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In The Boat with Jewel Bait Company
Mill Creek Bass Club Open
February 6th, 2010
Anglers: Terrance Narveson/Billy Albert
3rd place - 5 bass - 15.17 pounds
Billy Albert and I got to fish again and neither one of us got to pre-fish for this
tournament. With the seasonal winter pattern, there are a few options on Dardanelle and
one of the most common is running to strip pits. The morning started out as an all out
battle to get into the big pit and all four of the top finishers got there basically at the
exact same time, all hitting their respective favorite spots to start out. It didnt take Billy
and I long before we had our first fish on a Jackall Squirrel DD79. In about three more
casts I caught another one. The bite was on and the cold water fish were really eating
this morning. Billy asked me for another Squirrel, but I didnt have any more so gave him a
Squadminnow in the Chartueuse stripe Ayu color and in about 10 minutes he was putting
number three in the boat. Not bad, we had three descent keepers in about 45 minutes.
Now we were fishing the front end of the big pit and everyone else ran to the back,
where we could not
see what they were catching. I was later told both teams of Shannon/Allen and
Dixon/Allen were crushing them on the Jackall Squirrel as well. This has been the hot
lure the past couple years on Dardanelle. So after our early morning flurry it was like the
fish just disappeared. We moved around and hit a few other places in the pit and decided
to check out some of the other ones because they might not have had anyone else
putting any pressure on them. First we ran up the Ski pit and hit a primary bank that has
been holding fish, but the rain had stained the water a little too much so we could not get
anything to come up. Another quick move over to the Softball pit and we found clearer
water but no fish to show for it. It was now about 10:30 and we decided to hit the big pit
again. When we pulled in there were Dixon/Allen and they were camped out but not
catching anything. We gave it about 40 minutes and decided to hit some main lake points,
only to find that the water had a little more color then we were looking for and the bait
fish were no where to be found. So back to the clear water we went. We spent a little
time in the big pit, and just before we left
we made a quick stop on the spot where we caught all our fish. This is when Billy hooked
up with our biggest fish on a pointer and that made number 4. We ran to an old spot in
the ski pit we used to catch fish and tried to get our last keeper before time ran out. It
was about 10 after 2:00 and we needed one more fish. This last little stretch of bank has
payed off before, and it wasn't long and Billy hooked up with a short fish. About two casts
later, I caught our last keeper on the Squirrel and we were so happy we finally got our
limit. It was literally about 6 hours since our last bite and now we just wanted to get a
bigger one to cull one of our small fish to have a chance. Time was not on our side as we
had to come in before getting another fish, but what a day we had.
Fish Count
3 Keepers - Jackall Squirrel DD79 - Charteuse Striped Ayu
1 Keeper - Jackall Squadminnow - Charteuse Striped Ayu
1 Keeper - Lucky Craft Pointer - Charteuse Shad
1 nonkeeper on the pointer
First and Second were throwing the Jackall Squirrel DD79 in the Charteuse Stripe Ayu.
This is a fish catcher.
Mill Creek Bass Club Open
February 6th, 2010
Anglers: Terrance Narveson/Billy Albert
3rd place - 5 bass - 15.17 pounds
Billy Albert and I got to fish again and neither one of us got to pre-fish for this
tournament. With the seasonal winter pattern, there are a few options on Dardanelle and
one of the most common is running to strip pits. The morning started out as an all out
battle to get into the big pit and all four of the top finishers got there basically at the
exact same time, all hitting their respective favorite spots to start out. It didnt take Billy
and I long before we had our first fish on a Jackall Squirrel DD79. In about three more
casts I caught another one. The bite was on and the cold water fish were really eating
this morning. Billy asked me for another Squirrel, but I didnt have any more so gave him a
Squadminnow in the Chartueuse stripe Ayu color and in about 10 minutes he was putting
number three in the boat. Not bad, we had three descent keepers in about 45 minutes.
Now we were fishing the front end of the big pit and everyone else ran to the back,
where we could not
see what they were catching. I was later told both teams of Shannon/Allen and
Dixon/Allen were crushing them on the Jackall Squirrel as well. This has been the hot
lure the past couple years on Dardanelle. So after our early morning flurry it was like the
fish just disappeared. We moved around and hit a few other places in the pit and decided
to check out some of the other ones because they might not have had anyone else
putting any pressure on them. First we ran up the Ski pit and hit a primary bank that has
been holding fish, but the rain had stained the water a little too much so we could not get
anything to come up. Another quick move over to the Softball pit and we found clearer
water but no fish to show for it. It was now about 10:30 and we decided to hit the big pit
again. When we pulled in there were Dixon/Allen and they were camped out but not
catching anything. We gave it about 40 minutes and decided to hit some main lake points,
only to find that the water had a little more color then we were looking for and the bait
fish were no where to be found. So back to the clear water we went. We spent a little
time in the big pit, and just before we left
we made a quick stop on the spot where we caught all our fish. This is when Billy hooked
up with our biggest fish on a pointer and that made number 4. We ran to an old spot in
the ski pit we used to catch fish and tried to get our last keeper before time ran out. It
was about 10 after 2:00 and we needed one more fish. This last little stretch of bank has
payed off before, and it wasn't long and Billy hooked up with a short fish. About two casts
later, I caught our last keeper on the Squirrel and we were so happy we finally got our
limit. It was literally about 6 hours since our last bite and now we just wanted to get a
bigger one to cull one of our small fish to have a chance. Time was not on our side as we
had to come in before getting another fish, but what a day we had.
Fish Count
3 Keepers - Jackall Squirrel DD79 - Charteuse Striped Ayu
1 Keeper - Jackall Squadminnow - Charteuse Striped Ayu
1 Keeper - Lucky Craft Pointer - Charteuse Shad
1 nonkeeper on the pointer
First and Second were throwing the Jackall Squirrel DD79 in the Charteuse Stripe Ayu.
This is a fish catcher.