Here’s the first of what I hope are weekly Top 5 updates as I have reserved Mondays for the reveal of our latest catches.  Been a bit of a drought as of late but fortunately I had this one stockpiled as I left it out of my final update at my previous gig as kind of an insurance policy for the new blog.  Hey, every once in a while I pull off a good decision.  And that would certainly apply to the way I fooled this fish as well.

Weight: 5-9
Angler: Troy Jackson
Date: April 25
Location: Little John Conservation Club
Lure: Booyah Buzzbait (salt & pepper)
Structure: Point with overhanging bushes
Angler Comments: I’ve been doing this fishing thing for a while and every now and again something just instinctively feels right in regards to a change in presentation.  In this case, it was a buzzbait a bit earlier in the season than I would typically throw it.  In fact, most years I wouldn’t even have a buzzbait in the tacklebag in late April.  But something clicked both the previous evening when I packed a buzzbait and again the following day when I tied it on.  In the middle of my fishing “career” I may never have caught this fish so it is refreshing to find that this older angler can occasionally step out of his comfort zone with a changeup reminiscent of the younger angler who had yet to get set in his ways.
Top 5 Weight: 19-1 (6-2,5-9,3-6,2-1,1-15) culls 1-12

So there you have it, the first Top 5 Update post here at the new digs.  While I’m always up for a bump in my weight, I also dig the submissions received from fellow anglers.  So, if you’re out there, and if you’re catching, email link is at the top of the page, send ‘em this way.  Talk to you later.  Troy