MBC Seniors - Nov. 17th - Alamo Lake

With the weather stabilizing after a front and bluebird skies, along with the lake turning over, the tournament at Alamo Lake looked like it was going to be a tough one, as had previous tournaments all month. The tough conditions didn't disappoint, it was some of the roughest fishing I have ever suffered through.
The weather was gorgeous and we were hoping to get on a reaction bite throwing crankbaits, topwaters, and A-rigs. After a couple hours and a few mainlake points and pockets we still had an empty bag. We saw some birds diving in the water and headed to the area. There were shad everywhere and birds eating them, but we couldn't buy a bite. We decided to make a move to some main lake structure near flats and fished those extensively without any luck as well. About 12:30 the wind started picking up and we chose to change up our plan and fished across the steep points. Within a few minutes we hooked up with our first fish of the day, a solid 3lb largemouth. That fish gave us some much needed energy and we ran that pattern the rest of the day. We made another pass fishing with the wind to our backs and picked up fish, a decent slot. That was it for our day, two bites, and we were very proud of those. We finished 6th place, 4.22lbs, and took the Big Fish honors with the 3.00lb largemouth. There were 9 teams that blanked and 6.49lbs won the tournament. We caught our fish on carolina-rigged baby brush hogs, it was just a pressure bite, you'd move the bait and they were just there.
The trip was the inaugural trip for the new tow vehicle. My partner bought a 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 MegaCab diesel. That is one of the nicest riding diesel trucks I have been in, and it has so much room its ridiculous. The ride back home was long but entertaining. Let's just hope the next tournament the fish are cooperating a little better.