So my Pan-O-Prog partner Ryan & I got out for about 2.5 hours last night on Lake Marion in Lakeville. We decided to look for some new shallow water / slop areas to go with some of our deep water stuff that we fished last year. We tied on frogs, buzz toads and flipping rigs and worked the shallow pads & weed mats. We managed to catch 3 bass all around 2lbs and missed a couple more. They all came on black floating frogs.
Nothing to write home about, but it was good to be out bass fishing again after being in Europe. Also, while I was gone, we climbed to 39 email subscribers, thanks to all you new subscribers!
Another note, did you see the 2008 Bassmasters Schedule?
2008 Bassmaster Elite Series destinations.
| February 22-24 | Bassmaster Classic | Lake Hartwell — Greenville, S.C. |
| March 6-9 | Sunshine Showdown | Harris Chain of Lakes — Leesburg, Fla. City of Leesburg/Lake Co. Dept. of Tourism |
| March 13-16 | Citrus Slam | Kissimmee Chain — Lake Wales, Fla. Polk Co. Tourism/Sports Marketing |
| April 3-6 | Lone Star Shootout | Falcon Lake — Zapata, Texas Zapata Chamber of Commerce |
| April 10-13 | Battle on the Border | Lake Amistad — Del Rio, Texas Del Rio Convention/Visitors Bureau |
| May 1-4 | Pride of Georgia | Clarks Hill Lake — Evans, Ga Columbia Co. Tourism |
| May 15-18 | Carolina Clash | Lake Murray — Columbia, S.C. Capital City/Lake Murray Co. Regional Tourism |
| June 5-8 | Southern Challenge | Wheeler Lake — Decatur, Ala. Decatur-Morgan Co. Convention/Visitors Bureau |
| June 12-15 | Bluegrass Brawl | Kentucky Lake — Gilbertsville, Ky. State of Kentucky |
| June 26-29 | River Rumble | Mississippi River — Fort Madison, Iowa Fort Madison Convention/Visitors Bureau |
| July 31-Aug. 3 | Empire Chase | Lake Erie/Niagara River — Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo Convention/Visitors Bureau |
| August 7-10 | Champion’s Choice | Oneida Lake — Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse Convention/Visitors Bureau |
Couple thoughts, sad to see the Majors gone, but very excited to see them coming to IA, I am definitely going to put my money in for that tournament as a co-angler. Good to see some new water like Falcon, that will be a great tournament, probably better then Amistad. Also Lake Murray is a great lake as well. Probably will get out on Marion tomorrow night as well. Then Friday night I will get all tied up and prepared for my club tournaments this weekend on Clearwater & Chisago, have not been on either one this year :0
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