This was the last ABA day time tournament of the season. With the weather we have had the bed fish were hard to find so we just decided to hit some of our normal areas and see how it played out. We had a rough morning throwing jerkbaits, carolina rigs, dropshots, topwaters, etc. and just couldn't get them to go. Our first fish didnt come until around 10:30 and happened to be a solid fish. We decided to move to a spot that produced earlier in the year and it once again paid off with our biggest fish of the day, a spawned out female that weighed 5.49lbs. We finished our day there and filled out our limit and culled a few times throwing carolina rigs. We finished in 8th place with a total of 14.12lbs.
With the season over, now comes night tournaments which are always a blast. Looking forward to them and the championship at Lake Havasu at the end of the year.
Having not fished Canyon Lake much in the last 10 years, I went into the day completely blind. I decided to start throwing a dropshot in old areas but after a few minutes I gave up on it and decided to throw a topwater. It was the best decision I ever made fishing. A few minutes later I had my first fish, a 7lb largemouth and 2 other blowups. I went back down the bank and hooked into a 5lb largemouth. I ran with that bait all morning fishing similar banks and had 4 fish for 20lbs by 7am, and a limit for 24.5lbs by 8am. I was able to cull once and moved my limit over 25lbs. I continued to catch fish after fish all morning and throughout the day. I had fish chasing the bait, blowing up on it, and choking it, was just a perfect storm for me. I even caught a few I saw on beds as was covering water. It was hands down the best day for average size, and bites that I have had. The weigh-in was interesting as my competitor caught over 21lbs late in the day, but I took the W.
