Fishing on a String Tournament Trails

Aaron Johnson, who fished the boater side in this weekends bfl, came into the scales huffing and puffing as he carried his 21.03 pound bag up to the scales. Aaron took home $4,359.00 for his day on the water. You can see all the results by clicking the link   http://bfl.flwoutdoors.com/tournament.cfm?cid=2&t=results&tid=6426&mc=0 Sorry for such a short report but maybe the video will help answer what they did to catch their fish. This event drew 125 boaters and 125 co anglers         

Keith Melton who fished the co angler side of the bfl this weekend went home a lot richer, by taking home a very nice check worth $2,179.00. As I tryed to help Keith with his bag of fish, I could see his hands tremble, I told him he had it made now he could just relax, I don't think he quit shaking until he left this evening. Congratulations Keith       

The Texas Super Team Tournament Trail held their final '09 event this Sunday, and as the director stated "I guess we just pay to much back" This event only drew a 43 team field and paid out $21,500.00. The winning team of A.R. Johnson and Herb Newhouse came to the scales with a sack of fish that weighed 20.26 pounds ancored by the big bass of the event which weighed 8.63 pounds. The team took home $10,500 dollars for their efforts. To find out more about this trail please click the link    http://www.legendbassboats.com/index.php/texassuperteam.html    

The team of Phil Hennigan and Bobby Barreraz cam to the scales with a healthy sack of fish that weighed 19.43 pounds. The team took home $4,000.00 for their efforts today.    

The team of Brian Brandon and Dustin Robison came to the scales with a good sack of fish today that weighed 18.94 pounds which was good enough for 3rd place and a check of $3000.00

Congratulations guy's and thank you for allowing us to be apart of your day.  

First I apologize to the winners of the event George Jeane Jr. on the boater's side and Co Angler winner Robert Moore for not getting your photos. I believe George Jeane said he was throwing a drop shot to catch his fish and I am really sure that Robert said he and his boater were fishing in housing throwing rattle traps over the grass.  The tournament drew 126 boater and 126 co anglers and ole Toledo Bend still refused to give up her bounty of big girls and to prove it, there were only 103 boaters that weighed fish and of those there were only 22 five fish limits. On the co angler's side there were only 79 anglers that weighed fish and only 6 had a five fish limit. For a better report with interviews of the anglers please check out The Lakecaster on line by clicking the link  http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/community-news/lc/ and for those anglers looking for standings they can click the BFL Link   http://bfl.flwoutdoors.com/tournament.cfm?dpl=1&all=1&sr=1&rpp=50&cid=2&t=results&tid=6425&mc=0&coAngler=0&sort=pl   I did get some photo's of a few anglers that had fish, so click the photo to get a better look. Finally got the co angler video to work. Until next time I will see you onn the water.
 Jay                 

Andrew Upshaw won the boater side of the weekend series with 16.85 pounds using a Talon football jig. See the video for details. Click here for ABA link to get full results on both Boater and Co angler weights   http://www.abaproam.com/results/328.pdf

The Co angler winner of the Bass Weekend Series was Brandon Lejeune who could only weigh in 3 fish and boy did he make the most of it, Brandon said he had 5 bites today and he kept the best 3. For more info see the video.     

Congratulations to John Gillard for claiming 2nd in the BWS this weekend, John brought in a sack of fish that weighed 14.27 pounds. I am very sorry for not getting an interview with John, but I did get the video of him weighing his fish.     

First I want to wish all the guy's fishing Bass Champs good luck this weekend. Since I am not fishing any events this weekend, I decided to go out and see if the fish are moving any. Well I found several small just keeper fish shallow using a white spinner bait on the back side of the grass. The water temp's are moving up and I found 58 to 60 today, but remember that is surface temps. I moved back out to the 20 foot range and threw the same Santone blueberry jig tipped with an E2 doodle bug and I found this girl eating in about eighteen foot of water. She was no 6 pounder but still a good fish any way you look at it.   For those of you looking for tournament results I apologize but the lack of paying sponsors has forced me to slow down my driving to events that I am not entered in just to do reports. Until next time I will see you on the water. (maybe I will get my video camera out and do a little filming of the smaller fish) Good luck to all.    Jay                     

January 13, 2010, I decided to go out and fish a little due to the weather turning a few degrees warmer and what a great trip it turned out to be.   With the weather being so cold and the water temps in the 47 to 50 range, I decided to flip some hydrilla that was in the 18' to 20' range, I was using a 3/4 oz Santone Rattlin jig in blueberry color, tipped with a e2 black and blue Doodle Bug when this monster hit. I am still in a little shock over the size of this fish, and it looked bigger in real life.   I did not have a scale in the boat, so the best I could do was to photograph the fish on my check it stick. As you can tell the fish went over 24 inchs which just means to me it was at least 9 pounds and maybe more. All I can say is if your not fishing Toledo Bend this time of year your missing the boat. I want to thank Santone lures and E2 baits for putting out a great product and one that really produces. Until next time I will see you on the water.