Luis Perez

Livonia, MI, United States

12 Jul 18:58

That's awesome! Congrats

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11 Jul 21:17

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My boat is not very big so not a lot of places to put stuff. I remembered a video where BLat suggested using wood. This is about iteration #3 but set up this improvised rig to hold my live scope hardware. Let's see if it holds up on the drive to the lake tomorrow.

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11 Jul 21:14

Good luck Brian Barde and Ken Pfeiffer !

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21 Jun 00:57

Vamos!

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19 Jun 22:49

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Hi Fam! Okay TLDR, this will be a long post about my recent growth as an angler, so don't feel bad about scrolling past this.

I went out this Tuesday evening for my second ever tournament. I got my boat on the water by 5. Tournament didn't start till 6, and I knew I didn't have a shot in hell at winning this thing. So I said to myself, I'm going to get in an extra hour of fishing, save myself $50, and then go watch weigh in later just to see how everyone did. 

So I got out. By myself. No pressure. Went to an island out in the middle of the lake that exhibits all the characteristics BLat always talks about. I had caught fish there before so I was confident in going back. It took a little bit to get going, but once I did, boy was I on them!

I caught them where the water turns from light to dark, near the heavy vegetation. Used all the techniques. Shaky head. Texas Rig. Carolina Rig. Switching back and forth depending on how thick the vegetation was. Catching fish throughout. I had caught 4 this way.

I kept my head on a swivel, and noticed that the fish were active on the surface 50-100 yds out from the island. I immediately switched and cast a swimbait as far as I could. Kept it on the surface all the way back, and sure enough, hooked a smallie, biggest fish of the day.

I was having success, I had filled my live well for the first time ever. 5 fish, though had I entered that tournament, only that last fish would've counted as the others were just a hair too short. I thought about this community, and about the advice BLat shares, and I thought, let me go see if I can replicate this success elsewhere on the lake. 

I moved to a similar island a little south, had no luck whatsoever. The pattern just didn't fit. Then I tried another, no luck. Then I went to my fourth island. Tossed in my Texas Rig, let it sit. Went to get a smoke as BLat might say, then hooked a nice one. Unfortunately I lost him right at the boat. But I had hooked 6 bass in the span of ~3 hours, which is the best outing I've ever had, ever.

By this point it was almost 9pm, so I called it quits and hurried back to watch the weigh in. Two boats scored 5 fish. So I would've been way behind. Two boats caught nothing at all, so I did better than they did. But I think my biggest fish could've won big bass for the night, so I'm encouraged to participate next time. 

A year ago or even 2 months ago I was not fishing like this. I watch the videos on the site and try to go out and replicate. The more practice I get, the better the outcomes. This is an extremely trying sport, lots of ups and downs, but from my own experience, the ups are worth the downs. So stick with it! The more reps you get the more you'll figure out how to adjust when you're out there. Tight lines, y'all! 

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06 Jun 21:45

Got out for my first little tournament on Tuesday evening for 3 hrs. Maybe 11 boats including me. Got a couple bites on the Carolina rig but no fish on. Went to weigh in because I was curious and I wanna say that at least 5 boats had a full 5 fish bag. A few with 2-3 fish. It was a fun first outing, but I think I'll wait to go back until I can consistently catch 3 or more fish per outing.

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Awesome, thanks!

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01 Jun 20:39

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Had a successful morning in terms of putting knowledge together! For the first time I fished a pattern and caught fish in 2 different locations using same technique. It's (mostly) post spawn but still a bit cool up here in Michigan. I was able to find them off points/saddle, 10-12 ft deep using Carolina rig on both. Actually, I think it was my first time catching anything on Carolina rig so that's another win. Only issue is my local lakes are starting to get very heavy vegetation and that doesn't help. I might try a tournament on Tuesday evening but I know that lake is smothered in vegetation. Any ideas?

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14 May 00:15

Got out again this evening trying to capitalize on the spring spawn. Not sure if it was the time of day or the weather (super overcast), but the fish were not bunched up on the shallows like they were just 2 days ago. I saw a couple, but the rest had clearly moved out somewhere else. I think they were hanging around 8 to 10 feet of water. That's where I got a string bite on the Texas rig that worked 2 days ago but couldn't set the hook.

Should I consider the spawn to be over? Do they move deep in the evening and come back when the sun is up? Trying to make sense of what I saw today.

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11 May 16:53

I watched Brian Latimer's spawn fishing videos and tried to do exactly what he said. Found a shallow saddle near the middle of the lake. The small mouth were everywhere! I could only get out for a couple of hours today, but the techniques worked. I mixed up my baits until the bucks got mad enough to get on. Caught 2 just over 2 lbs. One with Texas rig one with shaky head. It was windy so tough to see them super well but it was amazing to watch the film and then go out and replicate! The only thing I didn't do was follow up and catch the female. Thanks!

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