They Might Have "broke Loose Today."

[Bill Babler]

Both Beck and I were amazed at the low weight it took to win. Even us old dogs might have had a chance. I may be totally off base, but here is what I figure. Beck and I had a great day just fishin on Friday, and so did alot of these guys. Our guide clients caught them real well and so did some of the locals.

Here is how I see it. The prussure on the lake Friday was the heavest day of the year, then turn around on Saturday and have an even bigger day and from what I am hearing there were two boats on every point from point 5 to point 14 up the James to point 23 up the white.

It is getting better everyday, but there are only so many fish up right now, and they are not everywhere. You wack the snot out of them in practice, and that is what is there. Yes it may replenish abit, but with heavy, heavy prussure on this lake Wed. thru even today, they might have their heads tucked abit.

One of the guys I guided has a secret spot I showed him 5 years ago. It is not secret, but it is somewhat of a community hole, but it will simply load up at times. I told him, just stay off of there and then go in the day of the derby. It is close to Kimberling and most guys run past it on the take off.

Friday evening he sends me a pic of a 5.5 pounder he caught in there. He said he just had to test it. "INSANE." He went back in there Sat and caught another 4.8. He told me he also on friday had caught two keeper K's in there. I just shook my head in disbelief. WHY?

He had 7 keepers on Friday at about 15 pounds in practice. On Saturday he did weigh in 12 pounds and got a check, so I couldn't fuss to hard at him. It is just on Table Rock, you cannot do that, there is usually not that many fish on each spot. YOu catch them the day before the derby, and that is that.

This is the way I see it. Just hammered and with fish and water temps just starting to warm up it was just to much.

Marcus Sacora with an 8.8 however lets me know there is going to be a big-em hammered this Spring. Hope you catch him.

Good LUck