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 Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/25/10 04:32 PM
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I was down there a few years ago and hadn't caught anything. I came into a cove that had some pretty, green hydrilla a few feet under the surface and immediately caught two fish.
About that time a lady that had to be between 85 and 90 years old came out onto her dock. When I got close to her she said, "They were supposed to have killed all this damn hydrilla. I'm gonna call the city about it again!"
I guess it probably bothered her when she went swimming... I have caught fish everytime I go to that lake but it is hard to catch a limit of the 18" fish. That lake has a big population of spotted bass in it also. The bass are still in the lake with or without the hydrilla, they just relate to different cover/structure. Most of the year you can catch fish around the deeper boathouses in Cat Creek and the boathouses in Byrd Branch. There are some big-uns in it. I have seen several swimming around the shallows during post spawn last year that looked to be 9+ lbs
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/25/10 08:52 PM
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I was down there a few years ago and hadn't caught anything. I came into a cove that had some pretty, green hydrilla a few feet under the surface and immediately caught two fish.
About that time a lady that had to be between 85 and 90 years old came out onto her dock. When I got close to her she said, "They were supposed to have killed all this damn hydrilla. I'm gonna call the city about it again!"
I guess it probably bothered her when she went swimming... I have caught fish everytime I go to that lake but it is hard to catch a limit of the 18" fish. That lake has a big population of spotted bass in it also. The bass are still in the lake with or without the hydrilla, they just relate to different cover/structure. Most of the year you can catch fish around the deeper boathouses in Cat Creek and the boathouses in Byrd Branch. There are some big-uns in it. I have seen several swimming around the shallows during post spawn last year that looked to be 9+ lbs Are you sure what you saw wasn't one of the outstanding grass carp that cruise the shallows in larges pods looking for that last blade of grass or a nest to vacuum up in their ugly mouths? Yes, I am embittered by the actions of "they" who poisoned what was once a great little LMB lake. A pox on their houses!
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/25/10 10:17 PM
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I was on it last Thursday, and did really good in the morning. But the thing that really made me excited was not what I got, but what was thrashing some bait around my boat. The first time I heard it, I assumed it to be a carp, knowing good and well, that it was not. then the second time, I just happen to be looking in that direction, and let me tell you. I almost passed out from the monster I saw. This thing was well over 10 pounds, and yes, it was a bass, I saw it twice.
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/26/10 12:33 PM
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I was down there a few years ago and hadn't caught anything. I came into a cove that had some pretty, green hydrilla a few feet under the surface and immediately caught two fish.
About that time a lady that had to be between 85 and 90 years old came out onto her dock. When I got close to her she said, "They were supposed to have killed all this damn hydrilla. I'm gonna call the city about it again!"
I guess it probably bothered her when she went swimming... I have caught fish everytime I go to that lake but it is hard to catch a limit of the 18" fish. That lake has a big population of spotted bass in it also. The bass are still in the lake with or without the hydrilla, they just relate to different cover/structure. Most of the year you can catch fish around the deeper boathouses in Cat Creek and the boathouses in Byrd Branch. There are some big-uns in it. I have seen several swimming around the shallows during post spawn last year that looked to be 9+ lbs Are you sure what you saw wasn't one of the outstanding grass carp that cruise the shallows in larges pods looking for that last blade of grass or a nest to vacuum up in their ugly mouths? Yes, I am embittered by the actions of "they" who poisoned what was once a great little LMB lake. A pox on their houses! Largemouth Bass was what I seen. I didn't fish the Lake when it had grass in it. But I like fishing that Lake and always seem to catch them when I go there so far.
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/27/10 09:58 PM
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Anybody know the results for this tourney? Was there a good turnout?
"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." John Wayne
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/28/10 01:10 AM
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Anybody know the results for this tourney? Was there a good turnout? Were there any fish caught?
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/28/10 02:27 AM
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"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." John Wayne
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/28/10 03:28 PM
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I think 8 lbs and change was first with a 5.14 big bass (2-Fish)
Second was Jason James and his partner with 7.70 lbs (2-overs and a Spotted Bass)
Third was Burkett and Potkotter with 2-fish that went 6.15lbs
We caught 12 fish that were 16-17.5 inches long. Those 18" + fish are hard to come by.
About 20 teams showed up.
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/28/10 04:03 PM
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Thanks, that's about what I was expectin' from our trip there on Tuesday. Is the water any warmer?
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/28/10 11:12 PM
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Thanks, that's about what I was expectin' from our trip there on Tuesday. Is the water any warmer? 55 in the morning 59.8 in the afternoon..
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/29/10 04:06 PM
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I think 8 lbs and change was first with a 5.14 big bass (2-Fish)
Second was Jason James and his partner with 7.70 lbs (2-overs and a Spotted Bass)
Third was Burkett and Potkotter with 2-fish that went 6.15lbs
We caught 12 fish that were 16-17.5 inches long. Those 18" + fish are hard to come by.
About 20 teams showed up. That's about a typical Jacksonville tournament in my experience. I still have no idea why any circuit or club would want to hold a stringer tournament there. A one fish big bass tournament? Okay. But a five fish tournament? With so many lakes around that are so much better in terms of keeper fish to be caught, I just don't see it.
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/29/10 04:36 PM
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Why did they set the length limit to 18in in the first place? I don't understand why they wouldn't back it down to somethin like 16in. I think the stringer tourneys would be a lot more exciting cause a lot of fish would be weighed in.
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/29/10 04:49 PM
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It was a 14 inch lake when I fished a tournament there back in the mid to late 90s. I have no idea why it is an 18 inch lake. I guess the idea is to make it a trophy fish lake. Not that trying to manage for trophy bass and then spraying it for grass and filling it with carp go hand in hand...
Whatever they are doing, it's not working. Tyler State Park produces more real lunkers than Jacksonville.
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/29/10 09:28 PM
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It was a 14 inch lake when I fished a tournament there back in the mid to late 90s. I have no idea why it is an 18 inch lake. I guess the idea is to make it a trophy fish lake. Not that trying to manage for trophy bass and then spraying it for grass and filling it with carp go hand in hand...
Whatever they are doing, it's not working. Yepper, whomever "they" may be, they ain't friends of LMB in Lake Jacksonville. A pox on their houses.
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Re: Jacksonville Bass Club Open Spring Tournament 3/27/10
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03/30/10 10:27 PM
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That lake needs to be a 14" lake again. Either that or they need to stock it with Trout like they did Tyler State Park and leave it at 18".
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