Tournament 2 of the MBC Super Teams was one I was looking forward to. I had fished the week before and had found some quality fish and was hoping to capitalize on that. My partner and I had an early draw number and planned to head to the same area as where I had fished the week before. Another tournament was going out at the same time that did a shotgun start that created some havoc but we safely made it to our first area. The plan was to throw squarebill crankbaits in the shallow grass with brush. Within the first few casts we had our first fish in the boat. It looked like the same bite was still there, the only difference was that the water had fallen almost 2ft from the previous weekend. We fished the area thoroughly for the first hour plus and had 2 in the livewell with plenty of short fish. The quality wasn't there, we think they moved out due to the falling water and the bigger trees and brush were almost out of the water at this point. We made a move to an area my partner had caught two nice kicker fish last weeks in hopes of the same luck. We threw topwater, jigs, and flipped the trees but couldn't get a bite out of the area. We made a move hoping the buzzbait bite would still be on, on the shallow flats. We worked that flat and the drop near it with everything we had but no luck. We took a minute to regather our thought to try and figure the day out.We decided to go back to what was working and throw squarebills in flats and over points. The idea worked as we headed to our next area we had a fish within a few casts and another a few minutes after that. With 4 in the livewell and catching plenty of short fish we knew we had the right pattern. We worked a massive area for that 5th keeper but couldn't find it there. With 30 minutes left we headed back to where we started hoping for that last keeper. It was the right move, all the way in the back of a cover over some rock and grass, we got that limit fish and it felt like a huge pressure was lifted. It gave us that extra boost we needed and we fished as hard as we could for a kicker that last 20 minutes. We came in to the scales with a small limit that we grinded out.
Looking back I think we missed the small clues that the winners picked up on. The falling water pushed the bigger fish out to the next drop. They were still eating shad and bluegill but a little deeper that they previously were. We had the right basis but should have mixed it up shallow with the squarebills and also a little deeper on the secondary drops with deeper running crankbaits. Congrats to the winners, the Kreuzers, they did a great job figuring it out when everyone else struggled to find that bigger bite.
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