I got in my second day of pre-fishing yesterday.  I went with a friend, DJ Morrison.  I have to say, it was a little bit of a frustrating day, but it was productive enough.  Yesterday the goal was to try and find a back up plan if my pattern I found my first day of pre-fishing didn’t hold up next week.  I was actually really hoping to find an area with some murkier water to be able to fall back on if I needed to in the tournament, but I had no such luck.   [Read more…]

I fished Lake Travis today in preparation for my ATX tournament there on the 22nd of this month.  It went fairly well.  I’ve established a pretty good pattern that I feel confident will still be there come tournament day.  Actually, I’ve been fishing the same basic pattern at all the lakes I’ve been fishing since the Fishing For Freedom tournament at Belton.  It’s a pretty classic autumn pattern, and I’m actually really surprised that there are very few guys who have got it figured out.   [Read more…]

I planned to go fishing on Halloween this year with a guy from my bass club on Lake Travis.  The primary purpose for the trip though wasn’t necessarily to fish.  I had to try and get my livewells operating since they were experiencing problems at the last tournament.  I figured if I had the boat in the water then I might as well let someone else spend some time fishing out of the front of the boat.   [Read more…]

I’ll make a quick post about how my last club tournament went on Lake LBJ back on October 25th.  Long story short, I got third, won a little cash, and gained some major ground in the point standings for the season.  Here’s the breakdown:

Pre-fishing: Generally speaking I like to give myself three days of pre-fishing before I fish any tournament.   [Read more…]

On October 10th I fished in the annual Fishing For Freedom tournament on Belton Lake.  This was a very exciting event for me because it was my first “big” tournament to participate in since getting home from my mission back in 2006.  I heard about this tournament from another angler in my club because the organizers were trying to rally up more boaters to fish in it.   [Read more…]