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.

Growth doesn't wait for perfect conditions. It happens every time you show up and cast.

17.50 and 18.75 small mouth. Trying to catch Kevin Skovenski encouraging Christopher Waters

Caught one on a full-size jig on underwater structure and the other on a finesse jig on rock on a drop-off. 

Oneida BFL is in the books. It was a very tough lake to Fish the past three days. I caught a total of five bass over three days: two on one day of practice, one on one day of practice, and two in the tournament. I placed 52nd out of 91. It was tough out there. Here’s what I like about BFL’s. I get to fish some awesome lakes and meet some great people. I learned a lot this year so far, one more super tournament to go, Potomac River.

The great part is the boat went in and came out of the water looking the same :-)

I drove all the way home, but about 30 minutes from my house, I stopped to get some ice cream. After that, my truck wouldn’t start. Fortunately, a guy stopped to help, and we troubleshot the problem together. Guess what I’ll be doing today? Putting in a starter.

St. Lawrence River practice is complete. Tournament tomorrow. I am boat 7, and Ken Pfeiffer is boat 34. Takeoff is at 6 AM I am excited about this trip. I had fun exploring the St. Lawrence River this week. I look forward to fishing tomorrow.  :-)