Had a fun day today fishing in our club tournament on Saratoga Lake. I have not fished there in about a year. Ended up getting third. I was junk fishing with a 3/8 Jewel Bait jig with Berkley Chigger Craw using my 7' MH Fast rod on docks, weeds, and lily pads. Used ZMan 1/2 oz Blue gill spinner bait with slim Keitech green pumpkin paddle tail for a couple of undersized ones and a couple of pickerel. I was also fishing with a senko on the docks and caught one. I caught most of them very shallow. I had two good ones on, and I horsed them too much; they may have gotten me into 2nd or 1st. It is actually nice to turn off FFS and just focus on the visual stuff.
in 🎣 suf
September 14, 2025
Well time for some more Sunday sheenanigans.. was a productive day.. no real big fish but had a lot of fish.. sissy stick is still producing the best with Texas rig drop shot on isolated structure in 3-4 ft of water
in 🎣 suf
September 13, 2025
Well, I placed 15th today. While driving home I was doing a tournament recap to myself. So this question is something that kept coming up.... what is a morning bite? I was on a morning bite or pattern and was clueless at the time. Yea in the mornings we want to throw top water baits (we as in me), but the pattern I had found was shaking a minnow 🙄at single fish that were around bait balls, which i had 2 within the 1st hr. Bad decision on my part because I left that pattern and tried to force a top water bite🤦🏿♂️. Lesson learned thats for sure, because the morning bite wasn't a top water bite! I'll do better on Lake Conroe at the next tournament.
in 📷 fishpics
September 13, 2025
Got my first bass on a hollow bodied frog. It was awesome!!
in 🎣 suf
September 13, 2025
This little creek keeps producing. Caught 5 today in 2 hours. So much fun
in 📷 fishpics
September 13, 2025
This week I got to fish with some of my fishing club buddies on the St. Lawrence River. I really enjoyed my time with them fishing for fun and slight competition. Some wanted to catch the most fish and me, I wanted to catch big fish. I had a ton of fun fishing a crankbait. While I did not catch the most fish I did catch some quality fish and improved my PB Smallmouth to 5lbs 7oz. Sometimes you need to just fish in a way that makes you happy. I am thankful for the BLat knowledge and my boater who was willing to try something different. 😀
in 🎣 suf
September 12, 2025
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Had my first day of practice for a mlf college tournament on the Potomac river today. Was able to get a couple of keepers in the boat. Couldn’t figure out any patterns im confident in . Tidal fisheries are no joke nothing like in use to.
