East bay TC

[Redbone]

Went to TC for the weekend and brought the boat.  I really only fished twice.  The first day was only for 45 min.  I was using a tube for about 20 min with no results.  A tube is what I caught my fish on last year.  This year I didn't get a hit on one.  I only brought a  couple of rods with me and I had a green jig on.  On the first cast I felt the mighty bump, bump. I nice 3lber.  A few casts later a nice 2 1/2. That was about it for day one.  The next day I went out for about an hour. I only had one jig with me but it kept producing. It took about 20 min of floating around before I drifted across some nice weeds.  BAM!  Right around 4lbs. A few minutes later had one jump off right at the boat about the same size. I finally could see a few chasing my jig as I was fast reeling.  So the reaction bite was there.  I just couldn't put down my jig.  Until snap.  I finally made a mistake and snapped my only jig off. Crystal clear water and real light green smallies. In tourneys there should be some really nice weights.  Great fishery!

Redbone~

[oldjigger]

you should have some Old Jigger COpperhead Jigs to haul in the big ones

[fishndooder]

Three weeks ago in the NBAA overtime league it took 22lbs to win.  I was out there tonight and it was a mix between a few males left on beds and some post spawn cruisers.  Most of the easy to catch fish right now are in the 2.5 to 3 lb range.  West bay has been really hot the past couple weeks.  The spawn seems to hit east bay a little earlier than west.  Both bays generally take between 18 and 20 pounds to win during a 3hour tourney. 

I wouldn't want to live anywhere else!