While the April Online tournament is technically my first tournament, May 8th at Lake of the Ozarks will be my first real, 1-day tournament. The links will take you to the leaderboard if you’re interested in following along. Entry is paid. Hotel is booked. I’ve been scouting launch areas and mentally planning my day. I’m…
Tag: bassfishing
Fishing Report – Lake Remembrance
This evening was the best evening for me to get out on the kayak and get some bass on the bump board! This started miserably. It was raining steadily, windy. I left my fish finder in the truck and just paddled along the bank to the north, then along the dam. Nothing. I was throwing…
Fishing Report – Lake Jacomo
This trip was on April 3rd, 2021. I’m signed up the for April Online Tournament through the Mo-Yak Fishing Series. I’m taking every chance I can get the the kayak on the water and get some bass on the board. I set out late in the afternoon, around 6 p.m. and went to a cove…
Fishing Report – Bennet Spring, Truman, Lone Jack Lake
This trip was on April 2nd. My friend invited me to go fishing down at Bennet Spring and offered up his travel trailer so we could stay the night before. I drove down the afternoon of the 1st. We drove around the campground in his golf cart, hung out with some people, drank some beer…
Used this bait wrong …
The water’s cold and I’ve been struggling getting bits. I tied on this cheap Ozark Trail (Walmart brand) jerkbait to coax out any bass that might be suspended. I couldn’t really tell how deep it was diving down, so I threw it close enough to see it in the water and just started cranking. It…
First Largemouth of 2021
Hot dang! Now it feels like fishing! Wind was awful today so the kayak stayed in the garage. I hopped around to a few places and finally got some action at the spillway at Lake Jacomo. This was my first time fishing with a ned rig so I didn’t have a good feel for how…
Weekend Fishing Recap – March 7th, 2021
This is a follow up to Weekend Fishing Recap – March 6th, 2021 – Justin Penney Sawyer and I fished quite a bit early last year, but school diminished that a bit. After COVID and Winter, it’s been tough to get him away from screens. I finally just made him go with me. We took…
Weekend Fishing Recap – March 6th, 2021
I’m still new to fishing overall and very new to kayak fishing. That said, I tend to jump fully in to anything that I do. This year, I’m committed myself to fishing in two tournaments in the Mo-Yak Fishing Series. I preparing for that I’ve upgraded my boat, started learning the electronics, and most importantly,…
Bird’s Nest
I spent some time practicing skipping jigs. This was inevitable. This was also far from the worst. I did get better at skipping so the pain of getting skunked was diminished a little.
$1 Buzz Bait?!
I’m always looking to save money. These buzz baits from Wal-mart suck as they come off the shelf, but a little modification makes them work as expected.