Aunts Creek?

[edyer]

My partner and I fished an Aunt's Creek Association Buddy team Tournament this past Saturday and Sunday. They used a new format where they had two weigh-ins on Saturday(noon and 4:00), and a noon weigh-in on Sunday. There were four cash prizes for each of the three weigh-ins, then four prizes for the overall weight. 1-3 places for team weight and a big bass prize. We were trying to decide the best strategy for the weigh-in. We settled on the strategy that if we had four fish or more we would weigh-in at the noon weigh-in. You could weigh in 6 fish per team, at each weigh in.Three or less, we would wait until the 4:00 pm weigh-in. We prefished Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, the weather was partly cloudy with some wind. We caught some decent keepers and some shorts throwing stickbaits on some bluff points and caught fish later in the afternoon throwing shakey head worms on 45 degree chunck rock banks. On Friday the weather was sunny with no wind. We only caught one keeper and a few shorts. We did have a few follow ups. We knew the next day was going to be windy, so everything we had done in practice, would be different. We decided to concentrate on Main Lake and secondary points and just go fishing. At first weigh in we weighed in 5 fish for 15.38 pounds, with a 7.89 kicker that my partner caught about 11:45 We took first place and big bass of the first weigh-in. We threw stickbaits, A-RIgs and shakey heads. We caught fish on all three baits(couldn't get bit on a wart or a jig). The big fish hit an A-Rig. During the second weigh in Saturday, we weighed in four fish for 10.9. First place in the second Session was over 16 pounds with a big bass just under 7 pounds. I think they caught the big one on a stick bait. Going into the Sunday competition, we had a 5.4 pound lead for the overall Championship, but with some very good anglers in the tournament, we knew we had to catch fish, because we are Michigan guys, and we don't have the experience on Table Rock that some of these guys have. Sunday was sunny with no wind. We could not get a bite during the first three hours. We felt like the Championship was slipping away. Finally a little bit of wind blew on the bank were were fishing, and I caught out first keeper, a nice fat Spot. The wind died again and we went another hour with no bites. About 11, the little breeze came up again. We caught two spots, a LM, and a smallmouth. FIgured we had about ten pounds, but kept casting until we had to run back for weigh-ins. I caught two 14.5 inch fish on my last two casts, leaving with the fish still biting. When we pulled up to the docks, we had a pretty good feeling about our chances for the overall championship, but figured someone would catch a decent bag. To our surprise and joy, we were the only ones to weigh in 5 fish for 10.19 pounds. We won the Sunday weigh-in and the overall Championship by more than 10 pounds. We were a couple of happy guys that felt luck had gone our way along with our persistence to fish hard every minute of the tournament. We fished the area from Aunts Creek, to the start of Joe Bald., fishing the main and secondary points. Most of the fish were in the 8-15 foot range. I would post pics, but I'm not sure how. There may be some posted on the Aunt Creeks Association website, or the Oak Hill Resort website. I have been coming down to Table Rock almost every spring break since 1980, but it is the first time I have placed in this tournament. Sometimes, it's just your time. I appreciate all the reports and posts by the anglers and guides on this site. A bunch of great guys.

[Quillback]

Very nice, congrats

[jmes]

Nice reports, congrats on winning

[abkeenan]

Awesome report and congrats on the win.