I am back home from fishing the Beaver Lake FLW Tour event and had a really tough time.  Beaver Lake is one of those fisheries that I really struggle with.  Not only do you have to figure out how to catch a bass in what seems to be a dead sea, but you have to target big, small ones.  Let me explain.  99% of th fish at Beaver are below the size of a normal bass, but largemouth have to be 15″, smallmouth have to be 15″, and spots have to be 12″s.  So you have to fish clear water, catch a bass that’s a keeper and make those big, small ones be bigger than anyone elses.  My friend, I just don’t have the secret to that.  Everyone said that practice was extremely tough, “tougher than they’d ever seen it”, they said.  Well, I managed a limit on day one with 2 largemouth and 3 spots and was in 83rd place.  That’s rough.  The wind blew really hard at Beaver as well, in practice and during the tournament.  I really stuggle at trying to find fish on these lakes when you can hardly even drive around.  I am unhappy with the 95th place result of this event, but I am surprised my finish wasn’t worse and I’m happy to move on to the next one.

Thanks again to sportsmanswarehouse.com for getting me all the baits I need, right on time.  Ya’ll keep fishing and I’ll keep my head up.  Take care,

Dearal Rodgers, www.dearalrodgers.com