Meandering

Top 5 Update

Mon, March 27, 2017

Although the conditions this past weekend left a bit to be desired in West Central Illinois, a couple of us got out there and put in some work on the Top 5. 

Weight: 4-11
Angler: Randy Sampson Sr.
Date: March 25
Location: West Central IL public water
Lure: Jig (crawdad) with pbj trailer
Angler Comments: You don’t often get a second chance on a fish like this.  Fishing a windblown shore I felt weight so I set the hook. I could tell it was a nice fish since it didn’t move. I saw a wide white flash and he was gone. Feeling I lost my best chance of the day I threw back in there. He picked the bait up again this time I hit him hard he bent my pole double at the boat.
Top 5 Weight: 16-3 (4-14,4-11,3-6,3-4)

Weight: 1-12 (15.5”)
Angler: Troy Jackson
Date: March 26
Location: Little John Conservation Club
Lure: Jig (black/blue) with #11 pork frog (black/blue)
Structure: Point
Angler Comments: My first fish of the day came about 40 feet from where I fooled a six pounder three weeks ago.  Guess what was going through my mind in the split second between seeing the line move and setting the hook?

Weight: 1-10 (15.5”)
Angler: Troy Jackson
Date: March 26
Location: Little John Conservation Club
Lure: Jig (black/blue) with #11 pork frog (black/blue)
Structure: Finger
Angler Comments: After two bumps in this spot I was figuring I might have a crappie messing with my jig but the third time was a charm and proved me wrong.

Weight: 1-15 (16”)
Angler: Troy Jackson
Date: March 26
Location: Little John Conservation Club
Lure: Strike King Red Eye Shad (sexy shad)
Structure: Overhanging bushes
Angler Comments: No takers on the jig after a couple casts parallel to a section of overhanging bushes so I figured what the heck and upped the speed of the presentation to find a winner.