David Jordan
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I finnaly had my new motor broken in enough to take it tour our club tournament last sunday. Weather, 95 clear and hot, location NH.
Well I stated trying top water no luck,
Jigs, ringworms, C-rig, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, spider grub, shallow deep ect no bites for 3 hours and I know the bass are in these spots. Nothing!
I finally switched to a 5 inch senko and got bite but could not hook up. I decided to change colors and switch to a 4" bluegill senko texas rigged no wieght.
Bang, 4 cast 3 fish from the smae spot. No change in technique just a bait change. Now I'm not a deicated senko guy and I'm skeptical of these things having magic powers. Sure I've caught fish on them before but not in such a convincing manor. I had 4 spots that hold good bass. They were all bunched up on each spot in a 10' area on each of those locations. By the end of the tournement I had 15 keepers. I lost a 3 & 6 pounder in the trees. I finished in second place w/ 11-6 for 5 fish. I mised 1st and lunker by 3 oz. my biggest was 4-2. I tried other baits during the day but only this senko worked. I ran out of senko's w/ 1 hour left. Oh well guess I need more. I lost the 6 pounder early and still came back to catch a 3 and 4 # bass.
Aside note: I swear that concentration level is key to doing well. I feel you control your destiny to some extent.
Some times you fish hard but don't do well. Those times that you concentrate and tune in to what your doing wins more tournaments than fishing hard. It's very hard to do. You find your self switching loctions or going to places that for no reason except it feels right. When your tuned in, just left your mind direct you. This is tiring but that seems to work. You know when your going to catch a fish before you cast. I don't know how else to explain this except read about Rick clunn's approch.
BTW the moor worked great.
Well I stated trying top water no luck,
Jigs, ringworms, C-rig, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, spider grub, shallow deep ect no bites for 3 hours and I know the bass are in these spots. Nothing!
I finally switched to a 5 inch senko and got bite but could not hook up. I decided to change colors and switch to a 4" bluegill senko texas rigged no wieght.
Bang, 4 cast 3 fish from the smae spot. No change in technique just a bait change. Now I'm not a deicated senko guy and I'm skeptical of these things having magic powers. Sure I've caught fish on them before but not in such a convincing manor. I had 4 spots that hold good bass. They were all bunched up on each spot in a 10' area on each of those locations. By the end of the tournement I had 15 keepers. I lost a 3 & 6 pounder in the trees. I finished in second place w/ 11-6 for 5 fish. I mised 1st and lunker by 3 oz. my biggest was 4-2. I tried other baits during the day but only this senko worked. I ran out of senko's w/ 1 hour left. Oh well guess I need more. I lost the 6 pounder early and still came back to catch a 3 and 4 # bass.
Aside note: I swear that concentration level is key to doing well. I feel you control your destiny to some extent.
Some times you fish hard but don't do well. Those times that you concentrate and tune in to what your doing wins more tournaments than fishing hard. It's very hard to do. You find your self switching loctions or going to places that for no reason except it feels right. When your tuned in, just left your mind direct you. This is tiring but that seems to work. You know when your going to catch a fish before you cast. I don't know how else to explain this except read about Rick clunn's approch.
BTW the moor worked great.