What did it take?

[flippindrew]

dont remember who won, yes it was an open tournament. dont know what the guys who won were doing. i would assume most fish were deep with the bluebird skies unless you were up the river where fish probably werent as deep.

[pastorbass]

We drew #63 and the majority of the boats in the beginning went up the river. Wish we'd done that. I saw the guy with the smallie, and she was a nice one!! I caught ZIP, that's right, I stink! My partner managed two ky's on jigs and we had to drive all the way over to Caney for those. He took them on jigs and I threw everything plus the kitched sink and a few prayers. I am also interested on some of the succesful patterns just to know what I was doing wrong.

Blessed Fishin!

[flippindrew]

well, i know several guys that were in the top 10, all i can say is that all they throw is jigs.

[gettingonefishin]

well i didnt fish the tournament thank god. I was on the lower end from Wolf to the dam. there was 3 of us fishin and we tried it all. I had 1 good largemouth on about 5 to 6 lbs and that was it. All others were non keepers. We even tried after dark and still nothing. So i do believe the fish were caught up in the river. Worst trip i have had to the big C in a long while.

[SpotBoy]

Most of the better sacks came from the lower end. Beaver creek and otter was where it was won (16lb). Second place(15lbs) came out of caney and wolf creek on channel breaks . DEEP !!!!! most of the better fish had to be needled before they swam off.... AND don't feel bad ,Some of the best fishermen on lake cumberland blanked !!!!. Heck Bill Taylor won a tournament the day before with 4 smallmouth that weighed 16 lbs , only to catch 2 small fish all day on Sat..

[DarkAllison]

Kelly Dorman and John Paul Karnes won it.

[pattidan]

you say deep, how deep? I fished around the 20ft depth with a finesse worm rigged on a Spot Sticker jig head and a hair jig. It kills me that I fished aroung those areas and couldn't do better. I guess thats why it's called fishing, not catching... Dan

[SpotBoy]

Hold on, but the fish came out of 30 - 40 foot of water. Can't explain why the fish are so deep ,well yes I can the shad are down there . Why are the shad that deep at the end of Nov I have no ideal/ One guy that fishes alot says it is because of so much water going thru the ****. WHO KNOWS.

[optipop]

Don't let them fool you, the winners caught all but 1 of their fish on a topwater frog in the back of pockets, no joke.

[R19]

Kevin the frog would be a good way to hangone