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Low – 66

High – 85

Cloudy Morning/Sunny Afternoon

Wind – Southeast at 3-5mph

I want to apologize for this article being so late but I was on vacation in Disney World last week, but anyways no one cares about that!

Well half the season is officially in the books now and once again the men of the Southern Boyz Bass Club had less than ideal fishing conditions on Black River Lake. Recent rains had the lakes high and muddy. Cocodrie Lake and Horseshoe Lake were pretty much unfishable unless you like fishing in the mud. This had almost everyone fishing in Black River Lake which was less than ideal also. It was Memorial Day weekend and the boat traffic was terrible. There were skiers and boats running around everywhere. The waves were so bad I thought I was back on Toledo Bend. We had a total of 30 anglers show up for the tournament on this fun filled Memorial Day Weekend. With all these tough conditions most people expected the bite to be tough, but you should never doubt the guys of Southern Boyz Bass Club. A total of 7 limits were brought in over 10lbs with our youngest member Aaron Belgard bringing in the winning sack at 12.2lbs. Congratulations to Aaron for his first SBBC victory and I’m sure there will be more to come.

Well as it has been with almost every tournament this year, it takes someone doing something different from everyone else to produce a victory. Aaron was able to catch his fish early by fishing a frog in Workinger bayou. He was able to start culling by 6:20. He also mentioned something to me about a pink fluke, but this I can’t be sure of! 2^nd place went to James Miller with 11.31lbs. He caught all his fish on a brush hog. He was flipping the reed lines and brush that was in the water due to the high water level. James also said that he did not get a bite on a baby brush hog that all his bites were on the big brush hog. 3^rd place went to Josh Sikes who caught an early limit on a jerkbait, but then culled through every one of those fish to bring in a weight of 11.07lbs. He caught all of his bigger fish on a football headed jig. Rounding out of the top 5 was Kevin Woodson with 11.02lbs and Curt Chaudior with 10.6lbs. Four out of top five finishers were fishing in Black River Lake. Big bass honors went to Wallace Woodson with a 4.59lb stud! This fish was caught on a football headed jig.

There were 11 limits and a total of 93 bass brought to the scales for a total weight of 185.98lbs (1.99lb/fish). This was our smallest average so far this season. With half the season over now, the top 6 spots are becoming very tight. If everyone was to go ahead and drop one tournament there are about 9-10 people in good shape. With Russ White missing the tournament, Rick Villamerette is now the AOY leader with Wallace Woodson 9 points behind.

As KVD says at the end of every article, “Remember it’s all about the attitude.”

Fishing Tip #2: Always make sure your hooks are in good shape before you fish with them!!!!!!!

Brandon Nugent