Thanks guys! Saturday was one of those days I'll not soon forget. I started the day throwing a t-rigged zipper worm on a drop-off next to one of the more pronounced humps on the lake. Right away I got bit and landed a 1.5. A few minutes later, I got another hit and brought in a 3 lber. 10 minutes later I get a 4. I was starting to get that feeling the day was going to be something special. After sunrise, I thought I'd try the reaction bite. After a 1/2 hour of throwing blades and various crankbaits, I figured I'd better get back on my the spot I and try a jig (see guys, I didn't camp out on that spot all morning). Within another 1/2 hour, I had two more 3 lbers and a 5. I was pretty amped up at that point, but also relaxed knowing that I had a good bag. I sat on the spot for another hour missing one more hit on the jig and then thought I'd give it a rest. I ran over towards the dam and figured I'd try the reaction again. It was pretty obvious from a few of the guys that there was a little crankbait bite going. On my first cast, my rattletrap got crushed and I landed the 7.5. The rest of the day was spent more or less cruising around picking up a few more fish here and there that wouldn't cull. I finished the day with 22.70 and had a good lead.

On day 2, I started up North on Clearlake and had a couple of good bites in the morning that I couldn't connect on. Finally, right after sunrise, I got a rattletrap fish and that was it for the North side. I decided to make a run down to the Glenhaven/Oaks area and make sure I could get a decent limit. Fishing the docks I was able to get a lot of bites on both jigs and c-rigged brush hogs, but nothing big. I managed a 9.9 lb limit and headed for the scales. I felt pretty good once I saw that most of the fish weighed that day were in the 1.5 to 2 lb range. With all the good sticks in this event, any one of them could have brought in a 25 lb sack and taken the lead.

Thank you John Stangle for the great dinner. You are a true asset to our club. Thanks to Scott Beem for running the scales, and thanks to all in the SCBBBC for another great year.