Clarks Hill: Still putting together a plan

Just finished up with a day 2 practice. Had a great morning. I got to fish with a veteran sportswiter named Bill Baab. He’s a longtime outdoor writer. He writes for the Augusta paper.

He’s done a lot of stuff and it was a pleasure to be with him. He’s covered 17 Bassmaster Classics, he told me.

You can spot those old veteran writers. They know exactly what to ask and they’re always a lot of fun to be with, so that was a treat for me.

In addition to that, I got on some fish today. I’m excited about a little deal I found on some secondary points. I was able to find some fish real shallow. Some were 2 to 3 pounders. I would think if that holds up I can catch about 15 pounds a day, and that will be good.

It was a tough day in some ways, though. The deep bite was off. It was calm and clear. I was hoping the sight fishing would pick up. But most of the fish I saw, well all of the fish, were small.

And they were mostly bucks. The females have already pulled out, it looks like. So my hopes of finding the big fish on the beds are gone. That’s not going to happen.

Anyway, the fish are super shallow on the secondary points. If that pattern holds up, I’ll do pretty well in this event.