MBC Seniors - Roosevelt Lake - Oct. 13th

This was the first tournament of the season for the MBC Seniors Series. 47 boats turned out along, which was a great turnout consideringthere were 3 other tournaments on Roosevelt that day. My partner and I found some fish the Sunday previous and were hoping they were still there since we were the first day out of a nasty cold snap. We had an early number and made the short run to our spot and beat nine other boats that were right behind us. We started throwing squarebill crankbaits and that seemed to be the ticket. Within a few minutes we had out first fish, and were culling by 7am. We kept switching it up but the sqaurebills seemed to be the ticket and we just made sure each of us threw a different color so see if they had a preference. As the day progressed it seemed the fish in the grass were chasing bluegill instead of shad and the bigger fish were eating the bluegill crankbait. We moved around throughtout the day but each time we came back to the cut we started we culled a fish. We found a massive bait ball as we were searching deeper water for a kicker fish, threw out the A-rig and instantly hooked up, figured it was the kicker we needed. It ended up culling but nowhere near the kicker size we needed. We kept trying that pattern but to no avail, we couldn't find those fish on that bait again and we had to head back into launch. We weighed 8.41lbs, good enough for 13th, we lost a few that would have really helped, but that's fishing. All in all the bite was better than we were hoping and was a great day on the water. Can't wait for the next tournament on Nov. 17th at Alamo Lake.