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East Twin Lake was totally uncrowded and so pleasant to fish this past Saturday as long as you didn't mind the rain, which in my humble opinion wasn't that bad, water temps were 62 to 63 and air temps were 52 to 53, it rained most of the day but not until after we fished for at least an hour.
I surprised myself by winning this tournament because I have usually struggled on East Twin since the eradication of milfoil that was a haven for Largemouth Bass.
Due to many different circumstances including roadside breakdowns we had only 4 boats at this tournament and 7 anglers.
The anglers and their finishes were;
1. Kenny Case 5 LM Bass 11 lbs. 11 ozs.
2. Bill Kohler 5 LM Bass 9 lbs. 11.5 ozs.
3. Jim Faulkner 5 LM Bass 7 lbs, 13 ozs.
4. Bill Steinmann 4 LM Bass 5 ibs. 7 ozs.
5. Francine Packes 2 LM Bass 3 lbs. 14.5 ozs.
6. Jimmy Kancza 2 LM Bass 3 lbs. 10.5 ozs.
7. Dennis Packes 1 LM Bass 1 lb. 7 ozs.
Very early in the morning I was given a clue before launching when Jimmy pointed out some very small fry that were very tight to the shoreline near the launch. When we started fishing we caught a lot of Rock Bass, Perch and Blue Gills in shallow water, so I started casting as tight to the shore line as I could which is where I began catching Largemouth Bass. Many times if no LM Bass bit and as I retrieved then I would also catch Rockies, or Perch, I threw small soft grubs to catch my Bass.
2nd place Bill Kohler who brought in a limit of LM Bass said he caught most of his Bass on a variety of soft plastics, but did catch Bass on other baits as well.
3rd place Jim Faulkner brought in the only other limit of LM Bass. JP told me he used a Black Jig to catch all of his Bass he told me that he got bit using very little movement and watched the line very carefully for movement. JP also said there was no set pattern he caught one on a bed, one on rock, one in a tree and one in the pads, the only common thing is that they were all fairly shallow.
Our newest member Francine Packes joined on Friday May 18th, 2018 and fished her first tournament with Outcast in the rain at East Twin.
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