Flint River April, 2012 tournament

Sunday April 15, 2012 - Day 28

Flint River Tournament, West Point Lake, mostly cloudy, water very
clear and 71 degrees. Fished 7 AM to 3 PM

Excited about this tournament - it is mid April and the bass fishing
should be GREAT. NOT!

We started on a point I like to throw topwater on - shad were spawning
around the bank, should be perfect. Al and I got several hybrids each
and I got one bare keeper spotted bass on a popper.

At 7:30 we ran to a bridge where Chandler Ray told me he had a good
catch on Saturday - he is the college fisherman I did an article with
at Eufaula. The shad were around but not spawning and we didn't get a
bite. Fished there for 90 minutes - Al finally got a keeper spot on a
nearby point at 9 AM.

For the next three hours we tried lot of things with no luck - just
caught a few short fish. At noon Al got hung in a treetop in the water
and had a hard time getting loose. The boat was right over the tree -
we had made several casts to it - and I dropped my jig and pig
straight down, jiggled it and something hit. Landed a small keeper
spot. Two at noon.

We then fished a nearby bridge - wind was blowing in on it and they
should have been there. I ran a chatterbait by the piling and it hit
corner and I let it drop, and a small keeper spot hit it. Three at
one.

We ran back to a wind blown point and first cast a fish picked up my
jig head worm and started swimming off but I missed it in the wind,
had a big bow in my line. Next cast same thing but I landed a two
pound largemouth. We fished those points until quitting time and Al
got his second fish, a small keeper spot.

As we ran to the weigh-in I realized we had an extra 5 minutes so I
stopped on a brush pile and first cast got a hit. Another short spot!

I was disgusted with four small fish but everyone at weigh-in was
shaking their heads. Fishing was terrible for almost everyone. Jordan
had just under ten pounds with one of the two limits and won and had
big fish with a 2.5 pounder. Second was six pounds, third five and my
four at 4.5 came in 4th out of 24 people.

Guess the fish spawned last week on the full moon and were in post
spawn doldrums!

Ronnie

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