ABA Couples Bass Tournament Lake Walk in Water March 31st 2012
Radar and Tomi
Paul and Anna
Doc and Gwen
I did take videos but my SD card corrupted again. I bought a new one so hopefully next tournament you can see the weighin, anyhow Walk in Water was very windy Saturday morning as we headed for the bulrush weed line in the Northeast corner. Anna and I started tossing #7 silver black back shad raps along the edge and I managed to hang up very quickly. As I ventured to remove my bait from the reed Anna stuck a nice 1.5 pound fish and we quickly put it in the boat while my shad rap was still dangling on the reed. So I again motored to get my bait when Anna yelled that she had another one. I netted it and another 1.25 fish made it to the livewell. OK, maybe I’ll be able to get my bait after that fish as I looked back at her casting out her lure. I did get my lure and we fished some more. We caught our limit by 7:45 am but no big uns. A couple came on the Junebug trickworm and some more on the shadrap but we culled by tenths of an ounce at a time.
We took off to the mouth of the creek on the north end but the wind was way too strong and I don’t have a power pole. Hmmm, maybe time to look for one. We then ventured to the south and fished the small reed islands. I had a nice hit on the trickworm and it pulled me under the boat. I must have caught a small bit of skin on the fish as it became unbuttoned without even a peak at her size. It felt nice and I was pretty disappointed. We did catch a few small ones but nothing bigger than what we had.
At 1:30 pm we ventured out to a brush pile just outside the ramp. My trolling motor batteries were dead (I just bought some new ones after this tournament) and we drifted toward the marker. I tossed a #9 shadrap and managed to hook up with a nice one. The battle was on as it jumped and Anna netted her nicely. The fish ws almost 5 and 1/2 pounds. We motored and drifted about 5 more times without another fish then it was time to go.
Congrats to Radar and Tomi with 13+ pounds for the win. We managed 2nd at 11 + pounds and Doc and Gwen took 3rd. Next month it will be off to Lake Rousseau!








