Friday, April 23, 2010

Sea Trout Tournament by Bounty Fishing

BountyFishing's tournament of the week for April 26th-May 2nd is for Sea Trout so make sure you sign up and get hunting for some gator trout! Bounty Fishing is free to sign up and the tournaments run for 1 week each paying out the top 10 spots. The tournaments cost $19 for the whole week or $7 if you are just planning to fish one day. You compete against anyone around the country that can fish for that particular species. We have a huge advantage here in the bay area because we have some monster trout! Make sure you click on the link below and get signed up!





Monday, April 19, 2010

Lake Tarpon Report 4/17/2010-Xtreme Bass Tournament

Finally, we got some active fish as we fished our 3rd Xtreme Bass Series Tournament on Lake Tarpon this past weekend. The weather conditions were perfect on Saturday for a healthy bite and the bass did not dissapoint! Unfortunately, we couldn't get a kicker in the boat but we caught over 30 fish on the day with a 9-lb limit. The top three spots were around 14, 12, and 11 pounds respectively with big bass about 4.5 pounds.
We started the day on the East side of the lake using topwater and texas rigged junebug culprits mostly. They were hitting topwater for about the first 45 minutes but the action on top died off and we started getting bit on the T-rigs dragged through the grass and reeds. We were able to get one keeper (14 inch) on top water and one on a worm before moving in and getting two keepers off of docks with a Junebug Bitters sling. After several hours, we decided to move on in pursuit of some larger fish. We hit the mid-lake area on the West side and were able to find a little better quality but still no kicker. We got a few in the two pound range under docks and another two pounder in the grass on a lipless bait to fill out our limit at around 9-lbs. Overall, the weather was great and the fishing was excellent! Oh ya,and the new Nitro 929 ran like a dream!! Kev and I had a great time on the water and thats what it's all about!

Water temp:74-75 degrees
Air temp: 70-85 degrees
Partly cloudy, pre-front conditions
wind: calm in the morning,SSW 5-10 w/ gusts to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Bounty Fishing Bass Tournament

BountyFishing.com is having a largemouth bass fishing tournament for the Southern region of the United States from April 19th-25th. The tournament is $19 for the week or $7 for any one individual day. It pays the top 10 spots with first place paying $225! Click on the link below, it is free to join and create a member page. You simply sign up at the site then follow the instructions to enter your fish into the contest! I am having fun with it although I have not won any cash yet! I am registered as Nowski so stop by my page if you sign up!