This was the second visit to Solomon for the West Central Bass League and while the fishing wasn't great earlier in the year, at the end of the night some pretty impressive weights were brought in. That was not the case on this night as most teams reported catching very few fish and the final weights were some of the lowest in years for this lake. With 19 teams fishing we paid back 5 spots.
1st - Scott & Kelly - 3 - 8.28 lbs
2nd - Travis & Hunter - 3 - 8.03 lbs
3rd - Andy & Mike Nitchals - 3 - 7.05 lbs
4th - Grant & April - 3 - 6.65 lbs
5th - Lee & Nick - 3 - 6.20 lbs
Big Bass - Scott & Kelly - 3.70 lbs
I knew going into the night that the bites would be few and far between so I put a 1/2 oz black/blue jig in my hands and stuck with it all night long hoping for just 3 good bites. We mostly flipped reeds all night long since that is the primary cover in the lake but we were never able to get a bite from the reeds. Our first and best fish in the 3 lb range came as I swam my jig by a log in the water. None of the other wood we fished panned out though and the rest of our keepers ended up coming when we found a school of small fish on a shallow rocky area. We probably caught 8 fish out of the school but the biggest 2 were only around 2 lbs which was at least enough to get us into 3rd.
West Central Bass League - Eagle Lake - July 14th
Last year Eagle Lake kicked out some of the largest weights seen on the West Central Bass League. This year the fishing was quite a bit tougher for the 18 teams competing but some nice weights were still brought to the scales. Here are the results.
1st - Scott & Al - 3 - 10.72 lbs
2nd - Ross & Daryl - 3 - 10.45 lbs
3rd - Andy & Mike Nitchals - 3 - 9.91 lbs
4th - Dean & JD - 3 - 9.35 lbs
5th - Paul & Troy - 3 - 9.34 lbs
Big Bass - Todd & Jeff - 4.60 lbs
Eagle is almost entirely developed so the primary cover is docks and that is where we started. Within half an hour we had a 3 fish limit in the boat with 2 fish over 3 lbs. Those fish came on a green pumpkin Strike King Bleeding Bait tube skipped under the docks. I was expecting the fishing to be a grind so it was great to get off to such a hot start. This allowed us to explore some offshore while most everyone else was beating the docks. We were able to find an area where a thick coontail weed line came up next to a rocky bottom. After working the area pretty thoroughly I was able to add a nice 3 lb smallie on a watermelon Berkley Slim Shaky worm rigged on a drop shot. That fish came about half way through the night and we were never able to catch another keeper the rest of the evening but it was enough to get us into 3rd once again.
With the 2 3rd place finishes this week we have moved back into the lead for the Team of the Year standings on both Wednesday and Thursday nights. We do allow 2 drops out of the 12 weeks we fish in the summer so it is tough to figured out how the points shake out until the very end of the year. In any case it is a good place to be right now.
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