Patoka water temps?

[Frenzy]

You can't exactly prefish from 3 hours away when you have to work either. So when I finally get the chance to go I like to be prepared. If you don't have any advice/information to add then why don't you go post on a different topic.

[Chigger_Brumbalow]

How did you do in the tournament?

And by the way, to the board master, why was my post deleted when all I asked was how he did?

Is that asking to much???

chigger

[Frenzy]

We went way up river. Bites were hard to come by. Caught a crappie right off the bat and a small bass about 20 minutes later. Had another bass later on in the day that got off at the boat. Other than that we hardly had a hit. Water was anywhere from 60-64 degrees and pretty stained up river. It was fairly clear on the main lake from what I saw on Saturday. Winner had over 19 lbs. on 6 fish. I am not completly sure but I believe he caught them all right around the ramp, fishing for fish that had been caught at previous tournaments and released. It must have worked.

[TI]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON May-17-06 AT 09:44PM (EST)[/font][p]Hmmmm. Full of $hit you say. Chigger, tell him how we do it.

Speaking of $hit, how many tournaments allow more fish to be weighed in (6) than the state daily creel limit (5). Pretty good company you keep there my friend. Unless it was a team tournament, then I retract my statement. But, even then, perhaps a teammate would help you prefish and bring some ideas to the table rather than trolling this board (not that there's anything wrong with that in your case). I wonder if the winner of the tournament came accross his strategy over the internet. It's possible I suppose.

Hey, how big was that Crappie?

TI

[Frenzy]

Yes, it was a team tournament. The crappie was small.

[TI]

Good advice. Here's a sure fire. Go up river to the secongd bend...Throw a 1.5 ounce Bubble Gum Boohyay Jig at the trees that criss cross in the river on that bend. Frenzy.....you'll freakin' clean up. Walk to the podium with style as uf you found them in practice!

You da' man.

TI

[Frenzy]

TI - 1.5 ounce bubblegum booyah jig huh...I've seen clogged up toilets less full of $hit than you.

[hardestyeric]

You shouldn't knock it until you try it. That big jig has come up with some big stringers thru the year.
Eric H.

[Frenzy]

I'm not knocking the big jig. I'm knocking the "1.5 ounce bubblegum booyah jig" considering I don't even know if booyah makes a 1.5 ounce jig and I know for sure that they don't have a color called "bubblegum" so I doubt that particular jig would do me a whole hell of a lot of good.

[bassman409]

Welcome to tournament bass fishing Frenzy..........

[gg]

Frenzy,
I had posted (some where) on the board...to try a white transparent crank baits on the deep side of grass. (near deep water...( Ex.The north west side of the 145 bridge) Most people target the trees at Patoka and I have always grabbed a handful of keepers doing this... In May 05' caught one over 5lbs. It is not the easiest pattern to fish...especially in good wind....but that does not matter.

I am not sure the weather that day.. but especially if the grass in getting good wind and the skies are bright.

[idbefishing]

Lets me get this straight, you would rather based your entire fishing/tournament day on what someone, you don't personally know, told you instead of your own experience? You must have not been fishing tournament for too long. Not to discredit any of the poster who gave you info but I personally only trust my best buddies when it come to fishing info. FYI, I am too live 3-3.5 hrs away from Patoka. If the tourn. is on Sunday, I definetely plan ahead of time to be there on Sat.