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THE WEEK OF REPORT - LAY LAKE OPEN 2008

THIS WEEKEND HAD MIXED CATCHES. SAT. THE FISHING WAS SLOW DOWN RIVER AND MUCH BETTER UP RIVER PASS HWY 280. THE BULK OF THE BASS CAUGHT WERE SPOTS ON AMP CRAWS AND THE NEW NETBAIT SWIMIN SHAD IN NAT. BASS AND PEARL BLUE BACK. THE DAVIS X BAIT HOOK IN 4/0 AND 5/0 FITS THE LURE JUST RIGHT. ALL OF THE STRIKES CAME ON THE REST NOT THE JERK. MOST GUYS SAID THE FISH WAS THERE WHEN THEY TWICHED THE ROD AGAIN. MAYBE WHY THE DAY WAS SLOW. SUNDAY SHOWED OUT. MOST OF THE REPORTS WERE SUPER. BOTH DOWN RIVER BELOW THE NARROWS AND UP NORTH WERE ON BIG TIME. THE SPOTS UPRIVER AND THE LARGEMOUTHS DOWN. THE #1 LURE WAS A LUCKY CRAFT POINTER 78 IN FEMALE BLUE GILL COLOR IN THE THIN GRASS ALL DAY LONG. EARLY THE BITE WAS GREAT ON A MITCHELLS ELL IN MOCASSIN AND BLACK. UPRIVER THE BEST BAIT WAS A TEAM DAIWA TD CRANK IN TENNESSEE SHAD WORKED ON THE STUMPS ON THE MAIN RIVER. THE SPOTS WOULD NOT LET THIS LURE DO BY. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A SMALL LAY ALKE SHAD. IF YOU LIKE BIG BAITS TRY THE JACKALL GIRON. LOOKS JUST LIKE A SUNFISH AND RUNS VERY SHALLOW. THE LAKE IS FULL AND THE WATER TEMP IS GOING UP FAST. THIS WEEKEND WILL PRODUCE RECORDS WEIGHTS.