The Home Stretch
Brent Ehrler Blog
Guntersville, Conroe and Lake Amistad lie ahead. Then its a wrap for the 2011 year. Guntersville will wrap up the FLW Open season, Conroe the PAA Toyota Texas Bass Classic and then Amistad for the Major League Fishing event. Three great places to fish, should make for a fun Fall.
What can I say about Lake Champlain other than it was my worst event of the year by far. I really never got on anything in practice and what I did find, i couldn’t fish on day two of the event because of wind. I actually had a decent first day of the event, but the wind made it impossible to fish in the same area on day two. I didn’t fish smart and I didn’t pre-fish smart and that never works out well.
On the Saturday of Champlain I was able to participate in the Soldier Appreciation tournament. I really enjoy these events and the soldiers involved in it. The wind had calmed enough for us to get into the areas I fished on the first day. We caught them and we caught them well. The weather is always a factor in fishing and it didn’t help me at Champlain.
Both on day one of the event and the soldier appreciate day I caught fish on the Yamamoto Shad Shaped worm. The Shad Shaped worm is a great drop shot bait for smallmouth.
Following the event at Champlain I had a photo shoot for the Simms 2012 Catalog. I tried out some more new Simms
I went to Lake Guntersville in Alabama to get a little pre-practice in. Guntersville was fishing tough. I think I had two keepers on the first day. The second day was a little better, but not much. I hope the bite has picks up before we get there in a few weeks. Shallow LC Crankbaits and the new Lucky Craft Fat Smasher may work out really well there.
Speaking of the Fat Smasher, this new bait from Lucky Craft is really cool. It is a jointed slow sinking hard plastic bait. On retrieve it has a great swimming action and is great for fishing in the zero to three foot range. Looking back, I wish I had the Fat Smasher at Lake Ouachita for the Forrest Wood Cup. I think the Fat Smasher might have “smashed ’em” there.
After Guntersvillle I am headed to the Toyota Bass Classic on Lake Conroe Texas. I hear the water is down there and the fixed docks may even be out of the water. That will really change the fishing. I’ll let you know before the event how that is shaking up.
At home, Ollie is doing great and finally sleeping a little more. He’s starting to smile a lot. Speaking of Ollie I better get off the computer and go help out. I’ll catch up before the Guntersville tournament.
