Well after prefishing for this tourney a week beforehand, i felt very confident in what my game plan was going to be. While prefishing, i found bass on artificial structure while deadsticking a senko... come tournament time however, this was not a very strong pattern.
My buddy paul was fishing in the tourney for lunker and caught a small keeper right off the bat. I could not get bit all day! I went back and forth to my 2 hot spots all day without many bites. I snapped a fish off at a dock early in the day. I had to really work to get my keeper. after my 3rd trip back to some grass, i flipped a senko into some weeds and ended up landing a 1.5lb largemouth. Thank God i caught him.. I was so discouraged but i knew perseverance would pay off... mostly everyone else in the club had a hard time too. i ended up in 5th place in the tourney. The leader found some fish and caught 13lbs worth.. 2nd place had 1 bite all day and caught a 3.5lber... so in all a bad day turned into a good day at 11:30.. i got some valuable club points and hopefully secured my place as rookie of the year!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Some News and a Tourney coming up!
So there has been some good things goin on as of late... I joined the Slippery Rock bass fishing team and have been helping get some sponsors.. I contacted 2 companies that were more than willing to help our club out! California Tackle and Venom Lures! I've never used California Tackle's line of baits before but I am sure they work. They have some potent scent they use on their baits called RoadKill (its a really strong garlic based scent developed by Dennis, the owner of California Tackle.)
Also, Venom Lures are the manufactures of an amazing line of Tubes, creature baits, and jigs! I have been using their products for a couple years now and am very satisfied with their lures!
Also, Scott Laukhuff added me to his prostaff at the CentreSportsman Tv Show.. I write some blogs for them and will be testing out some baits for him that he is currently developing! I am really excited to help Scott out as he is a great guy! and an awesome Outdoorsman!
I have a tourney coming up on Sunday at Foster Sayers Dam in Howard, PA.... I went out and practiced for it last saturday. I found a pattern that should still produce this weekend. It is calling for the same kind of weather. If that is the case then the fish need to look out! I will post a blog about the tourney and how it went on Sunday. I need a strong finish at this one to put me on top the standings for Rookie of the Year in the club! and possibly a top 5 in points!!
It's time for me to hit the sack! i have to get up at 5:30am for the 1st day of Pennsylvania Archery Season!
Catch ya later!
Check out these links and tell them Jimmy Moslak sent you!
The Centre Sportsman TV Show
Venom Lures
California Tackle
Also, Venom Lures are the manufactures of an amazing line of Tubes, creature baits, and jigs! I have been using their products for a couple years now and am very satisfied with their lures!
Also, Scott Laukhuff added me to his prostaff at the CentreSportsman Tv Show.. I write some blogs for them and will be testing out some baits for him that he is currently developing! I am really excited to help Scott out as he is a great guy! and an awesome Outdoorsman!
I have a tourney coming up on Sunday at Foster Sayers Dam in Howard, PA.... I went out and practiced for it last saturday. I found a pattern that should still produce this weekend. It is calling for the same kind of weather. If that is the case then the fish need to look out! I will post a blog about the tourney and how it went on Sunday. I need a strong finish at this one to put me on top the standings for Rookie of the Year in the club! and possibly a top 5 in points!!
It's time for me to hit the sack! i have to get up at 5:30am for the 1st day of Pennsylvania Archery Season!
Catch ya later!
Check out these links and tell them Jimmy Moslak sent you!
The Centre Sportsman TV Show
Venom Lures
California Tackle
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Check out my College Fishing Report I wrote for the Centre Sportsman!
Hey all.. I talked to the Centre Sportsman who is a good friend of mine and he asked me to write a college fishing report for him on his website! Scott is an avid outdoorsman who has his own television show called the CentreSportsman.. his show is very cool and very informative! check out my post and his website out at http://www.centresportsman.com
Catch ya later!
Catch ya later!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Raystown Lake Tournament 9/13/09
I had a tournament on Raystown Lake in Huntingdon,PA on Sunday for my first ever tournament on Raystown. I used my knowledge gained from my first ever trip to Raystown (see my previous post) in order to catch a few fish. The fish weren't biting like they were a couple weeks ago when i was there but that didnt stop me from pushing and fishing hard to get a fish in the livewell. I worked a no wake zone for the first part of the morning near snyders run but to no avail... so I told my buddy Tyler that we were gonna make a run for the area right before Seven Points Marina. I told him not to let me stop until we got there.
When we got there, there was a team already fishing on the shallow point in the weeds but that was ok.. all my fish before came just down from there. So we were workin that area throwing a wacky rigged GreenPumkin Senko. after a little bit i had a real nice hit and i could see the fish take off with it.. I was pitching into about 12 feet of water that was about 10 feet infront of the boat. Well i swung and rolled the first fish. probably 30 feet down from there i swung and missed another nice one... so i hurried up and put the rod down and threw in a Watermelon Red Senko texas rigged with a 1/8 oz tungsten weight on it.. that thing no sooner hit bottom and WAM! that fish took off with it.. i set the hook and my net man netted it smooth as silk.. here is a picture of it
That ended up being the only keeper i caught all the day but i learned if you miss a fish, to not give up on it because i didnt give up and ended up with a 2.22lb Largemouth and 6th place in the club tourney...
Catch ya later
When we got there, there was a team already fishing on the shallow point in the weeds but that was ok.. all my fish before came just down from there. So we were workin that area throwing a wacky rigged GreenPumkin Senko. after a little bit i had a real nice hit and i could see the fish take off with it.. I was pitching into about 12 feet of water that was about 10 feet infront of the boat. Well i swung and rolled the first fish. probably 30 feet down from there i swung and missed another nice one... so i hurried up and put the rod down and threw in a Watermelon Red Senko texas rigged with a 1/8 oz tungsten weight on it.. that thing no sooner hit bottom and WAM! that fish took off with it.. i set the hook and my net man netted it smooth as silk.. here is a picture of it
That ended up being the only keeper i caught all the day but i learned if you miss a fish, to not give up on it because i didnt give up and ended up with a 2.22lb Largemouth and 6th place in the club tourney...
Catch ya later
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Slippery Rock Creek, September 2, 2009
I am taking a little break from studying and figured I would give a little update about the fishing in Slippery Rock Creek.... It's awesome!!
I drove around and found a bridge that crossed over Slippery Rock Creek in Slippery Rock, PA... so i decided to park there on Sunday and give it a try.. i talked to a couple guys who were there and said they mainly fish for trout but there are bass in the river. I assumed that they were all dinky smallmouths in the river but i love catching bass so i knew i may have found a hotspot... i begain by throwing some crankbaits at the fish but couldnt get any bites... as soon as i switched to a topwater... the fish havent stopped smackin it! Ive been using a Matzuo popper and holy man the fish here love it...
on sunday i caught one smallmouth and missed 3 others. Yesterday i fished for a little less than an hour and caught 5 smallmouth and 2 small largemouth! i couldnt believe there were largemouth in this creek! my biggest as of yesterday was probably 2 fish that may have been 12 inches but fun to catch none the less..
today was a different story.. after class i decided to hit up the creek (5pm)... not long after i got there i continued throwing that little popper and bamm!!! something annihilated it! it was the biggest fish ive caught in a river in my life! granted ive always been more of a lake fisherman and rarely fish the rivers but i may have just became addicted! i didnt have a scale or a tape ruler but this bass was every bit of 18inches... im still pumped about it!
I drove around and found a bridge that crossed over Slippery Rock Creek in Slippery Rock, PA... so i decided to park there on Sunday and give it a try.. i talked to a couple guys who were there and said they mainly fish for trout but there are bass in the river. I assumed that they were all dinky smallmouths in the river but i love catching bass so i knew i may have found a hotspot... i begain by throwing some crankbaits at the fish but couldnt get any bites... as soon as i switched to a topwater... the fish havent stopped smackin it! Ive been using a Matzuo popper and holy man the fish here love it...
on sunday i caught one smallmouth and missed 3 others. Yesterday i fished for a little less than an hour and caught 5 smallmouth and 2 small largemouth! i couldnt believe there were largemouth in this creek! my biggest as of yesterday was probably 2 fish that may have been 12 inches but fun to catch none the less..
today was a different story.. after class i decided to hit up the creek (5pm)... not long after i got there i continued throwing that little popper and bamm!!! something annihilated it! it was the biggest fish ive caught in a river in my life! granted ive always been more of a lake fisherman and rarely fish the rivers but i may have just became addicted! i didnt have a scale or a tape ruler but this bass was every bit of 18inches... im still pumped about it!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Raystown Lake 8/24-8/25/09
Hey all.
I figured I would give you a little post about my trip to Raystown Lake on August 24 and 25. I have never fished this lake before and i wanted to get a nice little camping trip in before i started grad school at Slippery Rock. So, my buddy Tyler and I decided to plan this trip.
We arrived at Raystown around 9am on monday morning. by the time we git the tent set up and the boat in the water it was around 10:30. we fished til about 6pm that night and had a blast! What an awesome lake! Tyler was fishing for panfish most of the day and he caught about 30 fish each day. The quality of the fish wasnt very good. all of the panfish he caught were dinks but still had a really good time in doing so.
I was fishing for bass all day. I started out targeting coves and wood as there is alot of both at raystown. The bass didnt seem to be sticking to the wood like i thought they would be in 79 degree water. It took me til about 2 oclock to really put a pattern on and find the bass. I started targeting bass in ~10-20ft if water in the grass. I would just pitch my 5" Watermelon Red Senko into it and bam! the bass started cooperating with me. I put about 5 or 6 fish in the boat in the matter of minutes! granted, the bass werent very big but were very fun to catch and get some great pictures of!
On day 2, we made a run up passed beer barrel bay and began targeting grass again. This time i didnt catch any fish in the grass and found they were in steep drop-offs. I caught 3 bass on a watermelon Wooly Hawgtail and a keeper greenie on a crankbait on a rocky point.
SO in all it was a very fun relaxing trip. i caught about 15 bass in 2 days in an unfamiliar fishery. so i was pleased with how i did. I would love to go back in the fall or early spring when the bass are hogged up. I caught a decent sized smallmouth too so that was another goal that i accomplished for the trip.
enjoy the pics! Catch ya later
I figured I would give you a little post about my trip to Raystown Lake on August 24 and 25. I have never fished this lake before and i wanted to get a nice little camping trip in before i started grad school at Slippery Rock. So, my buddy Tyler and I decided to plan this trip.
We arrived at Raystown around 9am on monday morning. by the time we git the tent set up and the boat in the water it was around 10:30. we fished til about 6pm that night and had a blast! What an awesome lake! Tyler was fishing for panfish most of the day and he caught about 30 fish each day. The quality of the fish wasnt very good. all of the panfish he caught were dinks but still had a really good time in doing so.
I was fishing for bass all day. I started out targeting coves and wood as there is alot of both at raystown. The bass didnt seem to be sticking to the wood like i thought they would be in 79 degree water. It took me til about 2 oclock to really put a pattern on and find the bass. I started targeting bass in ~10-20ft if water in the grass. I would just pitch my 5" Watermelon Red Senko into it and bam! the bass started cooperating with me. I put about 5 or 6 fish in the boat in the matter of minutes! granted, the bass werent very big but were very fun to catch and get some great pictures of!
On day 2, we made a run up passed beer barrel bay and began targeting grass again. This time i didnt catch any fish in the grass and found they were in steep drop-offs. I caught 3 bass on a watermelon Wooly Hawgtail and a keeper greenie on a crankbait on a rocky point.
SO in all it was a very fun relaxing trip. i caught about 15 bass in 2 days in an unfamiliar fishery. so i was pleased with how i did. I would love to go back in the fall or early spring when the bass are hogged up. I caught a decent sized smallmouth too so that was another goal that i accomplished for the trip.
enjoy the pics! Catch ya later
Sunday, August 23, 2009
4th Place at my club tourney at the Allegheny River at Templeton
another tournament where i was so close to winning some money.
My buddy, TP Piotrowski, and I got up at 3am to drive to Templeton for our first trip ever to the Allegheny River. We got to see right away how beautiful of a river the Allegheny is. It took about 2.5 hours for me to catch my first (and only) keeper of the day. I caught a just barley legal smallmouth right off of a concrete dock on a brush hog. Usually I use watermelon red brush hogs but i was out so i had to settle with a new color i just bought.. watermelon magic. i weighed it and stuck Bag-em Bass tag in its mouth and threw him in the livewell. we went upriver just passed the bridge and the ower plant and began fishing some more.
I ended up catching one on a Mini-dr Lucky Craft crankbait in a blue and chartruese color. it was only about 6 or 8 inces. i felt the initial bump but after that i didnt even think i had one on. it was a tiny little guy.
After chatting briefly with a guy who owns a cottage along the river he suggested going into mahoning creek where the water was clear (instead of fishing in the chocolate milk that we were fishing in all day. )
A bridge runs over top of mahoning creek and tp and i started there. my first cast onto a one of the bridge pillars resulted in me hooking up with an almost legal smallie. it was 11.5 inches. i thought for sure it was as big as my first fish. we had a couple more bites the rest of the day but no more fish.
It was a really nice place to fish. i would definatly go back again. the water clarity was really muddy. if i go back it will have to be when the river is cleared up. we worked the docks pretty hard al day but only got 1 fish off of them.
i missed out on the money by .1 lbs. i was so close to finally winnin some money.. but hey there is always next time.
I am about to head outside right now to load up some wood, pack up the tents, prep my boat, and head to Raystown Lake tomorrow into tuesday to camp and fish! wish me luck!!!!!
My buddy, TP Piotrowski, and I got up at 3am to drive to Templeton for our first trip ever to the Allegheny River. We got to see right away how beautiful of a river the Allegheny is. It took about 2.5 hours for me to catch my first (and only) keeper of the day. I caught a just barley legal smallmouth right off of a concrete dock on a brush hog. Usually I use watermelon red brush hogs but i was out so i had to settle with a new color i just bought.. watermelon magic. i weighed it and stuck Bag-em Bass tag in its mouth and threw him in the livewell. we went upriver just passed the bridge and the ower plant and began fishing some more.
I ended up catching one on a Mini-dr Lucky Craft crankbait in a blue and chartruese color. it was only about 6 or 8 inces. i felt the initial bump but after that i didnt even think i had one on. it was a tiny little guy.
After chatting briefly with a guy who owns a cottage along the river he suggested going into mahoning creek where the water was clear (instead of fishing in the chocolate milk that we were fishing in all day. )
A bridge runs over top of mahoning creek and tp and i started there. my first cast onto a one of the bridge pillars resulted in me hooking up with an almost legal smallie. it was 11.5 inches. i thought for sure it was as big as my first fish. we had a couple more bites the rest of the day but no more fish.
It was a really nice place to fish. i would definatly go back again. the water clarity was really muddy. if i go back it will have to be when the river is cleared up. we worked the docks pretty hard al day but only got 1 fish off of them.
i missed out on the money by .1 lbs. i was so close to finally winnin some money.. but hey there is always next time.
I am about to head outside right now to load up some wood, pack up the tents, prep my boat, and head to Raystown Lake tomorrow into tuesday to camp and fish! wish me luck!!!!!
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