onward

Wheeler presented an opportunity to me to finally have a decent finish and I failed to capitalize on it.  I had a consistent pattern going all through practice, even though there was a post spawn 'funk' going on there were fish in the bushes and pads.  Black/red tubes and creatures flipped to what water remained under the bushes as well as some top water and swimmers through the pads produced fish for me and my colleagues all week.  I realized that the amount of boat traffic through my areas required me to expand my playing field for day two to some more expansive areas and less pressured areas.  This was not really a game day decision, I knew I needed to do this right after the weigh in day one and well I could not make it happen.  I ran to Limestone creek and fished the first main cut on the right and well my coangler smoked me in there, we then ran to the first point of Flint creek but those fish were NOT present at all then back to my Foxy area to fill my limit of short fish and we finished the day behind Decatur flats fishing tubes through the pads but could not cull up any.  I feel like my strategy was sound even though the water conditions changed a bit, I just could not get it done.  My roomie Dustin Evans from Memphis did though finishing 7th overall and I am really happy for him.  I will state this again, Wheeler is an under rated jewel in north Alabama offering a very diverse fishery just over an hour from Nashville.  If you get the chance to check it out I highly recommend it.  

So I am off to Amistad tomorrow.  Another storied lake I have never been to only read about.  With a little help from Troy and Mike (they bent over backwards, in the rain, at night, in a friggin parking lot) with some custom bream tilapia skirt jobs I hope to find some spawning or schooling gills to go and imitate to fool the big girls.  I have high expectations for this last event of the spring season even though I have never been on this water.  I feel something coming together here and lets hope I am right.