Weather Conditions:

Low – 55

High – 80

Mostly Clear

Wind – South at 10mph

Gusts 17mph

The 2^nd tournament of the year at Toledo Bend Reservoir is now in the books. We had 35 anglers show up for the tournament.  Minus the wind blowing and the Texas oil man’s tournament with 500 plus boats going on at the same time the conditions were much more enjoyed than the first tournament.  Three 70 degree plus days in a row had everyone in high hopes of monster fish up shallow getting ready to spawn. However, these favorable conditions didn’t necessarily mean bigger sacks of fish. Big fish were hard to come by for most of our anglers. That is except for Jeremy Sonnier. Jeremy brought a sack to the scales weighing 16.56lbs anchored by an 8.65lb toad. This is Jeremy’s 3^rd win in the SBBC and 2^nd win on Toledo Bend.

Jeremy for the most part was focusing on punching grass around the roots of Cyprus trees along steep banks with a sweet beaver. Most of his fish came in 2-3ft of water. His big fish however came in 12-15ft of water on a carolina rigged green pumpkin fluke. Josh Sikes came in 2^nd place with 15.77lbs with a 5.65lb kicker. He only had 5 bites all day. He caught all his fish on a chartreuse spinnerbait focusing mainly on the points of spawning pockets and inside the pockets themselves on the North end of the lake. Third place went to Rick Villlemarette with 13.68lbs. Rick was also fishing the North end of the lake focusing on a grass flat in 4-6ft of water. The grass flat also consisted of vegetation growth leftover from the low water 2 years ago. Most of his fish came on either a senko or a spinnerbait.

Overall there were 13 limits brought to the scales with 111 fish weighed in at average weight of 2.44lbs. More fish were brought in at this tournament than the previous but the average size decreased. Now that the 2^nd tournament of the year is over with we can begin talking about AOY. As it stands right now Russ White has a 5 point lead over Mike Barbat and an 8 point lead over Rick Villermarette. Maybe this is the year someone ends the Wallace Woodson and Rick Villermarette 4 year streak! The next tournament will be March 30 at Blake Lake.

As KVD writes at the end of every blog “remember it’s all about the attitude.”

Brandon Nugent