Tonight's Trip

I wanted to get some of gear tested out before my tournament tomorrow.  I hit the inlet first.  The water is as high as I've ever seen it and is higher than it was this Spring.  I missed a few hits on a Spro Frog and a Horny Toad, then had to sit in the car for about 20 minutes so a storm could pass.  After the storm I missed hits on the Horny Toad and a pike missed the Stanley Phantom.

Next I went to the culvert.  The sun was in my eyes and I missed 3 or 4 hits at the juice on a Horny Toad.  I did get this 14" largie in the mouth of the North Culvert.

I also got a 11.75" letting the Toad sink at the juice.

I then went to the GOMH.  I got this bullhead on my very first cast on the NE side.

16.25

You can tell how high the water is in this pic.  I also had a bullhead crush a Bronze Eye.

16.5"

Snatcher Fishtrap Lake (Blind)

Note Written way after the original tournament date.

I'll admit that I got a bit depressed after my finishes so far this year.   I needed an attitude adjustment to get up for this tournament.  My boater in this one, Guy Henkensiefken, asked me while we were out on the water why I wasn't doing my tournament recap blogs.  That is the reason why I have dragged my feet in writing them so long.

This was the 2nd year in a row I drew Guy for the "Blind" tournament, and this is the third time I've fished with him (Rabbit Lake '10, Cullen Chain '13).  After last year's tournament, he gave me an assignment of coming up with 20 things to talk about in the boat.  I came up with 1, Christian Ponder, lol.

Conditions: Very similar to Pelican Lake but not as cool in the morning and a little cloudier and more humid, breaking into the sun.  Very little wind.

Highlights from the Day:  

We had a kind of late boat draw; I don't remember if Guy got to go to his starting spot or not.  We started in a spot with two other boats close by.  In the calm conditions, I started out throwing the chrome sexy shad KVD Sexy Dawg.  I'm pretty sure I put the first fish in the boat, a 14 incher.  I think I had one other fish not get it.  Guy got a couple of decent fish.  It started clouding up and looked like it might storm for a while.  We moved spots, and I got one just over 15" on a black Sexy Dawg.  That was it for my topwater fish.  I don't know why they weren't going as conditions seemed perfect.  I did miss a couple of frogs in the pads later in the day.  I got a 12.25, 3x 13.75", and 14.25" and one hammer handle on a Breen Chigger Craw on various weedlines.  My lunker, a 2/12, was my last fish of the day caught out of some pads on a green pumpkin Strike King Hack Attack Jig with Chigger Craw trailer.  I think Guy got a nice one out of the same patch of pads earlier in the day.

Results: My 6 went for 9/13, putting me in 11th Place out of 20 anglers.  This was my highest finish of the year.  Guy's bag of 14/13 put him in 5th place.  The tournament winner was Tim Benson with 17/6.  Chuck Steinbauer got Lunker with a 4/3.

My Thoughts: Man, did it get hot out with no wind.  At least the beat-down Guy gave me wasn't as bad as last year.

Guy's Parting Thought (Paraphrased):  "The days in this club when I could come in with 14 or 15lbs and expect to contend for the win are over; you've really got to catch them now."  A comment that proved less than prophetic because, at the last tournament of the year on Whitefish, the winning weight was below average at only 12/11.    

Bass Snatcher Pelican Lake Tournament

Waiting to Blast Off

Note:  This being written more than half a year later so the details may be a bit sketchy.

Conditions: Cool in the morning (54 degrees) getting to 82 degrees, very little wind, and hazy sunshine for most of the day.

I think my sleep schedule was messed up for this tournament.  I either woke up super early or didn't get any sleep at all.  I ended up arriving at the ramp in Jones Bay at least an hour before sunrise.  I was the first one there, but not by as much as I thought I would be.  My boater for this one was Roger Ubl who has many years of experience on Pelican Lake.  Unfortunately I was unable to get out to pre-fish with him.  He told me he wasn't getting a lot of bites, but the one's he were getting were nice one's.

The Day:  I brought my Ipod to wear during the run, set to my Tournament Playlist I had been listing to all morning.  As the picture shows it was a beautiful morning.  We blasted off at around 6:50am.  The run North listening to tunes as the guys raced up the lake was one of my highlights of the year.  We went to a hump or maybe humps quite a ways off the SE of Gooseberry Island.

On the way North I saw fish breaking on top and conditions were perfect for topwater, so I started by throwing a Strike King KVD Sexy Dawg in chrome sexy shad.  Sure enough within my first 10 casts I had a quality fish come up and blast it.  Unfortunately, after being hooked briefly it jumped way out of the water and flipped me off.  I'd say it was at least 18 inches.  A few casts later I hooked and caught a 14.75" largie.  Unfortunately that was it for my topwater bites for the day despite the fact we were around fish busting on the surface for most of the morning and for the last hour of the day as well.  I think Roger got a couple on some kind of plastic and I got a 16.5" on a Blue Bruiser Lake Fork Craw Tube.  Roger was really disappointed with the size of the fish we got here.

After about an hour to hour and a half we left and went off the western tip of Gooseberry Is.  Dang breaking fish that were either out of range or wouldn't hit what I was throwing.  Roger managed a few on the worm he was throwing.  I managed to get a small hammer handle on small Bomber Fat-Free Shad and a 17.25" bass on a breen Chigger Craw.  We went to a weedline off the SW side of Gooseberry and I got another 17.25" on the Chigger Craw.  That was it for my fish for the day.

We ended up going and fishing some cabbage beds, going back to our starting spot, and some deep weedlines.  I tried every rod in the boat including a Carolina Rig, which is something I rarely throw.  I had some bites from sunfish but that was it.  Roger managed to get a respectable limit by the end of the day.

Results:  My 4 fish weighed 10lbs 1oz, which put me in 21st Place out of 26 anglers.  My lunker went 3lbs even.   Rogers 6 weighed just under 14lbs, which only put him in 15th Place; I guess the  quality fish were snapping this day.  The winner was Chuck Steinbauer with 19/1 and his son Nate got "Lunker" at 4/10.

My Thoughts:   Getting that first bass in the boat would have been nice.  I was really wiped out by the end of this one, but I didn't really let it effect my fishing.  I felt like I fished strong for most of the day.  I just don't think we ever found a good school of fish.  The weights were way up from the tournament we had back in 2009 when I took 4th Place with 14lbs even.  If I had it to do over again I wouldn't have thrown a Carolina Rig and a lot less topwater.  Fishing with Roger and hearing his stories is always enjoyable.  

Morning Trip GOMH, Culvert, and Jenny's

15.25" on a Yabbie

6:20-8:20am
Conditions- Post thunderstorm cloudy and windy out of the SE some rumbling, no rain

I arrived at the GOMH first and got the Yabbie fish first.  Then this 15.9" on Ish's Poppin' Phattie.

Then I went to the Culvert and got this pretty fish on a yellow Horny Toad.

Next I went to Jenny's and got an 18" pike on the Poppin' Phattie and that was it for my morning.

Evening Trip Jenny's, No Camera

8:05-9:05pm
Was a nice night to get out and fish.  I went to Jenny's.  Got a 16.5" bass and had a pike jump over my Ish's Poppin' Phattie and also missed 1 good fish that was hooked up and missed a few that didn't hook up.  Also used my Mojo "Crankster" for the 1st time.

Leech Lake Snatcher Tournament

In line for blast off

This being written 8 months after the fact, so my details may be a bit sketchy.

I rode up with my boater Jim "Smitty" Smith.  We were supposed to have another guy from the club ride up with us, but he never showed.  We left maybe 20 minutes later then we originally planned.

Conditions:
67 getting up to 77 degrees We had sun and clouds off and on during the day.
Windy in the morning out of the W SW dying down a bit throughout the day.

The Day:
We blasted off around 7:45am or so and Smitty put the hammer down heading South then East.  Tuma passed us pretty early on when the water was still pretty calm.  I thought I really should have brought my Ipod to wear during the run.  Once we got far enough East it got rougher and rougher.  We passed the South end of bear Island and pulled into some reeds that were getting hit pretty well by the wind.  I might have had a bite but it was tough to tell.  We ended up not getting anything there in two passes.  We went to a reed bed that was closer to Bear Island and a little more protected.  I think Smitty got his first one of the day there, a small keeper.  We moved closer to Bear Island fishing reeds and rice that looked fishy to me;  Mostly nothing was home.  I think Jim got a couple off of keepers isolated cover.

We moved to the back side of Partridge Point and I got a 12.5 inch peanut out of reeds next to a dock on a Horny Toad.  That was it on that stretch.

It was about 10am and we made the decision to run North after hitting on last group of reeds where I had a pike hit at my Horny Toad.   Fortunately the ride wasn't nearly as rough as we expected it would be.  Still it must have taken about an hour.  We went to an area I think they call the Campground, we had good luck here in pre-fish.  I caught a 16 incher casting out towards some lilly pads off the back of the boat on the Horny Toad.  I think we both missed a couple of bites.  Smitty wanted to head North to "the juice" where I got my big one in pre-fish, but I said lets give it a little more time.  It worked out for Smitty as he got one.  Then we headed to "the juice", which was almost totally dead.  I did miss one hit.  We crossed paths with somebody Jim knows who was pre-fishing for another tournament.  They were both dumbfounded about how poor the fishing was.

We ended up going farther North and fished a point.  Smitty got a small keeper and I got a rock bass on a craw tube.  Next we went into Leech River Bay/Federal Dam and sucked eggs.  Jim maybe missed one bite.  With about an hour and a half left we bailed to go South.  The ride was a lot smoother and took may 15 to 20 minutes going hammer down most of the time.

We fished Urum Bay the rest of the time. Jim got his limit fish with about 20 minutes left.

Results:  My two fish weighed 3lbs 9ozs and put me in 28th out of 31 anglers fishing.  Jim's 12lb 14oz limit got him 12th place.  The lake was really off today.That weight would have put Jim in 27th Place the last time we fished here in 2012.  The winner was Dennis Lothspeich with 19lbs 5ozs.

My Thoughts:  The fishing royally sucked.  Leech kicked my butt for a third time on tournament day.

Next Tournament: Pelican Lake August 2nd

I Got Something Anyway

17.75" yellow Horny Toad

Got this fish on the way home from the Leech Lake Tournament at the Culvert.  Almost as much weight as I got in the tournament.

Cutting Trees and Shore Fishing

The Sun Just About to Set at the Culvert

5:00-9:10PM
Condition: Nice night for fishing

I started out by cutting branches at Jenny's to give myself casting room.  After that was done I began experimenting with Bobby's Perfect Buzz Frog.  Missed my 1st three or four good blow up's.  I switched rods and went to the lake place via Jim's.  There I got a small pike and this 15.75" bass on Buzz Frog.

I also got a 24" pike on Ish's Poppin' Phattie that went up to John.

I then went back to Jenny's and got the legs bit off the Buzz Frog.  So much for using it at Leech.

I went to the Culvert and got nothing but pictures.  I then went to the GOMH and got a 25" toothy bullhead on a Mad Maxx Frog, which I gave to some bullhead fishermen.

Good Morning At the GOMH

16.5" My camera started acting funny.

6:15-8:45AM
Conditions-  Cool, but it warmed up quick, little wind, hazy, clouds, and sun

I elected to start out with a b/b craw tube on the NE side.  I thought my line started moving, but I'm not 100% sure as I set the hook into nothing.  A couple casts later under the bridge I got the skinny 16.5".   I then went to the SW side and got nothing.  I had a hit on Ish's Poppin' Phattie on the SE side that didn't hook up.  I went back to the NE side and got a 15.5" and 16.5" on the black Phattie.  I got a 12" under the bridge on a bigger sized Yabbie.  I also got a 16" jumpin' bullhead and missed something that nailed my white Horny Toad.  Before I left I went back to the SE side and got a 15" jumper where I had missed the fish earlier.

I went to the Culvert and got a 12" bass on the Horny Toad and missed another fish.

Two On Ish's Poppin' Phattie at the GOMH

14.75"

8:10-9:30PM
Conditions- Mostly cloudy light breeze.

I was disappointed with the casting distance I was getting out of my Revo Rocket yesterday at Leech Lake.  I looked into it and it turns out I had forgotten it has centrifugal brakes as well as magnetic ones.  I got all of those breaks turned off and now it is casting more acceptably.  I tied on a black Snagproof Ish's Poppin' Phattie Frog and that is what I got my two jumpin bullheads tonight on at the GOMH.  I also tried at Jenny's and at the culvert..

Woman Lake and Leech Lake Pre-fish with "Smitty"

Woman Lake: 7:00-9:00AM
Conditions- Calm, sometimes sunny, sometimes cloudy

I got to fish today with my boater Jim "Smitty" Smith for the Bass Snatchers Leech Lake Tournament next week.  Jim is well known in MN bass tournament fishing community because he's been very successful and as I came to find out a really nice guy.  We hit Woman Lake first, checking it out for a tournament he's going to fish out there next Sunday.  We found some really nice smallmouth, but they didn't want to bite.  Jim caught 3 dinks and I didn't even get a bite.  I kind of had a brain freeze and forgot I had a rod with a Yabbie on it

Smitty with a quality Leech Lake largie

Leech Lake: 9:00AM-6:00PM
Conditions- Wind from light to fairly moderate out of the the SW alternating between cloudy and sunny with more sun late.

We put in at an area of the Lake I'd never been to before.  I got the first bite of the day out of some reeds on my brand new Snagproof Ish's Poppin' Phattie in black and yellow (Cali).

17" or so 

I missed one more good bite, then we switched area's.  In the new area I missed the first bite.  We went a little while and then Jim got two nice one's  in close proximity to one another out of the slop.  We got into an area with bullrushes, reeds, and pads and I got a 15" on a white Horny Toad.  Jim set the hook on a fish and his line broke.  I cast my toad into the area and ended up hooking his line with the fish still on it.  Jim grabbed the line and brought the fish in.  It was a quality 3lber.  In a tournament, who's fish would that be?

Jim was getting an occasional rock bass and I missed a couple of bites on a craw tube.  Jim lost a good one and I caught one that might have been 4lbs on the Horny toad.  We fished a lot of rice without getting any bites.  We pulled the boat out of the water and went to a different area of the lake.  Jim got a couple of nice one's including one on his last cast of the day and I got a 14" on a craw tube.

Over all Jim was disappointed we didn't get more fish.  I don't know why we didn't get more bites, conditions seemed to be perfect.  It was fun riding around in Smitty's sports car, a 19' Stratos with a 200hp motor.  Wind conditions will dictate what we do and here we go on tournament day.

Sunrise At The GOMH, Caught Somethings

5:32AM When I arrived

When the sun actually rose.

5:30-7:00AM
Conditions: Mostly Sunny light wind out of the W NW. It had a thunderstorm go over last night.

When I arrived I wasn't sure if that was the sunrise or not, it was actually about 4 minutes later.  I started out throwing a white Horny Toad.  Didn't get nothing standing up on the concrete, so I went down on the rocks and cast under the bridge. Nothing.  I went back to the final step on the concrete and when I had about 8 feet to go before I pulled it out of the water a fish hit so hard it actually startled me and I jumped a little bit.  It was this 16" jumpin bullhead.

Kind of skinny, but the hit gave me my money's worth for coming out this morning.  I also got a small toothy on a green pumpkin craw tube.

I went to the Culvert, nothing.

I went to the Inlet and got a 13.5" bass out of the reeds along the road and that was my morning.

Semi-Stormy Morning, Caught Something Anyway

6:20-8:15AM
Conditions- Cloudy and breezy, some light rain and thunder turning Sunny

This is what it looked like when I arrived this morning.

I did get two good fish to take a b/b craw tube.  First one I didn't get the greatest hookset because I kind of thought I was snagged on the bridge.  It jumped and got off.  Could have easily been an 18" or bigger fish.  I didn't get a good look at it but it sure felt like it could have been a giant.  The second fish fought hard and came off down by my feet, but I didn't see it.  I was fishing on the edge of the rocks.

When the storm moved in I left and went to the Culvert.

The back side of the storm as it passed

Finally wrecked the Horny Toad a 9.25" fish

Hooked Solid 13.5"

They weren't at the juice but close.  I got 3 total on a white Horny Toad 9.25", 13.5", 10"

I went back and tried the GOMH but didn't get anything.

Got Something at the GOMH Anyway

15.15" yellow Spro Frog

8:15-9:35PM
Conditions- Sunny, Cool, light wind

I started out at the Culvert, nothing there.  Next I headed to the GOMH where Peter was fishing and Willard was talking.  Peter hadn't been out in a couple of weeks.  Willard tried fishing yesterday and didn't get anything.  I had a pike come out of the water trying for my Spro Frog.  I got a jumpin bullhead in the rice on the far side on a Spro and I missed one under the bridge on a craw  tube.

Horny Toad Goes BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! SWOOSH!

16" on the Horny Toad

5:45-7:45AM
Conditions- Cloudy, Sunny, Cloudy a breeze out of the S SW

I was first person at the GOMH so I took the NE shore.  All I got was one 11" j.b. on a b/b craw tube.

Next I headed to the Culvert and went right to "the juice", nothing.  I was just about to leave when I made one last cast way upstream aided by the wind and BAM! Fish on! 16 incher.  I made another cast way upstream aided by the wind. BAM! Fish on! 14.5 incher.  That process repeated itself 3 more times with each fish getting successively smaller ending on a 12 incher who just barely took it.  I made a couple more casts to the juice, nothing.

The Stanley 4/0 Double Take Frog Hook is the real deal for Zoom Horny Toads.  You don't even have to have the hooks firmly secured by plastic.  Both sides were ripped out on the Toad I was using..

I made a cast way upstream with a Spro Poppin Frog and I had a pike come flying out of the water trying to get it.  With that I was done.  The inlet didn't give me nothing.

I kinda get the feeling if I want to keep catching fish, I'm gonna have to get the Trophy out.   This area of MN didn't get the rain that most of the state saw in June and the fish just don't seem to be hanging at the GOMH like they did when the water was high.

Get Me To The Juice

17.25" Horny Toad

5:30-6:45AM
Conditions- Sunny with a light to moderate wind out of the South.  Storms on the Western Horizon

I was the second person to arrive at the GOMH, and the NE was taken.  I tried the NW and SW sides, nothing.  I then went to the Culvert with my mind set on going to "the juice" first thing with a Horny Toad.  I got a 14.25" on my first cast.  A 17.25" on my second cast. And a 15.5" on about my 6th cast.  That was it.  I fished the Inlet, no current no fish.  And that was my morning.

Don't Remember If I Caught Any Fish

Blogged 1-1-2015

But I was at the GOMH at Sunrise this morning.

Updated June 25th 2015.  This is what I caught that morning.

Morning Trip 3 Spots

16" Craw Tube at the Inlet

Conditions- Cloudy, cool, windy out of the NE, but not as bad as last night by 5mph some mist from the lake.

I fished all 3 stops.  Missed the first hit of the morning on a Spro Poppin Frog.  Got first fish on a Pure Poison 13" jb, broke off a 15" jb on a b/b craw tube, and got a 10.5 on a b/b Yabbie.

At the Culvert I landed a 13" jb on the Spro Frog and at the Inlet I got the 16" and a 21" pike on a green pumpkin craw tube.  I also missed a couple of bites at the Inlet.

I fished from 5:35-7:45am

A Good Night And Dogfish

16.75" Choked It!

I really need to get my act together, I have been fishing the past 2 weeks but not blogging anything.

Today I had my ICD check down in the cities.  By the time I got back North the temps dropped from the low 80's to around 70 degrees.  By the time I got out around 8PM it was mostly cloudy and the wind was whipping out of the N NE.  I went to the Sullivan Inlet first and there was almost no current and I didn't get a bite.

Next I headed to the culvert where I got a 16.75" and a 16.25" on a white Horny Toad.  I also missed a couple of hits.  When I arrived at the GOMH there were 2 cars there with nobody fishing on the N side, so I headed to the NE side and as I was on my way a guy came across and told me he and the kids he brought had gotten some little jumpers and he claimed he had a big golden bullhead break him off while fishing a surface frog.  Needless to say, I took that report with a grain of salt.  I got a 12.75" jumper right away on the Pure Poison.  I switched up to a green pumpkin craw tube and got nailed by this critter.

I figured it was 23" but didn't measure it real close.  She frayed my line and broke my tube.  So I switched to b/b craw tube on another rod and I got a 15" and a 14" jumper on that.  I left around 9:45PM

Bass Snatcher Serpent Lake Tournament

My Boater Dave Branum from the Morning We Pre-fished

Conditions: Cloudy in the morning turning sunny then partly cloudy.  Wind from almost calm to about 10mph out of the S SE.  It did sprinkle for a little while.  I could have used less wind.

My Plan- I was really hoping the wind would stay low enough to allow me to fish topwater all day.  After the pre-fish I figured it was a plan that had a chance of winning the tournament.  Honestly, I usually don't fish thinking I am going to win a tournament, but that was my mind set on this one.

The Day- I believe we blasted off around 6:40AM and we got our starting spot.  Well one caveat to that statement.  We got our starting spot, which was a fairly big area, but there was a non-competitors boat fishing right in the middle of it.  We did get to start on the spot where we got the double and I got 2 smallies.  It took about 10 to 15 minutes, but I got a 15" largie on a Paycheck Baits Repo Man.  I think I missed a hit and noticed on a couple of casts I had fish following but not hitting.  So I took the Repo Man off and went to the KVD Dawg.  I got a 14.25" and a 15.25" on that.  Dave got 1 or two fish.  The other boat landed a few as well.  Eventually we moved on the other side of the other boat.  I had a nice pike blow up on the KVD.  Then it got calm for a little while.  I started throwing a gold Frenzy Popper and I got 13.75" and a 12.5" on that.  The other boat left and the wind came up.  We weren't getting bites so we left.

Our next spot was a weedline where we got a few pre-fishing including 1 nice smallie.  The wind was blowing here pretty good.  I started out throwing the KVD Dawg, then a Kelly J, then a Strike King Spinnerbait.  I got a hit right away on the spinnerbait, but it was a slimmer.  I did get a 10 bass and 13.25" bass on the Kelly J.

We moved to a sunken island with weeds and rocks.  I culled out my 2 smallest with a 15.25" and a 14" on the Repo Man.  Dave got himself a nice smallie (2-10) and lost a another better largemouth as he was bring it to the boat.  I decided to throw a Lake Fork Craw Tube for a little bit and was quickly rewarded with a 16.25" largie (1-15).  I started catching a bunch of rock bass as well.

Next we headed to our starting area.  The wind was blowing pretty good there.  I started experimenting with lipless cranks.  I was on my 4th one, a 3/4oz chart/red Red Eye Shad, when  I had a 15 to 16 inch largemouth hit it. It only had one hook and got off.  I then caught a hammer handle.  Then I got the fish I was looking for, a good smallmouth.  It hit on the end of a long cast and shot up out of the water trying to throw my bait.  It then swam towards the boat.  Reeling as fast as I could I was able to keep up with it.  I had it about 4 feet from the net when it tail walked and came off.  I would say it was 17" inch 3lb class fish.  I ended up catching a rock bass and a perch on the Red Eye as well.

We moved to a weedline that was protected from the wind.  I started throwing the Repo Man.  A 17" or so smallie jumped on it about 12 feet out from the boat.  It missed the bait and must have seen me because it didn't come back for it.  Dave got a largemouth, which helped him and then he dropped one that had to be at least 3 1/2 lbs, probably a bit more.

We went back to the island where Dave got the smallmouth. I don't remember if he caught anything but rock bass.  I got a couple of rock bass on the Red Eye.  We finished up on our starting spot.  I got a couple of rock bass on the craw tube.

Results-   My 6 fish weighed 9lbs 8ozs which put me in 24th Place with 26 anglers fishing. Dave's fish went 10lbs 15ozs and put him in 11th Place.  The winner was Darren Kiefer with 14lbs 5ozs and Lunker went to Bill Ludenia with a 4-1 largemouth, at least I think it was a largemouth.  Bill came in 2nd with 13-14.  Everyone got a limit.  Fishing was tougher than expected.

Thoughts-  Like I said in quick report  I had the bites to do well, Top 10 for sure, and my boater had the fish on to contend for the win, but our execution left something to be desired.  Part of my execution problem stems from the rod I was throwing the Red Eye Shad on.  The rod is a Lamiglas Excel 735.  Great for throwing a long cast, but not forgiving enough for playing the fish.  It's great a rod for frogs and dipper style swimbaits, but treble hook lures not so much..  On a softer rod I may have gotten both of the one's I lost.

I can't really do anything about a fish that misses my topwater lure.  I played that fish perfect, letting the topwater sit before starting it up again and then throwing a follow up lure.  That fish saw me and was gone.  The wind was such that I didn't get to throw topwater as much as I wanted too.

Next Tournament Leech Lake July 19th.

Foggy Morning

Sun breaking through at the Sullivan Inlet

Blogged 12-31-14

I believe this was the day before the Serpent Lake Tournament.  I think I got a couple of fish at the GOMH, but a couple of guys came and fished inside of me on the NE side.  I bailed and went to the Culvert. There I struck gold with these fish.   I also fished at the Sullivan Inlet.  It was a short trip to the best of my recollection.

20" Horny Toad

16" Horny Toad

A Good Night w/ Thunderstorm

16.75" Horny Toad at the Inlet

Blogged 12-31-14

I believe this was the same night M.T. got some cool pics of the Thunderstorm from Onamia.  I don't think I had gotten out yet this week.  I started at the Inlet and there was a good bite there on Horny Toad's and Craw Tube's until the thunderstorm hit.  I then drove to the Culvert until the Thunderstorm passed and the fish were on fire there.  I also hit up the GOMH and got at least one good bullhead there as well.

17" Horny Toad 

17.25" Horny Toad 

18.25" on the Horny Toad, obviously.

18.75" Craw Tube