Last night was the first event of the FAB Tour season. We were out on Sylvia & Twin lakes by South haven. Conditions were not ideal as a cold front moved in. 80 degrees over the weekend changed to 59 on the truck thermometer when we put the boat in the water. Water temps were at 63-64, up slightly from practice. We started on some deep water docks that had fish in practice. Since it was overcast I wasnt real confident the fish would be there but figured we could try and if nothing happened we could move out to the break from there. That plan paid off pretty well. With in 45 minutes we had 2 small fish in the live well and a better fish (over 2 pounds) sitting alone in the other live well. The better fish came off a point in about 18 feet of water. I was throwing a drop shot with a watermelon red Zoom Meathead worm on it. After catching a few smaller fish we tried to replicate the pattern in a couple other spots. All we could come up with was small fish.
We headed to a flat that sits in 6-8 feet of water and has scattered weeds on it. It also had held fish in practice. Dave started throwing a white swim jig and reeling it back steady over the weed tops. He caught three or four fish on consecutive casts before I finally dropped my drop shot and picked up a grub. We drifted over the flat and put two more small fish in the box to round out our limit. We then headed back to deep water points hoping to cull a couple 12.5 inchers we had with a kicker fish. Then it got slow. We could get the occasional small fish but nothing that would help us. We tried moving back up to see if the fish had moved up to feed, still nothing. With about 15 minutes to spare I managed a 13.5” fish on the drop shot to cull one of our small guys. With 3 minutes to spare Dave pulled in another 13.5” on a mojo rigged ring fry. We were satisfied with our night out but not real confident in how it was going to hold up.
We ended up with 6.51 pounds and a dead fish for 6.26. Only good enough for 4^th place. 10 pounds even won the night. 2.9 pounds won big fish.

Sylvia & Twin are fun lakes to fish. The water is crystal clear and there are lots of fish. I wouldn’t recommend it if you are lunker hunting as big fish are harder to come by. A sign at the ramp says the lakes are being considered for special regulations next year. All bass 20 inches or less immediate release and a five fish panfish limit. If you like to keep fish, or would like to hold a small tournament, you may want to get out there this summer before the regs change.