finally had anoth good keeper and culled again. I picked up my brush hog and chucked it out along the bridge pilings and I was able to cull 3 more times. Then i was about to move back to the dock where I originally started and I casted one more time and i felt a little nibble and I reeled down, pulled up just a little and the pole was about yanked out of my hand. I set the hook and I was in for a decent fight. With the water temp being about 54 degrees i didn't think they would fight very much. I was able to keep her from jumping and I was able to land this nice bass. She went 5lbs 3oz. To end the day my limit went 17lbs and 4 ozs.