Bistineau 16 Sept 2023

[Mike Cork]

Lake is about as far down as it's going to get. It's officially at 133.83

I prefished back on Thursday and found fish just about everywhere, with the lake 8 feet low, they don't have many places to hide LOL Caught them on just about anything I wanted to. Cranks, spinners, topwater, jigs, and plastics all worked. Spinnerbait seemed to draw the biggest bites for me thought. Tournament day, Saturday the 16th, I stuck with mostly points on the channels and managed a 19 pound stringer good for 4th.

First was 22, second 21, and third was another 19 pound stringer.

I had one frog bite all day and it was a good one. Got it to the boat twice and just couldn't get her in the net. She wasn't a giant but probably 4 pounds. I had to weight a 2.5 pounders so she would have put me over twenty and into third... Live by the frog and die by the frog....

Over all I caught a ton of fish and had a great time. If you go out there be careful, the lake is very low. At its deepest when full there is only 20 feet of water so you can imagine there is an enormous amount of unfishable areas. Stick to the channel and take your time.

[Donald Garner]

Mike, congrats on your 4th Place Finish     Tks for sharing the trip with us.  Glad you were able to put together a quality limit and get a check.

Yep those (1) techniques can either be a winner or leaving you wondering       Glad you finished up in the Top 5 during this event.