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Going into this tournament I was very confident of catching 20 pounds
within the first couple of hours based on the way they bit the Sunday
prior. After the first couple of hours we only had two to three pounds
and the prospects of catching much more than that looked pretty bleak.
The fish I had caught had all been on topwater so when they didn't
we wasted the morning jumping from spot to spot trying to find a topwater
bite that was not happening at all for us.
That is when we made the decision to go to plan B. The Spot Remover
Jig! Soon after tying it on we discovered that if you made a cast parallel
to a boat dock toward the shallow end more often than not a bite was
in the offing. In the coarse of an hour and a half we had replaced the
five small bass we had in the livewell with the 11.29 pounds we weighed
in. I only wish we had had more time to fish once we figured out our
bite.
While I am disappointed in finishing 25 I did learn it is not always
about coming in first place but trying to get the best finish possible
when the conditions or the bite is not in your favor.
On this day we turned what very easily could have been a fiftieth
or worst place finish into a twenty-fifth place finish.
Those points may make a huge difference at the end of the season.
The weather was beautiful and sunny in the 80's.
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