Last week the FAB tour hit Cedar lake in Wright county. Since I won the tournament out there last year I had high hopes of a similar finish. John Haynes had spent some time pre fishing for the event so we went out one night to look at the water he and another guy had found. First thing I noticed was that the area that produced most of the winning fish for my team last year was closed to fishing. The DNR had buoys out blocking off the whole area as a spawning area until July 1st . We figured that would be alright since John had found some other areas.
We tried to expand on those areas with out much luck. At one point I was throwing a shallow running crankbait around some scattered weeds and got absolutely crushed as I pulled the lure off a weed. Just like the books say right. I thought I had a monster. Then I got the fish closer and saw it was a big Northern with my crankbait down his throat. I was very surprised when I managed to get the fish to the boat netted and retrieve my lure. The 12lb bioline held up to the teeth like a dream. I was impressed and am loving this line more and more as I use it in different situations.

Tournament day was tough. John struggled to catch a fish and I didnt fair much better only landing 3 keepers. We didnt finish last as a couple other teams brought in even less but the winning team did manage 5 for 11+ pounds. I suspect they caught the fish in the slop as that is where we watched them start the night and never saw them leave. 2 of our keepers came off reeds and one was positioned way back on a dock. All of them fell to a Senko style bait. The hand tied Jigs didnt find a single bite that night. Neither did the crankbait.

This week the FAB tour hits Green lake in Chisago county. Since we just fished a club tourney out there, I am hoping I can put together a better showing this week. Stay tuned.

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