Grand Lake FLW Tour

The fifth stop on the 2013 FLW Tour took place this past weekend on Oklahoma's Grand Lake.  Anglers were greeted with high, muddy water so it was a situation that was new to me.  My results weren't great in the tournament, finished 99th out of 150 anglers, but I did manage to catch some fish and weigh in limits each day.  They just weren't the right ones.  

I had a decent practice, catching fish flipping a 1/2 oz Northland Jungle Jig around in the flooded bushes and laydowns on the bank.  The bigger fish were random for me though and in the tournament I didn't get that many opportunities at big ones.  

We get three days to practice for these FLW Tour events so for most of the anglers, including myself, it's all about fishing from dark to dark.  At this event I was launching the boat at 5:30 am and pulling it out at 9:00 pm.  

Here was an encounter I had with a snake during practice...I snagged it accidentally with a topwater lure.  Needless to say I cut the line and sacrificed my lure.  

Here is a look at what the flooded Grand Lake looked like in many places along the bank. Most of the anglers that did well in the tournament were catching fish flipping in these bushes.  

Here was another nice one from practice.  As you can see by the tail on this fish, it's not far off spawning.  

Like I said, though my results were not great in this event, I did at least catch some fish.  It's not like I finished in the 90's and only caught two fish per day.  I was able to catch decent numbers.  I also lost a couple of big ones the first day and had I landed those I would have flirted with cashing a cheque, so I was not to far off being on the right program.  I probably just wasn't in the best area on the lake.  

There is one event remaining on the schedule at Lake Chickamauga in Tennessee coming up in a couple weeks, so I'm headed home this week for a bit, then headed back down south for the last event.