Anglers in Action Nov 1-3

[David Goddard]

My friend Ryan and I fished the Anglers in Action championship down on table rock last weekend and finished 13th with a little over 26 lbs for 2 days. 

I came down on Friday and got a day of practice. Did a lot of graphing and found quite a few fish shallow in timber on channel swings in the mid lake area. Caught some on a small swimbait but really thought with the overcast conditions the next 2 days I could avoid scoping all day and catch them throwing a top water over those trees. Caught megladon grass carp on a small swimbait in the mouth. That thing was wild and covered my boat in boogers but was a fun fight. Looked for a jig bite on gravel and channel swings a bunch. Never found it or even had a bite. Loads of smallmouth on rock piles but could never get them to bite anything. 

Day one of the event we weighed 12.81. Caught 1 fish on a top water by 1 p.m. due back in at 3:20. Went out deep over the main channel scoping and caught 7 keepers and a few shorts before weigh-in.

Day 2 went scoping all day. Saw tons of fish on bait on the scope but they weren't easy to catch. Lots of followers but few biters. Culled through 10 or so keepers throughout the day and weighed 13.52. 

Overall I was happy with the finish. Especially against that murderous row. Huge congrats to Pete and Brian for smoking 22 lbs yesterday and taking home the win. Quite a few guys I know ran up the white and the James and caught them on a glide bait and out deep on bait. Pretty tough fishing for most part though. Tight lines everyone!

[Quillback]

That's some good fishing!

[cheesemaster]

Congratulations !! 
Appreciate the report!!!