HFFA TOC Tournamnet
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:51 am
The 2-day HFFA tournament ( 1/12-13 ) was held this weekend. The top ten points leaders for the year took part in the two day tournament in pursuit of the TOC title ( Tournament of Champions ) to the angler with the heaviest total weight for the two days of fishing.
Saturday was mostly overcast with the water level at about 76 ft and water temperatures starting out around 68 degrees. Sunday was also cool in the morning but changed to more bluebird skies in the afternoon. On Saturday, there were some sporadic busts near BSI, on Sunday, hardly anything.
The bass bite seemed to be shallow and along the banks. Many anglers noted that the morning bite was better than the afternoon. This pattern seemed to hold up for both days. On our boat, the bass bite was on plastics, creatures and jigs. Other anglers noted bites using worms or crankbaits.
A few members were really on the bite as they reported catching close to double digit numbers of bass and having to cull fish during the day. (sigh, I was not one of them )
48 fish were weighed during the two day tournament, 23 fish on Saturday that included several Tucs and 25 fish on Sunday including 4 Tucs. The bass weights were between 1-2 pounds while the Tucs went a little bigger in the 2-3 pound range.
Up next, the January HFFA tournament on Sunday 1/20/13.
Saturday was mostly overcast with the water level at about 76 ft and water temperatures starting out around 68 degrees. Sunday was also cool in the morning but changed to more bluebird skies in the afternoon. On Saturday, there were some sporadic busts near BSI, on Sunday, hardly anything.
The bass bite seemed to be shallow and along the banks. Many anglers noted that the morning bite was better than the afternoon. This pattern seemed to hold up for both days. On our boat, the bass bite was on plastics, creatures and jigs. Other anglers noted bites using worms or crankbaits.
A few members were really on the bite as they reported catching close to double digit numbers of bass and having to cull fish during the day. (sigh, I was not one of them )
48 fish were weighed during the two day tournament, 23 fish on Saturday that included several Tucs and 25 fish on Sunday including 4 Tucs. The bass weights were between 1-2 pounds while the Tucs went a little bigger in the 2-3 pound range.
Up next, the January HFFA tournament on Sunday 1/20/13.
So I sacrificed a few hours to get some charge in the battery. It finally went dead 45 minutes prior to the end of the tournement. Seems in my hast, I forgot to take my lunch with me on Sun. to! Did I do anything right? Well, I didn't sink my boat! 
At least I got a small limit on Sun. Those other anglers didn't beat me, I beat myself! 