| Bruce Camp's Local Fishing Report Feb. 9th edition |
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The retirees have fished a few times since I last reported. First from Lake Norman, Mack Wyatt and Johnny Christainberry picked up a win with 6.40. They also had big bass of the day with a 2.0. James Haynes and Tommy Wess were a close second with 6.20 followed by David O’Shields and J R Henry with 5.95.
The next week the old-timers hit Lake Wylie and once again Wyatt and Christainberry took top honors with 5.15. Ronnie Humphries fished solo and had 3.90 to claim second, he anchored that with big bass of the day, a 2.95 large mouth. Fred Wright and Doug Sparrow were third with 3.25.
February 24th, the BassMaster Classic will kick-off on the Red River out of Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana. The anglers will be allowed to fish Pools 3, 4 and 5. Many predict pool 5 to be where it will be won. However, according to one local professional fisherman, that may not be the case. “I think it could be pool 4 or 5, it’s all going to depend on the weather between now and then”, says Matt Arey. “If it doesn’t get cold, those bass could move up and it be a dream come true for flipping, if it turns cold, crankbaits will likely dominate like last years Classic,” he added.
Another local professional, Andy Montgomery says, “I think flipping stumps, and matts of vegetation in the back waters is where it will be won.” Montgomery didn’t pick any certain pool or area, just stating any of them could be good.
In last year’s Classic, you may remember, most started out with spinnerbaits and quickly fell behind eventual winner Kevin Van Dam who used a square bill crankbait to pick the big’uns one after another, despite having several anglers within casting distance.
Jason Wilson, another local pro and owner of the Great Outdoors in Cherryville adds his thoughts. “The fish are going to be shallow and moving up, it will be like last year, the square bill crankbaits and even spinnerbaits will be dominate”. When I ask Jason about someone staying in Pool 3 (where the launch is) and utilizing that time to fish instead of travel, could it pay off? “It could, most of your guys are going to (pools) 4 or 5, so someone could get on a couple good spots and make it work for them. But that’s a long shot, it’s better fishing in the other two.”
Matt Arey added, “The man that uses his time the best will win, you can travel a lot down there or have several spots fairly close together and put the trolling motor down and cover the water and make it work for you.”
While I hit up the Cherryville young man, I had to hit up my buddy Guy Eaker for his thoughts as well. “The winner will be someone using a crankbait and possibly a spinnerbait to cover the water and then flips a jig in some of those nasty looking logs and stumps and gets a big kicker fish, I predict it will be won in Pool 4”.
All agreed it will be a very interesting tournament with good even great catches and the man that uses his time well while actually fishing and makes no mistakes will win.
If anyone has any suggestions on stories or pictures of their catch or kill, you can e-mail me at plail5@carolina.rr.com. TITLE THE E-MAIL STORY OR PICTURE “FOR SHOPPER” OR I WILL ASSUME IT’S JUNK MAIL AND NOT OPEN IT.
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