Monday, March 14, 2011
A TOUGH TRAVIS—HOOAH!
th 2011 found ArmyBassAnglers
Pros Randy Sitz and Ron Seevers on Lake
Travis fishing the 1
st Central Bass Champs tournament of the year. Randy and Ron
had a decent practice two weeks before
and were excited that the weather
forecast for the tournament was nearly
the same during practice. The team had
a 30 min run down to the main lake,
where they had success during practice,
in their
Returning Heroes Home wrapped
excited not see any other competitors in
the area. As they eased into their fishing
area they noticed a lot of bait fish surface activity, even a few blow ups now and
then. They were both throwing a
Skeeter ZX250. Both wereVictory Tackle (Thumper) vibrating jig with a technique was loading the boat 2 weeks earlier. The 733 is an awesome all
around rod for spinner baits and vibrating jigs; sensitive with a fast tip but meaty
backbone. They would only catch one two pounder in two hours in this area.
They decided to switch to spinner baits (Travis special) and picked up another 2
pounder. Both fish came out of 4 to 6 feet of water with deeper water very nearby.
After another couple of hours, they went to a deep rocky point and Randy
caught a nice two and half pounder on a drop shot rig with a
has,” stated Randy. The team spent the rest of their time trying to put two more
bass in the boat but ran out of time. They would end up with a little over six and
½ lbs on a very tough Lake Travis. “The fish didn’t respond today like they did 2
weeks ago. The sun never really came out today and I think that really hurt our
as a trailer on a 733 Dobyns Rods. ThisLake Fork Tackle. “You can’t beat the action that the hyper finesse worms bite,” stated Ron. The team had great time fishing and spreading the
Support.Defend.Fish mission statement for ArmyBassAnglers.
185 Teams would compete with $48,100.00 paid out. Total number of fish
brought to the scales was 486 with an avg weight of 2.18 lbs. 55 Team would
bring in a limit with 54 teams competing for the conservation bonus. For
individual standings visit
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