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The Hawg Hunters fished the January tournament
on Fish River near Foley, Alabama. The
site was changed from the Tensaw River due to high water conditions and the
possibility that the ramp parking area would be flooded. The conditions we found on Fish River were really
good with water levels about normal for this time of the year. Water clarity in the creeks was about 4 feet.
We had an incoming tide all day and the skies were partly cloudy. Air temperature was in the low 40’s but rose
to the mid 60’s around noon. Water temps were in the mid to upper 50’s in the
creeks and about 1 degree cooler in the main river areas. We had 20 members fishing.
I drew out as a boater this month and
my partner was Bill Myrick. Billy and I are
good friends and we both knew that we could probably find fish in this new
site. We both wanted to go in Water Hole
Creek and as we were the 2nd boat out we had no problems getting
there. We talked with Jere and his
partner Dan and they wanted to go there also, but they wanted to start at the
mouth so Billy and I decided to go the back of the creek where it forked and
fish that area. Immediately Billy put 2
nice keepers in the boat and I thought
we are really going to get on them but it was almost an hour before we got another hit. We both used junebug worms on shakey head
jigs to catch most of our fish. I did
manage one keeper on a chatreuse /white spinner bait. All the other fish we caught came on worms. We fished both forks as far back as we could
go and that is where we caught our fish.
There was not any solid pattern as some were up tight on the bank and
others in the middle of the creek some on shady banks and others in bright
sun. At the end of the day I had a small
limit (culled 2 keepers) and Billy had 4 keepers. We each caught numerous short fish.
At the scales Dave Bock took the
honors with 4 fish @ 7.08. He also had
the lunker , a 3+ largemouth. He said he caught his fish on crankbaits on
the main river fishing docks and seawalls.
Congratulations Dave….. nice job.
John Buck managed to squeak out 2nd place with 5 fish @ 6.16
lbs. all on worms and one on spinner
bait in the creeks. Third place went to
Jere Jailitte with 5 fish @ 6.08 lbs.
Jere also fished Water Hole creek, and he caught most of his fish in the
middle area of the creek on junebug worms.
4th Place went to Thom LaBelle with 4 fish @ 5.09 lbs. I am not sure where he caught his fish. Congratulations to the top four places!! Oh by the way, for those of you who got the
email, please remember to tell Brian that he needs to get at least 4th
place to get a check in our monthly tournaments.
Thanks to all who helped make this a
good tournament with your attendance and participation and I hope next month we
can have even more guys fishing. Unless
there are high water issues we plan to hold the February tournament out of
Cliff’s on the Tensaw River.
Traditionally February is a really good month to fish the lower delta
areas. I hope the high muddy water
conditions will be gone by the tournament time.
Make your plans to attend the meeting and the tournament and let have a
good turn out for it. Thanks to all the
member of the eboard for the excellent job you are doing in running the
meetings and tournaments and also THANK YOU for all the members who are
participating and trying to make this year
another successful fishing year with the Hawg Hunter.
Remember be safe in the cold weather
and make sure you are prepared for emergencies on the water. A simple emergency in the summer can be
disaster in the cold.
Until next time Keep Your Hooks Sharp!
John
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John
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