The last time Bo Price fished Lake Seminole was in the Walmart BFL Regional Championship two years ago, the same regional he will be fishing this week. He placed 17^th in that regional, but Lake Seminole looks nothing like the same lake this year.

“The grass is the biggest thing. With the mild winter we had there is grass everywhere, almost solid grass,” said the BFL angler from Seneca, S.C. “It makes it more difficult to pinpoint fish, but once you get them pinpointed it should be pretty good.”

Price noted that Seminole always fishes tough in the fall, but the proliferation of aquatic grass has increased the chances of getting bit by bass.

“It seems like bites are more common this year than in years past,” he said during practice this week. “It’s not like you can just go down the bank and catch a limit,. It’s a situation of either you got them or you don’t got them.”

That was pointed out in a tournametn out of Wingate’s Lodge last weekend. It took 27 pounds to win, but second place was only 11 pounds.

“It’s pretty much feast or famine. It all boils down to finding the right group of fish,” said Price who finished the regular season of the Savannah river BFL Division as the top money winner with total prize money of $8,817 for the season. He was second in points to Jerry Kotal of Elberton, Ga., by only 11 points.

Price was outstanding in tournaments on his main home area lakes. He finished 12^th on Lake Keowee in February, was third on Lake Hartwell, where he lives, in March, and won the tournametn on Lake Russell in April. He added two top 30 finishes on Clarks Hill, 28^th in March, and Lake Hartwell, 22^nd in September to his record for the year.

One of six BFL Regional championships, the Seminole Regional this week features the top 40 boaters and top 40 co-anglers from the Savannah River, Bama, Choo Choo, and Gator Divisions. All the anglers are competing to finish in the top six who will advance to the Walmart BFL All-American.

A 10-year veteran of the BFL circuit, Price said his strong point is deep water fishing for bass, but because of the grass situation he may have to change his strategy for the Seminole championship.

“I cut my teeth fishing deep water at home,” he said. “My Dad had me out on the lake fishing deep water from the time I was about 5 years old. A lot of times shallow water fishing can be really good or it can be really bad, but the deep water fishermen will almost always come in with a decent limit.”

Because that is his forte, Price said he is checking out the deep water possibilities on Lake Seminole this week.

“I honestly don’t know what I will be doing in the tournament,” he said. “When the weather finally stabilize I’ll have to make a decision. I’ve been catching some shallow and some deep.”

 

Wal-Mart BFL Regional

Bama, Choo Choo, Gator and Savannah River Divisions

Oct 4-6, 2012

Lake Seminole

Bainbridge Boat Basin

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