Don't sleep on those shallow weeds (especially the water willow) this time of year. I figured out if they weren't out chasing they were holed up somewhere. I started flipping and punching the weeds and was able to make a come back in the tournament from the bank. BLat said they would be in the thickest or the thinnest part of the weeds and he nailed it. Here's a 7lb 5oz from yesterday that I wish I had caught a week earlier. Thank God she was in the thickest of the thinnest weeds. 

Just finished watching/listening to coaching call-Brush piles. My season is over and the boat has been put away and I'm trying to decide what to do for next season. towards the end of this session a lot of time is spent talking about "we learn from each other" and how we "stop learning" when we stop sharing information. I have had this idea for a little while bouncing around in my head and  would like to know who is interested in fishing with me next year? I want to fish new waters and what better way to do that, than coming to your lake and fishing with you for the weekend or a day. Have a team "open" tournament on your favorite lake, I'm game. We can fish out of your boat or mine.  i would like to make 1 trip a month starting in late Jan. early Feb. Anyone interested get in touch and lets go rip some lips together.