Snowden's Tournament Journal: Eagle Mountain

Event: BassMaster Memorial

When: May 15-21, 2006

Where: Eagle Mountain, TX

Finish: 33rd

Winnings: $0.00



Practice started out with sunny skies and strong winds in the 15-20 mph out of the north to northeast. I began my practice concentrating on shallow boat docks and rocky points. I caught a few small keepers working a ½ oz., white, BOOYAH Blade around the poles of the shallow boat docks. As the day progressed I moved to some deeper docks and caught a few nice keepers suspended around the dock foam in 2-5 feet of water on a 7 ½ inch, plum, YUM Ribbontail Worm. The following day during practice I started out fishing some deeper marina docks with the spinnerbait. This produced several small fish, as well as a few keepers. I then decided to try some main lake points and drops with a Carolina rig and a 5/16 oz., BOOYAH Boo Bug Jig in pb&j with a green pumpkin, 2.5 inch, YUM Craw Papi. This produced better keepers, but I didn’t receive as many bites.

The first day of the tournament I concentrated on the marina docks and caught one keeper on a spinnerbait and a three pound fish on a Texas rigged, plum worm. The second day of the tournament I caught two nice keepers on the jig and three more keepers working the plum worm along the bottom around shallow boat docks. I finished the day with a nine pound limit and missed the cut by just over a pound.


 

By Brian Snowden