Brian Ingersoll
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I just finished my second Stren tournament on Kentucky Lake. From what I know about the lake, I felt it would take about 12 a day to get a check and 15 to 16 a day to make the top ten cut.
I went to the lake Saturday with my team partner to check my areas from past years and hopefully get a lock on productive baits. We got there a little late and my first spot was a bust, not a single bite. The next spot things made a turn for the better. We went down a stretch of bank very quickly and pulled three good fish off of it. The next stop produced two good ones then we pulled up and left. We checked quite a few holes and caught fish at almost every one, leaving after a couple good fish. By the end of the day we had 20-25 keepers with the best five going about 16 to 17 and the next best five going about 14 to 15. We were getting bit on almost anything we could throw, but I had narrowed it down to a jig for open brush and a tube for grassy areas. I had most of my fish in 6 to 18 inches of water with one spot with 3 to 4 foot of water. I ended the day with four holes to hit that were holding good concentrations of fish. Sunday we went fun fishing down the lake from where the tournament was launching so as not to burn my fish.
Then the cold front came through!:angry:
I think mother nature pays as much attention to the tournament schedules as we do the weather forecast. A cold front came through that dropped temps from lows of mid 50's and highs of upper 70's to highs of upper 50's and lows around freezing. The water temps had dropped around 8 degrees, going from the upper 60
I went to the lake Saturday with my team partner to check my areas from past years and hopefully get a lock on productive baits. We got there a little late and my first spot was a bust, not a single bite. The next spot things made a turn for the better. We went down a stretch of bank very quickly and pulled three good fish off of it. The next stop produced two good ones then we pulled up and left. We checked quite a few holes and caught fish at almost every one, leaving after a couple good fish. By the end of the day we had 20-25 keepers with the best five going about 16 to 17 and the next best five going about 14 to 15. We were getting bit on almost anything we could throw, but I had narrowed it down to a jig for open brush and a tube for grassy areas. I had most of my fish in 6 to 18 inches of water with one spot with 3 to 4 foot of water. I ended the day with four holes to hit that were holding good concentrations of fish. Sunday we went fun fishing down the lake from where the tournament was launching so as not to burn my fish.
Then the cold front came through!:angry:
I think mother nature pays as much attention to the tournament schedules as we do the weather forecast. A cold front came through that dropped temps from lows of mid 50's and highs of upper 70's to highs of upper 50's and lows around freezing. The water temps had dropped around 8 degrees, going from the upper 60
