First, to let you all know this will be a completely different write up than any previous "Day On The Water".

Make sure you read the entire write up, this is like one big puzzle, if you miss a piece you will be lost.

On August 17th, Elite Series Pro Brian Clark to time out of his busy schedule to participate in "A Day On The Water".

Brain and I meet up at Lavonia ramp on Lake Lavon.
First thing I see running at me was his dog, what a great mannered animal.

He spends a few minutes bringing up the lake on his Lowrance Graph with a Navioncs chip. When he gets a game plan we launch he Skeeter.

He spends a few minutes telling me how he's going to attack the day. I always try to find something simple to start. Rocks are the best way, you don't want to run around a new lake before you can see he states.

He takes off towards the RailRoad tracks and on the way locates a deep water hump. The hump it in 32 feet of water and the top is in 21 feet. "See the bait fish he shows me" he takes and teaches me how to set the graph to show you the AIR BLADDER in a fisht o determine how big they are. " See that long bladder he points out, thats a Stripper or Sand Bass. Bass have fatter bladders. I will check this out later" we then head toward the RR Tracks.

Brains starts casting a Strike King Series 3 Sexy Shad crank bait over the rocks off the Tracks. I really don't like these rocks he tells me, I would like them to be bigger these small one don't see to hold fish as well. He gets around to the point of the rocks and catches a small 5 inch bass. He immediately pulls up his trolling motor telling me if that small fish is here the bigger one's aren't.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
If you are catching are start catching smaller fish leave the area, the small fish will not be feeding most of the time if larger fish are there. The larger fish will be eating the smaller one's.

He runs around the corner to a some isolated timber on a shallow ridge. The timber is in 4 feet of water the edges are in 8 feet of water. He starts picking apart the timber with a Coffee tube Green Pumpkin Texas Rigged with a 1/4 tungsten weight. He gets a bite and QUICKLY sets the hook. ( I have never seen someone have that fast and swift of a hook set) Perch he said, I ask him why the heck he would set the hook on a perch like that.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
I have had many big fish that tap/tap like a perch, you hear all the time hook sets are free, so set the hook you never know when that one time it's a big bass. A lot of time people say, they feel the Tap/Tap and assume it's a perch. Well some time the first TAP is the bass sucking it in the second TAP is him spitting it out.

He fishes the timber for a few minutes then starts to throw a Chat/White Spinnerbait at shallow grass burning it back to the boat. after about 2 minutes he says lets go, I will not be back to this branch today, theres no fish here. No birds and bait fish.

He moves out to a main lake point where he start to pick apart more isolated timber. he flips and pitches for a few minutes then picks up trolling motor to make a run.......25 yards????? I ask him why he did that.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
I may have saved one minute there huh, he ask me. well what if I do this all day I may get 30-40 more minutes of fishing by not using the trolling to move around long distances.

He fishes the timber for a little while then starts casting a frog along the top of shallow grass. Green Pumpkin Pearl is the color. With no luck he goes back to the Tube around isolated timber.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
When fishing frogs you really only need Black/White/Natural Green. You don't need all those other crazy color's and the color on top of the frog HAS NO IMPACTED ON HOW YOU CATCH FISH. they don't care what color the back of the frog is. Just get the belly natural looking.

He hasn't caught a good fish in awhile, but tells me

TIP FROM BRIAN:
Even if your not catching fish, don't consider it a bad practice. You are still eliminating unproductive water. Learn from not catching.

For the next hour Brian moves all around finding isolated timber with no luck. He tells me that pattern will be on sometime through out the day though.

He's running down the lake and spot some rocks and Rebar theres fish there. He starts throwing the series 3 crank and is telling me how if the water was up bigger fish would be there. He catches a few small ones of banging the crankbait off the rocks.

He's moving back up the lake again and stops at bare shallow main lake point, I ask him what in the world he had seen here to make him stop, to which he points at a bird and tells me I always stop and spend 5 minutes are so if I see birds feeding.

No luck on the point so he heads back to some isolated main lake timber on points. He starts moving down the lake when he crosses a good hump holding bait fish and bass in the middle of the lake. The top of the high spot is in 22.4 feet of water with the sides in 31.7 feet. He riggs up a drop shot with a 5/16 weight and robo worm. He spends about 10 minutes there and with no luck moves to around a ramp with rocks on both sides

He picks up the series 3 crankbait as the cast is in the air he tells me there will be a good fish here. 1st cast the fight is on as he is playing the fish he gives details on how to fight/play and land the fish. (see video) the bass weighed in at 3.14 pounds. Thats a SLIM FAST BASS he says, no belly at all.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
When fishing areas with multiple structure try to get your lure to hit as much as both on one cast that will increase you catch rate.


After attacking the boat ramp for a little while longer Brian starts to move. He spends the next few hours move from Isolated timber to Boat ramps with no luck.

He moves to a Main Lake point with a few big isolated tree's in about 8 feet of water. He flips in the coffee tube and the fish hits it hard, with a FAST hook set all I hear is it's a big one. The fish makes a few dives and gets Brian hung up in some limbs. he does all he can but about 6 minutes later he has to break the fish off. ( I guarantee you all that fish would have beaten the "Day On The Water" record )

He sits down and reties to let the experience wear off, if this would have been a tourney that would have hurt. Oh well got to keep fishing.

He fishes around the timber for a little while longer and then picks up to move to a marina across the lake, he starts flipping tires and CRANKING INSIDE THE TIRES. There were some tires that had a inch or 2 between them. he would cast the crankbait and work it in and out of those cracks. Crazy is all I can use to describe this. He has no luck with the tires and moves to another boat ramp fishing the Series 3 crank bait.

He moves to some boat slips and shut the motor down way out in front and put the trolling motor on LOW. he creeps up to the rocks and docks and start to throw a shaky head.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
When fishing Shallow water or Boat ramps be quite, If a bass can find a worm in the middle of the night, he can feel a 20 foot boat coming around. Don't put yours self in at a disadvantage before you can fish.

He fishes rocks and timber till about 1 hour left in his "Day On The Water", he's heading down the lake and sees another Hump/high spot. He pulls the drop shot back out and attacks the deep water.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
When fishing deep your graph is the most important piece to the puzzle, you need to know how to read and dissect what there and where. Get you Rod/reel/line and lure ready, fishing that deep it about proper hook setting and playing the fish.

Theres 35 minute left and Brian heads to a Ramp he fished before, I'm now going to try to fish for a some big fish he says. He runs across the lake and arrives at the ramp. He quickly gets up and starts casting.....Here we go I hear as I see Brian's road loading up. If I would have stayed on this pattern all day I feel I could have caught these all day.
When he lands the fish it's a 3.10 lb bass.

He finishes the day next to Lavonia Boat Ramp and loads up.

Brian wanted me to say thanks to the Texas Fishing Forum for all there support, your support hasn't gone unnoticed or forgotten. He truly remembers why he's where he's at, hard work and support from his family. He doesn't post on here, but told me all day how great and supportive his family was, especially his wife. She's very understanding he said.

He would like to THANKS ALL HIS SPONSORS, with out them none of this would be possible.

In no particular order
Skeeter/Yamaha.......... www.skeeterboats.com
Moritz Chevrolet........ www.moritzchevrolet.com
Strike King Lures....... www.strikeking.com
Fun-N-Sun Boat Sales.... www.funnsunboats.com
Waterloo Rod Company.... www.waterloorods.com
Texas Fishing Forum.....
Longhorn Concrete.......
Red Dog Studios.........




Brian could have really racked up the weight today, but he said what good would that do the Texas Fishing Forum. He didn't want to stay in one spot all day, he treated this like a Elite series practice and really gave some great tips along the way.

Brian's TOTAL WEIGHT:
11.07 lbs

TIP FROM BRIAN:
When fishing Texas Rig DON'T reel down to feel if the fish is on there after a strike set the hook, when you reel down you put pressure on the WEIGHT and it puts pressure on the Bass's mouth. He will spit the lure as soon as he feels the weight More often than not.

TIP FROM BRIAN:
When your fishing and you hear that voice in your head telling you anything from, need to move to slow down/speed up, stop cranking and go to flipping.....LISTEN TO IT. He has had a lot of success learning to listen to that voice and reating off of it.

Brian I had a blast, I learned more in 8 hours yesterday than more people will learn in a life time. Your a great guy and angler. GOOD LUCK NEXT year, I have a feeling you are going to be a major contender next season.

Casey

Brian explains how to attack a new Lake, and not letting distraction effect you.



Talks about rookies season and sacrifices.



Talks about finding two different types cover


Rigging Drop Shots, and Tips


Talks about playing fish


Explains what he did to catch fish off of ramp


BIG FISH PART ONE


Big Fish Part TWO



Tips on T-Rigging/Tube


Just Cooling Off


Brian gives Skeeter info


How he attacks Boat Docks


Talk about KVD

Running across Lake


Talk about Drop Shotting Deep Water


Talks about setting up a C-Rig


Just Fishing Timber


Think this dogs likes going fast


Another Good Fish


" A Day On The Water" Recap by Brian

Is it my comp? Or is it not working?

Were not trying to rush you as long as you hurry up....

Seriously take all the time you need a can not imagine what all goes into putting these great Day On The Water articles together. Keep up the great work....

ok

Do you all want to see the Videos and PICKS now???????

Casey

yup.

Casey,

Get something to eat, enjoy your family, take a nap.

We can wait.

Thanks for doing this. Your something else

No, Casey is just teasing us.

On another note, I met up with Brian and Casey on the water Sunday. I must say Brian is a good guy. He took a little time for introductions and to say hi. I made sure to get on my way rather quickly as to not take up any of his fishing time.

A statement made from another post about him burning some fuel, I know I saw them in three different places on the lake throught the time I was there. Hopefully he did pretty good.

You should see him in a 3 and half hour night tournament on Eagle Mountain. He can cover every good dock, rock, and stick up in short order and then have time to do it all again. He's all over the place and usually has a good sack to show for it.

OK,

I have the Picks up,

I have 15 of the 23 videos Uploaded, those 15 have taking 4 hours and 50 minutes.

I still have 8 to go, but they should be up tonight.

You guys will be amazed at the video's he did for us and the tips he gave out. Some tips will only be in the write up.

GET READY FOR WHAT MAY BE THE BEST ARTICLE YET, I was told he's crazy good, you all will see soon, through the " Day On The Water"

Casey

I am watching the forum for this like Brians dog Cheyenne watching his sandwish in that pic.

Brian was having a bad hair day...LOL

How do you get to the video's

I have 3 more to upload and they will all be there, I will make note in the header the videos are there.

It takes HOURS and HOURS to get the videos up. been working on them since about 3:50 PM

Casey

Sounds great!

Casey i think you do a great job doing this. Tey are all very educational and well done. Ive seen some of the Brian Clark video and you asked some great questions. And bryan was great fo taking the time to explain some things in detail and even give some of his secrets. Thanks for all you do

You can take the best local guy, and put him aginst any body that has a year of elite series experience....spares greats or whoever...and the locals will 99.8% get beat. There is a difference between a pro like that and a really good local guy.

VIDEOS ARE UP

Casey

THX MRBASS24

Casey, outstanding job on this so far..

It shows just what kind of guy Brian is, to take the time and share his knowledge and experiences with us.

I can promise the sell on the Seris 3 Sexy Shad Crankbaits goes up over the next few days...

Hats off two both of you guys...

Bravo Bravo!
What a cool dude to go fishing with for a day. BASS is going to be asking Brian to do A Day on the Lake on ESPN for the next episode. Thanks for all of the awesome tips Brian. I look forward to meeting you at the Championship.
Casey good footage although I am not to impressed with your name memorization skills...."Aaron uh mmm uhh , I can't remember his last name"...What are you talking about dude! Its the ex VP!!!...LOL
J/K. Alteast you got the first part right!

Good job once again my friend. What was the final tally? Its such a heart breaker about that fish that got hung up in the tree. I guess I owe big Thanks to Brian for keeping me in the hot seat for BB..(or the tree) DANG IT, I can't take this pressure.

shhhhhhhhhhhh....... no ones noticed that yet.....

Casey,
Great job. We are lucky to have you put in the time and effort to bring these great reports and with all of the video's to see people like Brian and how they approach finding fish and watching their technique's. It is better than any fishing show out there.

What lake were you on?

Lavon

I think this whole set up is awesome-Day On the Lake !

First i would like to thank Brian Clark for taking time from his family to do this,second would be a big Thanks to Casey for doing these for us here at the TFF.From the pictures to the information given they are great....Way to go guy's..........And also would like to Thank J.P. Greeson for letting us do them also.....

Great job Casey...I look forward to reading these. I don't have the time to visit this site as much as I would like, but I make it a point to tune in for your "Day On The Lake" results.

I am also amazed that Brian Clark took the time out of his schedule to do this...great guy. The next time I am in the market for a vehicle, I'll be shopping Moritz.

All you couch potatoes who didnt come out to the lake missed out. To see a guy hack apart a lake that you are very familiar with is amazing.

how do you get to the videos?

bullwinkle click on the video arrow and it should start playing they are on page 1

I think I saw that same boat on Lavon Sunday around 11:30 or so.
Or one just like it.

Guess I should have read the second page. Had a decent day myself, not nearly as good as Brian.

OK it's all up, I got more to run through.

This is his day in a nut shell. He really covered a lot of water Sunday.


Hope you all like it.

Casey

That was awesome...Thanks Casey, Brian is a real stick and I think we can all learn alot from this!!!

What Stan said!!!!

Casey,
Very well done!

Thanks Brian for taking the time away from your family to do this, you to Casey.

Thanks guys

Look at that poser in the Triton!

WELL DONE CASEY... WAY TO THROW IN THE TIPS WHEN THINGS WERE SLOW. KEPT ME INTERESTED FROM START TIL FINISH... COOL DOG TOO!!!

Casey great job on the write up and interviews, it was interesting and very informative.

Bassin 101---Thoroughly enjoyable listen.

Great "day on the lake" as always. Thanks to Brian for taking the time and being so informative and to Casey for putting these together!!

I got bumped for the dog. Good choice.

It was nice meeting Brian at the ramp. Very professional. As always Casey, love the vids and write up.

Excellent job!!! I enjoyed the whole thing.

It gets my vote for the:

Great write up and info.Way to keep it going Casey


Thanks for all you do
Ken

I wonder if you could get Corey Waldrop to do the same thing? He made a top 12 once this year if I remember correctly. That would be another cool one to do. Just a thought.

Awesome write up Casey!! Thanks to Brian and yourself for taking the time to do this for the forum. It was very informative and helpful. Thanks again, Dustin.

Ok, where do I get the DVD? That's some cool stuff now. Keep up the great work Mr.Casey!

Excellent job Casey.Thanks Brian for the tips

Thanks a bunch Casey and Brian.

I would like to give a THUMBS UP to LAKE LAVON!!
Close to home and had a good year!!!

After the "Day On The Water" championship I'm making a DVD.

It will have the same quality videos as the picks you see in the write up, with no down sizing like you see from YouTube.

You will like it it will have every video done this year.

Casey

Best post for knowledge sharing that I have ever read on here.

Good job!

A DVD is a great idea, looking forward to getting one of them.
Maybe next year you might invite me and Stan to do a Day on the Lake and see how TEAM GRANDPA attacks a lake as a team.
Keep up the good work.

I'll clear a day on my calendar for a dvd special on "what not to do on Lavon".

I actually fish it once a week and have had some good luck on it. I saw the Triton guy in the hat on Sunday near the Marina.


STOCK LAVON YEARLY...She's ready.

Really good job on the video.
Love the fact that there is tips on how to fish Lavon. Can't get any better than that. My bud is a crankbait type of guy and he did have luck with the sexy shad on Sunday. One of his best days. After his multiple catches I mentioned to him how someone on here was claiming the sexy shad is garbage and we laughed it off.

Where is that "Triton guy". Everyone noticed him - what do you have to say about all this?

LOL!! Keeb.. where ya at?

wow, pick on the short guy why don't you Tracker....

Poser? Maybe, but I sure do look good...