09-28-2009, 09:00 AM
<br /> Popper and I started out shallow, along with a bunch of other boats, amongst the grass. Had a very good fish blow up on my buzzbait and had him for about 3 seconds before he came unbuttoned. It seems my trailer hook wasn&#39;t as sharp as it should have been. Tossed a Zell Pop and had a good blowup but she buried me in the grass. Popper finally got the skunk out of the boat by catching our first keeper on a Ribbit. We contiued fish topwaters and I landed 2 more keepers. One on a chrome/black Spook Jr. and the other on the Zell Pop.<br /> We ran a short distance to a stumpy point that held fish last week. We fished Carolina rigs and Texas rigged worms with no luck. We watched a strong squall line approach. I normally ride these things out, but this thing was tossing lightning at the water every couple of seconds. We made a mad dash to HB Marina and found shelter underneath one of the large covered docks that was unoccupied. Two other boats joined us a minute or three later. Stayed there for an hour or so till the rain let up. Ran back out and fished the rest of the tournament fishing shallow again. Caught a few squeakers but no more keepers. We weighed in our 3 at 7.65 lbs and a 4th place finish. I won a $10.00 gift certificate to O&#39;Charley&#39;s and a very nice weigh bag. Enjoyed fishing with Jerod who won the best prize of all.....a case of Little Debbie Snack Cakes.<br /> Water temps stayed at 80 degrees and relatively clear. Caught all our fish in water 4 feet or less. I&#39;m sure they were pulling current but it was hard to tell where we were fishing. Wind was a problem most of the day.