MBC Super Teams - Alamo Lake - Sept. 29

With my boat in the shop, I figured fishing was out of the questions. My friend Mike called me up and asked if I wanted to go, we'd take his Ranger Z20. It had been too long since I had gone and I had to say yes. Alamo Lake is one of those lakes where anything and everything could work at any given part of the day. Without any prefish, it was a total guess, so we planed to power fish reaction baits, if that didn't work we'd rely on soft plastics and jigs the rest of the day. The ride up Friday night was long but the conversation fun, and even better once we got to the lake. You have to love hanging out with friends the night before a tournament, never a dull moment.
The morning came super quick, and we loaded the Ranger in the water about 5:15 waiting for safe light, around 5:45. We were third flight due in at 3:30. We took off down the lake towards the dam, hoping to find a topwater and squarebill bite. Within minutes the bite was on and strong. The sight of blowups on a Rico, and the brutal strikes on a squarebill make for some fun fishing. We kept catching slot fish after slot fish which, we could only keep 2 between 13 & 16 inches. Once the bite slowed we decided to keep moving around and try new water. After a few stops and fish that wouldn't help our weight we went to a cove with flooded grass with stickups and stained water. While we caught fish on Senkos and buzzbaits, we just couldnt cull up. We decided to try the outside on the point leading in on a drop that was covered in grass at 7ft and dropped to 22ft covered with rock and brush. I threw a deep crankbait and my partner switched up from a shakey head to a senko anytime fish boiled next to the boat, we filled our limit with the smaller fish right away and once I switched to the carolina rig, we were culling cast after cast. That rock pile was holding fish that were demolishing a Baby Brush Hog and my partner was catching them on a Crazy Legs Chigger Craw. We decided to make a move because we needed a kicker fish, we decided to head towards the river side which once we got there was nearly pure mud and 1-2 inches visibility. We tried sqaurebills, pitches t-rigs, and spinnerbaits but could seem to find any fish to help. We then made our decision to hit rocky points with soft plastics, since it worked for us earlier. It was a great move since we caught and culled many more times. We worked each and every point, trying to get an over (16+ inch fish) but to no avail. All in all, it was a great time out on the water with tons of fish caught. While we didn't win, it was much needed time with friends and competition on the water and a learning experience. Sorry for no footage, the fish didn't cooperate, everytime the camera was on, no fish, everytime it was off we got bit! Guess they must have known.
Congrats to Doug and Dean on the win, it was much deserved. Thank you Paul and MBC for putting on such a great tournament. I would also like to thank all my sponsors, without you I wouldn't be out able to do what I love. It was a great start to the season and I'm looking forward to the rest of the year.