Phoenix BFL results

[Quillback]

They haven't posted the full results, but from the live page, the boater winner had 16-6 and the backseat winner had 12-14.  

[Dock-in-it]

Assuming there were approx 200 boaters, less than 30 had a limit. The two previous BFL winners on TR (April) had about 5# each (they are extremely good with FFS). So the extreme water level/visibility change made it tough.

[dtrs5kprs]

That's...surprising. Fish are pretty catchable if you're open minded about it.

[vernon]

3 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

That's...surprising. Fish are pretty catchable if you're open minded about it.

Our minds could certainly use some “opening” apparently.
We stunk it up. 
Amazingly nice day though especially considering that we’re here and the least boat traffic I’ve seen on this lake in quite a few years. 
Felt like being on Bull Shoals compared to what we’ve come to expect. 
Dunno where everybody was but we enjoyed the peace and quiet. 
Except for the silence of the fish……🎣

[dtrs5kprs]

1 minute ago, vernon said:

Our minds could certainly use some “opening” apparently.
We stunk it up. 
Amazingly nice day though and the least boat traffic I’ve seen on this lake in quite a few years. 
Felt like being on Bull Shoals compared to what we’ve come to expect. 
Dunno where everybody was but we enjoyed the peace and quiet. 
Except for the silence of the fish……🎣

We had plenty of boats in, and around, the friendly confines. BFL, HS, few obvious club or jackpot guys. Had a hilarious moment with one particular boat.

It's fishing very similar to how I remember 2011 fishing after that jump. Almost like an early summer bite. We haven't found any good ones up in the bushes yet. I'm sure mileage varies on that.

[SplitG2]

3 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

We had plenty of boats in, and around, the friendly confines. BFL, HS, few obvious club or jackpot guys. Had a hilarious moment with one particular boat.

It's fishing very similar to how I remember 2011 fishing after that jump. Almost like an early summer bite. We haven't found any good ones up in the bushes yet. I'm sure mileage varies on that.

Yep.  I fished the dam to persimmon and spent way too much time in and in the bushes.  It was tough.  Only caught a handful on a shaky head and ned rig and not in places that you normally catch them when the water is up.  

[dtrs5kprs]

42 minutes ago, SplitG2 said:

Yep.  I fished the dam to persimmon and spent way too much time in and in the bushes.  It was tough.  Only caught a handful on a shaky head and ned rig and not in places that you normally catch them when the water is up.  

Caught a keeper black in 33' of water, if that helps paint the picture.

[1farmer]

55 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

We had plenty of boats in, and around, the friendly confines. BFL, HS, few obvious club or jackpot guys. Had a hilarious moment with one particular boat.

It's fishing very similar to how I remember 2011 fishing after that jump. Almost like an early summer bite. We haven't found any good ones up in the bushes yet. I'm sure mileage varies on that.

 

1 hour ago, vernon said:

Our minds could certainly use some “opening” apparently.
We stunk it up. 
Amazingly nice day though especially considering that we’re here and the least boat traffic I’ve seen on this lake in quite a few years. 
Felt like being on Bull Shoals compared to what we’ve come to expect. 
Dunno where everybody was but we enjoyed the peace and quiet. 
Except for the silence of the fish……🎣

Think back to what the fish were doing before the rise. A good many of them were on beds. If they were able to spawn, do you think they would leave the beds until the fry have hatched? I don't think they will. That being said it seems logical to focus your attention on the area of the water column where most of the bass were. Whenever we get a rise during the spawn most of the better fish will be caught around the original bank line or where it was when the spawn took place.

[SplitG2]

18 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Caught a keeper black in 33' of water, if that helps paint the picture.

Like Bob Ross!😂

[dtrs5kprs]

43 minutes ago, SplitG2 said:

Like Bob Ross!😂

He was a happy little bass.