Yeah... ATC Fever is in Full Effect!!

Ever since I told my wife I'm going to the ATC (about 12:30 this afternoon), I've been in Tourney Mode. I'm finishing the appropriate laundry, organizing my gear, and setting the schedule with Rick and Jim.

See y'all there!!

Chad

I've had that fever since Sunday when bait preparation was started for Brid and I.

Baits are all done, rod checked out, reels rebuilt, line check on all reels, new shock leaders, 30 new rigs made up, the list goes on.........

See you Thursday evening guys

I just got a box from BCT that weight over 30lb's 15lb buckets of mistral baits are really quite sexy.

Is that all you got Zach - 30lb per week is what I have been using LOL

I am stocking up for the spring. love me some mistral baits.

Who is holding the pots this year?

everyone, it is Austin!!

Looks like you guys are going to get some nice weather during the event. Hope you don't mind me asking but what made you decide to hold it in February vs March this year?

Well good luck to all you guys heading down there. Make North Texas proud.

WE WANTED TO GO EARLIER TO AVOID ALL POSSIBILITIES OF THE SPAWN SCREWING THINGS UP,,,ALSO PRE-SPAWN FISH ARE FATTIES ....WHEN ONE LOOKS AT ALL THE EVENTS GOING ON IN AUSTIN IT WAS OUR ONLY REAL CHOICE,,,,WE FARTED AROUND WITH A DATE FOR DAYS AND DAYS,,THE CHANGE WAS NOT REALLY LAST MINUTE, WE KNEW IT WAS FEB. MANY , MANY MOONS AGO,,,
THE GUY THAT HOLDS THE POT MONEY , IS THE GUY WITH THE SLOWEST CAR....



Don't forget to stop by my Cassita to get your Buckets and Shirts...please try to bring EXACT change,,,shirts are 20 bucks, larger sizes 1X and up are 22

Hmmmm, doesn't seem logical to me? Out of 10 atc's one of them came partially in the spawn. February is not a numbers of fish month. It can have its good days but generally there is still plenty of cold days left in the year so fishing can be tough. ESP in bluebird sky days after a cold front.

To me the main reasons are - two weekends of SXSW causing huge traffic issues and two other weekends with major boat races closing off sections of the lake making them impossible to fish.

Spawn, pre-spawn, post-spawn makes no real big difference to the fishing, weather conditions do make a difference, so does location, amount of daylight, how many people are fishing - can't factor everything in to make a perfect event.

Perfect example is the WCC year long events - every one is on a Saturday, thus precluding anyone who works Saturdays from fishing the events, why not some on Sundays?