Lake Texoma- Central Open

....................................... I registered for the final Bassmaster Central Open today. I have a good chance of getting in. I have never been to Texoma, I know it's a big lake and I will need about 18lbs a day to win? The tournament starts on Oct. 21st so I will be fishing the back of creeks and fishing shallow boat docks etc? Here are my initial look at google earth of ramp location and closest marinas. I will be buying the premium contour lines for my Navionics hotmaps explorer, so I can do further study. I will be fishing the Bassmaster Weekend Series Regional Championship the Sat/Sun before practice starts on Mon. so I'll have a long drive from Alabama to make.

Lake DeGray, AR.

These are my trails 136 miles of them. It was more difficult than it should have been, I was catching fish, nice fish in practice. See the video links below or on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1606718208118&ref=mf
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1607779314645&ref=mf



What can I say....I fished well, it only took under 10lbs a day to win. I finished last but sill moved up in the rankings to finish 21st in division 12 and move on to the Regional Championship. A disappointing finish 35th. I also damaged the new lower unit on the way to day2 weigh-in. A luckless day to the end? They dropped the water another foot over night. I found some 1' water on the main lake going 60mph.

Ft. Gibson Lake

I fished Gibson on Sunday. I launched out of Toppers. Fishing was tough, I fished shallow and deep. I threw a crankbait alot in 6'-12'. I C-rigged and drop shot with little results. I had only two bass on the day...I covered a lot of water. It's still pretty hot. I couldn't find any schools.

This is my trail uploaded onto Google Earth. I'm recording my trails w/ navionics lakes app on my smartphone.

Lake DeGray, AR.

I'm leaving for Lake Degray on Wed. for a couple of days of pre-fishing. It's still hotter than I would like but atleast it's cool at night.

This is a two day tournament so it is important to find some schooling bass for both days.

I've added a new 7'10" Wright & Mcgill Magnum Crankbait rod to my arsenal. I'm spooled up with 12# Vicious Flourocarbon and will tie on several deep diving lures. SKL Series 6 and Red Eye Shad, little John DD.

I'll be doing some drop shotting and throwing a big worm on deep structure.

There are several boat docks near the takeoff so these might prove helpful on the way into the weigh-in.

I'll update the blog once I get on the water Thur./Friday from my smartphone. I should be able to use the new Navionics app but won't be able to do the fancy Google Earth stuff until I get home.

Lake DeGray, AR.

I am closer every day to having my boat and gear at 100%. It took forever and several attempts and more money to get my lower unit replaced. The starter failed while I was breaking the lower unit in, but that was easy enough to get repaired. Now, the fourth bank on my charger isn't working. I guess I'm going to spent yet another $500? I also had the winch strap repaired, it was about 20' long so we just cut it back to where it was new. I've had a lot of obstacles to overcome lately....lets get them all out of the way now. Update: I've rigged the charger so the 3rd bank charges batteries 3, 4. The fourth battery is also charged by the big motor.

video clip

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1241063787&v=app_2392950137#!/video/video.php?v=1576702177736

I am one step closer to fishing.....

Lay Lake, AL

Bassmaster Weekend Series

Southeast Regional Championship

Beeswax Creek is the location where KVD won the Bassmaster Classic. We will be fishing the Southeast Regional Championship out of Beeswax ramp October 15-16, 2010

Vandam won the classic in the back of Beeswax Creek throwing a blk/gold red eye shad lipless crankbait back by the bridge in this photo. Late in the year the baitfish will be moving back into the shallows, apparently there are some good tree stumps in this area. I will have a couple of days to pre-fish. The goal will be to make the top 50 to advance to the National Champions on Lake Guntersville. I will begin my map study soon, but I still have the Arkansas Division Championship to fish on Lake Degray, but I'm already qualified in the standings to fish the regional.