The anglers that have commented publicly have said it was brutal. Why don't they schedule these early tournaments at warm locations? Oh, wait, they did...

Nice! But too rich for my blood.

Bass - usually LM

Richmond Virginia area

Mostly ponds, lakes, small reservoir

No boat, so all bank fishing on 70+yo legs

Yeah. I gave up and just checked the results a few minutes ago.

Just saw the weigh in results. Today was tough for a few anglers. Brian's gonna have to get them tomorrow

Now that I've organized my stash. I'll be doing this going forward instead of stuffing everything in the back of my car

That's great news!

We have a small fishing group here (mostly bank fishing) in the Richmond, VA area and we share fishing notes. We get together monthly and have a fishing get together at one of the local spots. One of the guys recently shared his experience with using a dice bait - he caught a couple of 3 pound LM in a local urban pond. Catching them in a pretty short time has gotten everyone's attention. He used a 17 mm Hideup Coike, which retails for around $18 these parts. He was a minor star for a couple of days until someone else caught a 3.8 pounder in that same pond on a jig.

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