Meeks Tournament 5/1

[Sprint21fter]

Caught 40 plus fish, with only 3 solid keepers. Morning, tried to pull a fish up to eat a spook in a couple pockets and had one fish roll on top of it and chase away from a bed we couldn't see. Threw a senko in and around where the fish came from and never got a bit. Stayed with the spook until the sun was up to high trying to trick a big one. Headed towards baxter and pulled out a shakeyhead and started catching 14 1/2 inch males until I was sick of that. Finally the wind picked up and pulled out a squarebill in a perch color and started having more fun with the ridge runners. Scratching my head at this point wondering where in the world could I find a keeper. Headed to the mouth of a creek and the wind was hitting just right on some points, and pulled out a spinnerbait, and caught our 3 keepers within 10 minutes, let the wind push us around and had another one just flat knock slack in my line and pulled and all I had on my trailer hook was a very good sized bass scale. Our 3 keepers weighed, 8 and change. 18lbs won it, with last place check at a smidge over 10lbs. Saw alot beds with males on them where we were. Talked to some buddies that found a couple pockets with big females laying everywhere, naturally they didn't say where. They broke down on there way back and 4 very fat fish they caught sightfishing. If this weather system wouldn't be coming through it would be flat crazy what people would catching in the next weeks. Get out there, you can catch them on anything you want.

[dtrs5kprs]

Thanks for the report. Guess that explains the group in the Meeks truck and gear I saw at Ma's yesterday morning. Would have been just after take-off probably.

Is the Water Patrol / Cops tmt going out next Tuesday?

[Jason Essary]

Cops for kids is out of state park marina tuesday.