| Bass fishing is my passion, and I am going to take | | | | foot to five feet, all day long we managed to |
| you on a trip that would excite even the best of | | | | boat thirty two bass ranging in size from two to |
| fishermen. Me and Ed Majors, my brother-in-law, | | | | five pounds each. We fished shallow roadbeds, |
| have been fishing together for a long time. It was | | | | points, humps and anything that consisted of |
| one week prior to fishing a major tournament | | | | skinny water. |
| that we fish every year for charity. We decided | | | | It was late September on Lake Logan Martin in |
| to go out and practice. Well, this practice trip | | | | Alabama. Even though the water is still quiet |
| turned out to be one of the best trips we'd ever | | | | warm this time of year, the bass are preparing |
| been on in our lives! | | | | for winter. This is the time of year when they |
| It was the end of September and we both knew | | | | group up and are easy to catch. But, also, in early |
| what we had to do. We decided, basically, to go | | | | fall the weather changes drastically and quickly. |
| with a soft plastic bait called a Fluke and top | | | | One day it will be 85 degrees and the next it will |
| water baits like Zara Spooks. We started out | | | | be 60. This has a big impact on bass fishing here. |
| fishing a shallow water hump that ranged from | | | | So, come tournament day, everything changed. |
| one foot to five feet. As soon as we pulled up to | | | | The blast off time for the tournament was safe |
| this fishing hole it was on! The first cast landed a | | | | daylight, but the fog rolled in. All 50 boats were |
| three pounder and every cast after that we | | | | crowded around waiting for the fog to lift so we |
| pulled in a fish ranging in size from two to four | | | | could take off safely. It took nearly two hours |
| pounds. When we had fished this spot out, we | | | | for the fog to clear. We raced to our first stop, |
| had landed about ten fish. We then headed to the | | | | where we had caught our biggest fish, but came |
| next place. This was a long, shallow tapering point | | | | away empty handed. We tried our next spot and |
| and again the first cast netted us a five pounder. | | | | same thing - zilch! It was like that all day long. We |
| We sat there and caught fish after fish on a | | | | managed to catch four fish that would measure. |
| Fluke. By eight o'clock in the morning we had | | | | Come weigh-in time, twenty five boats had |
| boated twenty bass ranging from two to five | | | | zeroed out and the winner only had 12 pounds. |
| pounds. Our best five probably would have tipped | | | | Fall fishing is a very complicated time to fish |
| the scale at seventeen or eighteen pounds. This | | | | because of the different fronts that constantly |
| would be a stringer anyone would be proud of. | | | | move thru. Weather does play a big part in bass |
| But the day got even better. After the sun came | | | | fishing, so be patient and stay focused. That fall |
| up good, we continued to throw Flukes and crank | | | | fishing trip could turn into one of the most |
| baits all day. Fishing shallow structure, meaning one | | | | memorable days you'll ever have! |