#1112, "RE: Way to go Matt!" In response to Reply # 0
Wow! I feel like a real star. I had no idea this post was even here. I don't check the general board as much as the Freshwater or Trophy boards.
I'll tell you what, I practiced for that tournament about 15-20 days if you count all the swimbait only days I had down there. That's a hell of a lot of practice to only weigh in 3 fish! The funny thing is that 2 of my fish were caught on water I found the day before!
I had a young kid in my boat,and that was to my advantage. He just would go with the flow. We threw swimbaits in the am, nothing. I hit my first deep spot, caught a keeper right away. Followed up with a dink. Next spot, another dink, then another dink. Shoots! Dinks out of 50 feet of water? Ouch!
Pulled out to a small corner and caught another dink! Graphed some outside brush nearby, dropped down and had a keeper on the first drop. By now the wind and clouds moved in. I got one slash at my swimbait. I would have won with that fish.
I caught one more keeper on a t-rig worm on a spot I got bit on the day before. It had to have been the same fish. I didn't swing on him the first day, and sure enough, I got bit again!
Weighed in 3 fish. I was kinda bummed. I had no idea how bad everyone else did too. That lake was getting pounded like no other at the time. The fish were just hammered.