Kc Spring Get Together

[Bluebasser86]

Well despite the wind and the chilly start it turned out pretty good today. Jerkbaits and Ned rigs ruled the day. Super fluke and his brother came out on top when the dust settled with 16.87lbs, great sack of smallies guys.

CCCDrew and his dad just barely fell short with 16.26lbs. Nicole and I were third with 14.72 followed by Hi Salenity/Wachati with 12.5lbs, Cbass12/Chris with 10.48, All day/basshunter0731 with 10.41, RJ_986 with 5.5, and Chris S/sizzlefry with 4.62. 

Nicole and my day started extremely slowly, our big fish by noon was only barely over 2 pounds, by weigh in that was our smallest fish. All our fish were on jerkbaits except for my biggest fish that ate a Ned on the dam I was positive she was a drum or catfish and I never felt the bite or set the hook, just tried to reel in and she didn't let me. 

My batteries were fading fast by noon so we went to the ramp cove and just started going to the back of the cove and drifting back out. I caught a 2.75 and 3.63 doing that. The bigger one was a keeper and there was only 20 minutes until weigh in so she rode back to the ramp to get her picture taken with the big gal. 

And the whole group!

[SuperFluke]

First, a big THANK YOU to Bluebasser86 for putting this all together and for the bladed jigs as prizes.

 

Second, I think I finally lived up to my screen name today of SuperFluke.  This was only my third ever fishing "tournament", and I had never caught a keeper in a tourney before today.  My brother will tell you that fishing ranks pretty low on his list of things he enjoys or is good at, so we really were out there just trying to have fun.  I convinced him to come at 10:00 p.m. last night.  I guess that I have spent quite a few days on Melvern recently, so I felt pretty good that a jerkbait would be the right bait to be throwing.

 

Kudos to CCCDrew and his dad for putting up a really good number.  We really thought we were safe and were sick of fighting the wind, so we hit the ramp early.  Nice job, fellas.

 

All fish we "weighed" in were between 3 and 4 lbs.  We culled out our last 2lb'r near the end of the day when my brother got into one right at the boat and somehow landed it.  All these fish were caught on Strike King 200 series jerkbaits.  First one on the dam, next two were on the marina rip rap, fourth came in a protected pocket that was loaded with smallies, and the final fish was in a main lake pocket.

 

 

My biggest at 3.83lbs on a jerkbait near the dam

 

My brother's biggest, which turned out to be the one that put us over the top

 

Really fun day.  As good as it was, I hope that you all catch even bigger bags out at Grand next month!

[sizzlefry]

Thanks Blue for the good time I would have liked to have done better but I suck at fishing  . I am taking a break from fishing forever or until Curtis calls me next Friday to go to LaCygne

[Bluebasser86]

Thanks Blue for the good time I would have liked to have done better but I suck at fishing  . I am taking a break from fishing forever or until Curtis calls me next Friday to go to LaCygne

 

Of all the places I can think of to go to for breaking a dry spell, La Cygne is certainly not on that list 

[Hi Salenity]

Friday looks windy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but Tuesday?

[Doc-Drew]

It was a lot of fun today despite the hurricane we decided to fish in. Oddly enough, all our fish came on the Ned rig. We only had one bite on a jerkbait. Even the whites didn't want it from us. Going into the last hour, we only had 4 bass over 12" then we found some on a windy bank just killing the Ned rig. Here is a list of our 5 biggest weights and pictures of the two biggest.

3.81 lbs, 3.** lbs, 3.21 lbs, 3.04 lbs, and 2.57 lbs

[conorsixtakc]

Looks like it was a blast, it's awesome to see what you guys have put together. I'm hoping that come next year's get-together me and my buddy will be able to join in on the fun (and possibly compete).

Love all the pics!

[cbass12]

My biggest 3 from the day. Chris didn't catch a smallmouth until the last 10 minutes of the day and it barely measured. 

 

3.5

2.25

2.5

[Bluebasser86]

Just over a month before Grand so lets get the roster figured out. Still planning on smoking a pork butt for dinner on Saturday night and buying sides and stuff in Grove so we don't have to worry about everyone hauling stuff down there. 

 

Right now I know we have;

 

Hi Salenity (Curtis)/Wachati (Peter)

kanasbassfisher08 (Chris)/Bluebasser86 (Clayton)

basshunter0731 (Jon)/Christopher

cbass12 (Ryan)

sizzlefry (Sean)

Mr_Scrogg (Andy)/Scrogglet

 

Folks who aren't sure they can make it yet;

CCCDrew (Drew)

pbrussell (Blake)

Chris S (Chris)

 

 

If I left anyone off the list, let me know so I can get you on there or if your attendance status has changed.

[kanasbassfisher08]

cant wait ready to go now just got to do some stuff to the boat this weekend like pack the bearings and power wash it and ill be ready!

[pbrussell]

Grand's probably a no-go for me.

Funds have been a bit tight unfortunately. 

[Chris S]

I am out but I think Sizzle and Hi Sal have hooked up for the trip

[kanasbassfisher08]

wow sizzle cheated on schauer with curt and then that means curts cheating on petter whats going on here bassresource jerry springers bassresource fourm!

[Hi Salenity]

We were always planning on taking separate boats. I think he's bringing his buddy from FL and I was going to bring my Brother.

But since my brother can't go and Chris can't go in taking George Zimmerman (sizzle)

And that's your Springer update!

[sizzlefry]

one is having my baby while the other cheated on me with my cousins grandmothers uncles dogs sister.

[Bluebasser86]

one is having my baby while the other cheated on me with my cousins grandmothers uncles dogs sister.

[Bluebasser86]

 

Just over a month before Grand so lets get the roster figured out. Still planning on smoking a pork butt for dinner on Saturday night and buying sides and stuff in Grove so we don't have to worry about everyone hauling stuff down there. 

 

Right now I know we have;

 

Hi Salenity (Curtis)/Sizzlefry(Sean)

kanasbassfisher08 (Chris)/Bluebasser86 (Clayton)

basshunter0731 (Jon)/Christopher

Wachati(Peter)/partner(???)

Mr_Scrogg (Andy)/Scrogglet

2003stratos(Jared)

 

 

If I left anyone off the list, let me know so I can get you on there or if your attendance status has changed.

 

[Chris S]

one is having my baby while the other cheated on me with my cousins grandmothers uncles dogs sister.

I fished with curt sunday and bought sizzle lunch today now that should make it more confusing!

[Doc-Drew]

Count me out for this one

[Bluebasser86]

Man it's tough finding any kind of decent report for Grand. Best thing I've found is guys raving about how good grand is from April-June and all you have to do is tie a jig on and start pitching docks, I think I can do that! 

[cbass12]

Man it's tough finding any kind of decent report for Grand. Best thing I've found is guys raving about how good grand is from April-June and all you have to do is tie a jig on and start pitching docks, I think I can do that! 

I can handle that. I think my partner might have a tough time with that though......

[Mr_Scrogg]

Ill tie on a senko for my partner ... let him go to town!!!!

[Mr_Scrogg]

Every trip for me from now till Grand is gonna be pitching to willow. Maybe I can learn to skip!!

[kanasbassfisher08]

i started off side casting to skip under docks then once i got that going good for me i could under swoop cast as the pros call it (me)! dont get me wrong i have my fair share of nest in the reel but man once u get the hang of it and you get that bit from way back in the dock you thank your self! cus no way u were going to catch that fish other wise.

[Bluebasser86]

I can handle that. I think my partner might have a tough time with that though......

Give him a spinning rod with braid and a tube jig or Senko, he should be good there. Or just give him a crankbait and let him grind it through the rocks until he snags a drum 

 

Every trip for me from now till Grand is gonna be pitching to willow. Maybe I can learn to skip!!

A lot of the docks have stalls down there, shouldn't need to skip too much. Plus there's tons of rock banks with no docks at all.