Fishing Tip:

" Having trouble deciding what to use on Tournament day? Too many choices in your tackle box? Try putting together a smaller selection of tackle prior to the tournament. I usually put together a small box with 6-8 different baits I have been successful with before as well as all the hooks and weights to rig them. I do this for almost every tournament I fish and it makes my decisions on the water much more effective "

Michael Root 

Fishing Tip:

"Are you looking for a way to get your Buzzbaits to cast better? Try adding a plastic grub body with the tail torn off threaded on your hook. This adds just the right amount of additional weight in order to make casting much easier. In addition I also use small zip ties instead of those annoying rubber rings to keep my Spinnerbait, Buzzbait and Jig skirts in place."

Kaz Ota  

Fishing Report 4/15/08: Lake Hopatcong

Keitech Lures had an open Buddy Tournament which Greg Pavlic and I fished on Sunday 4/13/08. Weather conditions were not so great (Cold and Wind) but, fishing was not bad. The water temperature has hit the High 40's - Mid 50's already. We managed to catch 6 Largemouth weighing 12.85lbs with our biggest being 3.93lbs. That weight managed to land us in 11th place out of 36 boats. The winning weight was over 25lbs for 8 fish. Overall I think this is a great sign for our upcoming tournament on the 20th. See you all there.

Michael Root