04/15/2024
Finished up the Georgia Bass Trial tournament on Lake Sinclair down in Milledgeville, Georgia Saturday. We didn’t get the “W”, but brought enough weight to the scales for an 8th place finish. It stings a little when all that separates you from a top 5 is .25lbs (4oz). We had a couple key bites late in the day that could have upgraded our bag a couple pounds, but didn’t execute. We caught 95% of our fish slow rolling a 1/2oz white spinnerbait off of one main lake point that was sand with scattered rock. I found this point Wednesday morning, and quickly put 3 nice keepers in the boat, and broke off a 6+. I left the place alone, and started looking for other points that matched what I had found. Saturday morning our plan was to run some grass that had been holding a pretty good Shad spawn, but due to the cooler temps, they were not playing for us. After 10min I pulled the plug, and decided to go ahead, and hit our point. By 7:30a we had a limit in the boat with the largest kicker that I am holding. By 8:30 we had moved to another point that had produced a few good fish in the week, and I picked up the other nice fish that I am holding. By 10:30 the bite pretty much died. I tried to force the spinnerbait bite till lunch, then decided to start running docks at the mouth of pockets with a black/blue jig. Got a few good bites on the jig, but didn’t execute well breaking two good fish off. I would like to give a big shout out to LithiumHub Ionic Batteries for the best lithium battery in the industry! We practiced all day Thursday, and Friday in 35-40mph winds, and still had over 80% battery life left in my trolling motor batteries each day! Next stop is Lake Hartwell where we have historically done well the past 3 years. Should be a top water bite for us. I will be in my element chasing spots off shore over blow throughs, long running points, and humps.
