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Well, Bay Area Bassmasters had our monthly tournament on Harris Saturday and for me, fishing was tough.
I was confident after having a great practice last week, establishing 3 different patterns that went away with an impending cold front and high wind conditions. :tbh_flag:
My most successful pattern during practice had been flipping a jig into lily pad roots in 2' of water, and on a sand bottom. In practice I was able to replicate the pattern throughout Harris on any of the same condiitons. Fish were as big as 5lbs in practice, and I suspect they were late spawners bedding on top of the roots and the trick was to keep the bait deadsticking on spot for upwards of 1 to 2 minutes, which was easy to do with no wind. Different story on Saturday and managed only 5 small fish for 6.06lbs off a single 25 yard stretch of pads.
My other 2 patterns were never a factor as the heavy wave action kept me off the offshore humps I deep cranked in practice, yielding a hefty 5lb'er on Thursday.
All in all I was pleased that I did my job in catching 5 fish though they came up short. I feel like my practice pattern accomplished that, and that's all I could ask for considering the tough weather condiitons.
I was confident after having a great practice last week, establishing 3 different patterns that went away with an impending cold front and high wind conditions. :tbh_flag:
My most successful pattern during practice had been flipping a jig into lily pad roots in 2' of water, and on a sand bottom. In practice I was able to replicate the pattern throughout Harris on any of the same condiitons. Fish were as big as 5lbs in practice, and I suspect they were late spawners bedding on top of the roots and the trick was to keep the bait deadsticking on spot for upwards of 1 to 2 minutes, which was easy to do with no wind. Different story on Saturday and managed only 5 small fish for 6.06lbs off a single 25 yard stretch of pads.
My other 2 patterns were never a factor as the heavy wave action kept me off the offshore humps I deep cranked in practice, yielding a hefty 5lb'er on Thursday.
All in all I was pleased that I did my job in catching 5 fish though they came up short. I feel like my practice pattern accomplished that, and that's all I could ask for considering the tough weather condiitons.