Practice was so different that the actual tournament for me. I actually had two fish that would have gone about 8 pounds combined. The water temperature was about 63 degrees. The fish loved my Berkley power worm in Junebug color. I felt pretty comfortable and ready for the tournament.
Then the cold front hit. When you have a cold front hit in Florida it is so different than when cold front hits in Texas. The fish really do get "lock jaw," in Florida. The bite was so difficult when tournament day hit. What I did in practice was not at all what caught the fish for me during the tournament. Day one I was able to bring in 4 pounds 2 ounces to the scales with two fish. It was nice to be on the board. You have to be able to adjust your game plan when conditions change. There were 78 zeros on day 1 on the co-angler side. Even some of the locals couldn't figure it out.
On day 2 Hector had an awesome day. He had zeroed on day one, but day 2 was a different day. Around 8:00 Hector had a 7lb. 10 ounce Florida bass attack his spinnerbait that he had been throwing all morning. What a beautiful fish. He was leading big bass until the end of tournament when another angler brought in a 7 lb. 14 ounce fish. Hector wound up with 3 fish with 10 lbs. 7 ounces and earned 28th place out of 200. What a great way to start the year.
Next we go to Lewis Smith Lake in Jasper, Alabama. Tune in to hear how things go!
Keep on fishing!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
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