Just returned from Falcon last night, and I have to say it was hot. Fishing was awesome, water is low, and I cant wait to get back. Fished the Saturday and had four fish in the box before 9:00. Our club had an optional weigh-in at 10:30, and the final at 3:00. I weighed 19.8 with my four fish at the morning break. We proceeded to fish the afternoon, and about 1:30 I get a call that a buddys boat is out of commission – AT THE TIGERS! I drove at 60 m.p.h for about 35 minutes to get to him and proceeded to tow him back to the COUNTY ramp. It took 2.5 hours, and yes I missed the weigh-in at 3, and catching number 5. I wouldnt have done that, but Ive been there before needing a tow, and know what its like.Sunday was slower, I caught my first fish at 7:05, and at 1:00 had only managed 4 fish again. My four went for 29.3, I had two identical 7.43s, an 8.24, and finally a 6.2. Two of the larger fish came on swim baits, and everything from Saturday and remaining two Sunday were caught on jigs. I missed two “regular” 2-3 pound fish and thought nothing of it at the time. 49 pounds is a definite personal best for me, and now I am a bonafide jig fisherman. I fished oldham football head 3/4 ounce jigs (watermelon) tipped with gold-glitter brush hog. I never had the boat in more than 20 feet of water, and despite the temps, the fish were caught pretty shallow.I didnt catch a lot of fish, in fact, I had no dinks, everything I caugh I weighed.Our club weighed 3 8#ers yesterday, big fish was 8.72. Second and third place was 41, and 40.6 respectively. The lake is low, I watched at least two boats hit the submerged bridge near the county ramp. It did rain pretty good Friday night, just cloudy-ed the water, dont know if came up any. As for cat, it ran great as always, trailer was different story. Lost a tail-light and rubber grommet, and then when I got home, it seemed the brakes were rubbing. No time to worry about that now, will check it out this week.If youre headed down there, be careful, and keep your lines tight!JP
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