I was able to prefish for the event with my uncle and we found a decent squarebill bite later in the day after the water warmed up. It was main lake since the river end was extremely muddy from the recent rains. I knew it was going to be a tough tournament under rising, cold, muddy water conditions and figured the best bite would be some sort of reaction bait.
The morning of the tournament was warmer than during practice but the mudslick had moved into the main lake and the visibility went from 3-4ft to less than 1ft. My partner and I decided to stick with the plan and throw crankbaits and reaction baits in the coves where the water was a little calmer and warmer. The bite didn't pick up until about 12:30 and it was too little too late. We did catch a few small keepers but not the size from practice. If we had to do it over again, would have thrown something different early in the morning, more than likely a small profile jig or something similar. The next tournament is at Apache Lake and that should be a slugfest with some high weight totals.
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