Spotted bass kicked out butts...

[TNReb]

We just got back last night from Smith Lake in Alabama. We went down there for the BassCat Owners Invitational tournament.

It's a spotted bass lake, and it's something I wasn't used to. Very deep lake. 270ft at the deepest.

We got there the day before the tournament and only had about 5 hours to practice. Other than that, we had never seen the lake.

It seems most of the top finishers caught them shallow. We fished shallow plenty, but couldn't catch a keeper (15").

We caught 12 in two days of the tournament. The biggest one was 14 7/8". Ouch.

Tournament was 2 days.
There were 226 teams.
53 teams didn't catch a keeper.
About 45 teams only caught one.
Only took 14 pounds to be in the top 25.
Winner had 26.25.

 

[RUGER]

Wow that's wild.
Makes me feel better about our inability to catch trout this weekend.

 

[Sniper]

Yep that's rough and for some reason I thought you were at Guntersville :?:

 

[TNReb]

Yep that's rough and for some reason I thought you were at Guntersville :?:

Nope. I thought you were asking about it because YOU were thinking of going! haha

 

[Headhunter]

If you just want to catch spots at Smith, carry nightcrawlers. They love them.

 

[WTM]

should be spawning or heavy prespawn mode. i catch more than i like to on KY lake. kind of worries me.

 

[NAjoe]

Smith can be tough. You think you have them figured out and then you don't. Before the 10 kazillion houses were built, those 12" spots were the best eating bass you could find. Now, not so much.

 

[WTM]

Smith can be tough. You think you have them figured out and then you don't. Before the 10 kazillion houses were built, those 12" spots were the best eating bass you could find. Now, not so much.

spots are like women, theyre freaking crazy.

 

[ewc]

spots are like women, theyre freaking crazy.

And eating one can be great or nasty.