Rob had the day off, so we went out trying to find some fish. It didn't take us very long to figure out we either were looking in all the wrong places, or they just were snubbing us.
We went to Albright's Creek first thing this morning and scoured the same stretches that were pretty decent with me on a Bang-o-Lure the middle of last week. After spending about three hours down there, we decided to ride back and check out West Neck, where the fish just added insult to injury.
By noon, we had had all the "fun" we could stand for one day and put the boat on the trailer. Our totals were four dink bass and one small crappie. One of the bass might have made 12 inches if we had stood on him, but the other three weren't even close.
Rob and I both are keeping our fingers crossed that maybe our bad luck today is a good omen for our day Saturday. For some time now, we've been having a fair practice day before a tourney, then bombing on the big day itself. Now that we bombed on today's practice, perhaps that means we'll get lucky Saturday.
All the water we fished today was running in the upper 70s, and it all looked good. The only possible downside I see is that it's coming in at a pretty decent clip, and if that continues until Saturday, we may see some water over the ramp and into the parking lot. It was right on the 4-foot mark of the gauge when I left the marina today at 3 o'clock.
For all those who don't already know, there's a Stateline Bass Anglers Club tourney out of West Landing Saturday, in addition to our Dewey Mullins Memorial Tourney out of West Neck, so I'm guessing there will be a fair number of boats on the water that day.
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