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[J-Doc]

I've seen a lot of 6-8lb bass this winter from people pulling cranks for stripers so I would not count a deep big crank bait if they find some big fish suspended on points. I can never fish that pattern, but it did pay off on the cold Table Rock FLW last year.

Very true and I can't seem to have luck with the deep crank pattern myself. There are some that are really good at it. Bohannon has become local legend with cranking so maybe he can pull of a hometown win. That woukd be cool to see. I wouldn't count out Brent Eherler either. He'll be in the top 20 and possibly top 10 in my opinion.

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Just filled out the Fantansy fishing for Beaver Lake on Advanced Angler.com and noticed that Ish was fishing this one. Had to add him to my team. I also put Greg in there, couldn't forget the home town hero.

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We saw Ish at BPS in Springfield on Saturday. Seemed like a nice guy. He was helping out at their electronics counter.

[J-Doc]

Just filled out the Fantansy fishing for Beaver Lake on Advanced Angler.com and noticed that Ish was fishing this one. Had to add him to my team. I also put Greg in there, couldn't forget the home town hero.

I spent several hours studying the ratings, the points system, digging up history on previous wins vs. water conditions, who had fished the lake more often, etc. My team added up to be quite a collection of great anglers. NATURALLY Greg was in my pick. Considering he's a good friend of my best friend Joe (aka Jolicious on the forum here), well that was an easy pic. Plus he has a really good shot at it.

Joe's tournament partner was pre-fishing with Ish Monroe all week. He said he had a blast and Ish was a really cool guy. Ish was on fire earlier this week so he should do well tomorrow. I don't know if he can hold it for all 4 days though.

So...

Who wants to predict the outcome with me?

I think there will be three major patterns but one will die out on the first day.

Pattern 1:

Largemouth up the river arm around War Eagle and further up. I think at least 1/3 of the field will go up as far as they can go and still catch fish on wiggle warts, jigs, and grubs (Brent Ehrler). With the second cold front coming on Friday, it will shut down the shallow bite early. Not enough to last 4 days

Pattern 2:

Main lake points. Pretty much anywhere above the 12 bridge fishing suspended bass on points, timber, ledges, etc. This has potential to be the winning pattern but a lot of anglers will do this. Probably 2/3 by day 2.

Pattern 3:

The smallmouth bite. If Fukae can run up near the dam and find some fat smallies that no one else knows about, then coax them into biting, he's got a great show at it. The smallmouth bite will be adequate if not top 20 potential tomorrow. I bet it picks up on Friday and you know how aggressive they can get once they are feeding in schools. This pattern is a risk but it has potential to sustain day 1 (warm & sunny), day2 (cooler, rainy, and storms), day3 (more rain), and day 4, back to sunny and warmer).

The biggest gamble but would pay off big-time is to fish all three of these patterns and have everything fall into place. Fish up river on day 1 and get a big limit, fish smallies on day2, fish main lake points on day3, and fish up river and main lake on day 4. If KVD were here, that would be something only he could pull off.

Any other predictions?

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I spent several hours studying the ratings, the points system, digging up history on previous wins vs. water conditions, who had fished the lake more often, etc. My team added up to be quite a collection of great anglers. NATURALLY Greg was in my pick. Considering he's a good friend of my best friend Joe (aka Jolicious on the forum here), well that was an easy pic. Plus he has a really good shot at it.

Joe's tournament partner was pre-fishing with Ish Monroe all week. He said he had a blast and Ish was a really cool guy. Ish was on fire earlier this week so he should do well tomorrow. I don't know if he can hold it for all 4 days though.

So...

Who wants to predict the outcome with me?

I think there will be three major patterns but one will die out on the first day.

Pattern 1:

Largemouth up the river arm around War Eagle and further up. I think at least 1/3 of the field will go up as far as they can go and still catch fish on wiggle warts, jigs, and grubs (Brent Ehrler). With the second cold front coming on Friday, it will shut down the shallow bite early. Not enough to last 4 days

Pattern 2:

Main lake points. Pretty much anywhere above the 12 bridge fishing suspended bass on points, timber, ledges, etc. This has potential to be the winning pattern but a lot of anglers will do this. Probably 2/3 by day 2.

Pattern 3:

The smallmouth bite. If Fukae can run up near the dam and find some fat smallies that no one else knows about, then coax them into biting, he's got a great show at it. The smallmouth bite will be adequate if not top 20 potential tomorrow. I bet it picks up on Friday and you know how aggressive they can get once they are feeding in schools. This pattern is a risk but it has potential to sustain day 1 (warm & sunny), day2 (cooler, rainy, and storms), day3 (more rain), and day 4, back to sunny and warmer).

The biggest gamble but would pay off big-time is to fish all three of these patterns and have everything fall into place. Fish up river on day 1 and get a big limit, fish smallies on day2, fish main lake points on day3, and fish up river and main lake on day 4. If KVD were here, that would be something only he could pull off.

Any other predictions?

If KVD fished it he would find that one spot on the whole lake that kept filling up each day and run away with it. That guy is in the zone. I went fishing with Bohannan last Monday at Table Rock and I think that he has a great pattern for the weather that is gonna happen during the tournament. I promised not to give anything away. I sure hope he wins it. He is a great guy.

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I picked Bohannan as winner.

2.Brent Ehler

3.Luke Clausen

4.Clark Wendlandt

5.Mark Rose

6.Anthony Gagliardi

7.Larry Nixon

8.Scott Suggs

9.Brian Thrift

10.Scott Martin

[J-Doc]

I picked Bohannan as winner.

2.Brent Ehler

3.Luke Clausen

4.Clark Wendlandt

5.Mark Rose

6.Anthony Gagliardi

7.Larry Nixon

8.Scott Suggs

9.Brian Thrift

10.Scott Martin

First time I ever used fantasyfishi.g.com. I think I just realized I didn't pay enough attention to what order I had my anglers picked. Dang! I picked Ehrler as winning at 65lbs and Greg, Rose, Fukae, and others. I don't think Thrift will make this cut. Clark aka Mr Beaver Lake has a stong chance at the win also.

I saw those big three Greg pulled out of Table Rock. I also heard he had a good secret pattern. I'd love to see Greg win it at his home lake in front of locals. Would be awesome! Ole Ehler is hard to beat when he's dialed in. I predict he will become the KVD of FLW in the next 10yrs. He may go to the Elite series but I hope he stays with FLW.

As for Greg being a nice guy, don't know him personally but I hear things from my fishing buddy and others. Super nice guy.

Quick story here...

A few years back I was up around Lost Bridge fishing. All I had was a 16ft jon boat with a big 55horse on it that I had borrowd from my father-in-law. I saw Greg in his Stren boat prefishing for the FLW tournament that year. As I buzzed by at 35mph in that old boat, Greg looks over, smiles and gives me a big wave. He doesn't know me and I didn't really know who he was at the time but a pro was polite and waved at some crazy fool in a jon boat on the big water on a windy day with rough water. He must have thought I was nuts or just felt sorry for me...haha! From then on, I've been a Bohannan fan. Seems like a real class-act and super nice fella.

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I picked Bohannan as winner.

2.Brent Ehler

3.Luke Clausen

4.Clark Wendlandt

5.Mark Rose

6.Anthony Gagliardi

7.Larry Nixon

8.Scott Suggs

9.Brian Thrift

10.Scott Martin

Guess some of you didn't see that JR Beehler is in the tournament...

[J-Doc]

Guess some of you didn't see that JR Beehler is in the tournament...

I did but there was little to no information on him so I wasn't sure if he was actually in the tournament. I added him and removed him like 6 times. He was definately considered.

[J-Doc]

I got 1,618 points today on day 1. I've never played fantasy fishing before....is that good?