See y’all tonight on live!!!

Found a 20+ finally. Tournament day featured storms rolling through all day and several missed fish. I didn’t fish well but two tournaments remain and I need some points! Beech River Watershed lakes. They are all between 200-500 acres. Time to do some planning.

Dragging the good ol Carolina rig on a hump and found a solid 1

Decided to run up a creek the other day to try getting away from all the boat traffic. At some points we were in 2-3 inches of water and walking while pulling our kayaks behind us. Made a long cast down a stretch of the creek that was maybe 10 feet wide into a pocket of crystal clear water that was 3 or 4 feet deep and pulled this 17 3/4 inch smallie out!!

If you were in Mack’s “how not to lose your leaderboard” class, you might remember him mentioning weather stripping. I didn’t listen. Now my board with custom tag is living its best life as underwater décor somewhere in Newport News, VA. Highly recommend securing yours… unless you want the fish judging your bass!

Summertime fishing live advice from B.Lat……

Air temperature 88 degrees

Water temperature 90 degrees

Fish shallow

Big worms

Big straw hat

Catch fish

Decent morning! Started off with this “single scoop (TRF)” then got into the 3 pounders. Zoo Kick Frog, Texas Rigged black and blue Palmetto Bug, & Z-Man SlingBlades Double Colorado white and gray with a little bit of yellow skirt. Forgot name of color. Got out there about an hour and a half before sunrise fished until about 8:30. Great way to start any day if you ask me.

I’m a proud Uncle…my nieces and nephews are headed out on a fishing trip this week. My niece wanted to practice so she tied a water balloon to the end of her line.

Wish I would have caught him for the tournament! But the grind is on! 2 more chances to get to the championship I need to do work. Congratulations on everyone who made it first round! I hope to see u all in the Championship next year! If u haven’t been BLat and his crew really does a great job and makes it a fun experience for everyone u should really check it out.

It took me 20 years of fishing trips to Canada catch a 40 plus inch northern.

I took a (3) day trip to the Northwest Territories expecting to catch a 40” every catch.

A cold front moved in before we arrived…the fish were tight lipped.

On the last day I used a fly from NC and a Hawaiian fly casting bomber on a whim the pike exploded out of the water like a tarpon.

My daughter had a blast.. ready to get a boat and learn how to catch bass on Hartwell.