Sunday Report

[Bill Babler]

Man after the 8 and 1/2 hour marathon tournament on Saturday, I just was not looking forward to a full day bass trip on Sunday. Guess I should thank the Good Lord for the work, and I have, just a bit tired.

Departed Kimberling Inn at 6:45 and headed to the White. First stop on Buster's tourmament winning spot.

Caught a real nice smallie, about 2 1/2 and my client broke one off after a short battle. He wanted to fish his stuff, and his jig rod only had last years 8 lb. line. He was done with it and went with my sticks the rest of the day.

Fished the area till about 9 AM, and the two were all we had. I'm not as patient as Buster, and was not about to spend the entire trip on one spot, it was getting real hot and very slick.

Motored up the White to a long gravel point that we had been catching just one fish from per stop and again at 32 ft. on a drop shot, my client caught a nice keeper K. Fished there another 45 minutes and that was it.

Went up the Kings River abit to a spot that I had been catching them on from time to time and we both had a jig fish and I saw some nice fish breaking further than a normal cast. Dragged out a swim bait and heaved it across 100 yards of channel and caught a very nice 3 pound K chasing on top.

Motored further up the White to a spot I have been fishing for 20 years and it paid off. Would have liked to have gone here for the tournament, but too many spots and too little time.

5 keepers on the jig in the 26 ft. range with Ed catching 4 of them. I don't believe these fish have been bothered in a month. Makes a difference if they are not fished everyday.

It was time to turn around now and we headed back to Buster's spot to finish out the day. Seems to be a better bite there in the afternoon.

Got on his honey hole at about 1:30, quarter to two, and fished for 40 minutes in the flat cloudless heat, with no bites. Was just getting ready to call it a day, when we saw a cloud coming and it started to blow a little and rain slightly. Next 45 minutes 10 fish with 8 keepers on the drop shot and a split-shot rig.

As soon as the clouds hit they came off the bottom and started worming and running everywhere. Gosh I'm glad we were there at the right time.

What a great day to follow up the tournament, and also what great luck to be on the right spot at the right time.