Heartland Tourney

[Troy Gregg]

Well theTeam series of the Heartland Tourney took place today and we saw some pretty hefty bags cross the scales....

Top 25 places got a check today and you had to have around 16 lbs to get paid.

Dave Barker and Billy Bird led the pack with 19.76 lbs

Tim Sainato and ? Redford placed second with 18.85 lbs

Sean Kowal and his partner finished third with 18.76 lbs

4th and 5th were both over 18lbs and the weights only dropped by ounces through the entire top 25. What a day to be on the Rock !!!

Big Bass today was 7.24 lbs and the top three big bass recieved a check, but it had to be over 6.49lbs to get one of those.

103 boats turned out today... It was tough for some and others continued to find that good bite from the Blacks; one or two mixed bags in the top as well.

I will post info on the Pro/Am tomorrow... as I will be fishing it so I will maybe see some of you out there.

[techo]

Some really familiar names on that list.

[Troy Gregg]

Sorry Guys I put up some misinformation as I was tired and getting ready for bed when I posted this....

It took 16 lbs to place in the top ten and took 13 lbs to place in the top 25

[Troy Gregg]

As many of you can imagine the conditions for the Rock were at best TOUGH today. but don't get me wrong in this group of anglers there are those who always find the fish....

on the pro side.... Limit of five, 80 boat field, only a handful had 5

Robbie Dodson found a 7.23lb kicker and a sack that weighed over 19lbs

Bill Beck weighed in a solid sack at 17lbs and some change... all of his fish were about the same size and a mixed bag

Mike Fan brought a 5.79 lb pig to the scales and weighed in a touch over 16lbs... the kicker though, that 5.79 lb fish was a smallmouth.

Big bass was 7.23lbs followed by a 6.88 and another 6 lber

but don't let these three heavyweights fool you, the weights fall dramatically and many of the pros were weighing in with 3 fish or less

On the Am side.... limit of three, 70 person field, 4 limits were weighed

9.00 lbs took top honors... can't remember the name

7.44 lbs took second by Travis Hutton

6lbs and some change took third

Big bass on the am side 5.98 I believe... I could be wrong, but three fish over 5lbs were weighed in on the AM side.

Needless to say today was not a day for the Rock. Personally with very little to no wind, all of the pressure the lake has had over the past 4 days, and the cloud cover we had today made for a difficult bite to say the least. In the end a few persevered and showed us some beautiful tablerock bass.

The tactics....

the jerkbait produced some fish as well as the wiggle wart, but these two took a backseat today.... the winning tactics today was finesse syle; Shakey Head, Grub, and finesse jigs.