Northwood Lake 7/11/10
BVBA tournament proved to be a tough fish for all envolved. Overcast start of tourny led to a few showers and eventually a sunny breezy afternoon. I fished hard with the secret bait(s) and by 11:45 had not one keeper to show for5 hrs of effort. Took a time out, called a friend, ate a sandwich, consulted the lake map and decided to try a windblown shore at the center of the lake. Pulled into a dock filled shoreline, noticing a grassy area out in 7-9 ft of water. Flipped and pitched docks, boats and rafts, nothing. Switched to scaled down C-rig (1/4 oz weight with 2 ft leader and a watermelon red Brush hog jr.) and threw out to the grass that was out a little deeper all along this shore. Started getting very light bites and in the last 2 hrs was able to catch 6 keeprs, best 5 of which gave me 7lbs, with a mix of Lm and Sm. I was one of two contestants to catch a limit and finished second, ounces behind Big Al.