That Magical spot

[rb]

The three times I can remember it being shown
Kyle here for sure
KVD at New Orleans
Clunn on Arkansas River

Can't remember if Steve Kennedy and Byron Velvick in CA came from one spot or not.

What was yours. Mine was on an October Friday the 13th years ago. I had a real good day until I pulled up to this one spot. I pitched a Senko in and as I was reeling in a fish flashed at it. I pitched right back. The fish bit. 7lb. I thought ,that sure didn't look like the fish I saw. Put the fish in the livewell and pitched back. The Senko stopped falling at 4 feet. Jerk. 12lb. Now shaking I put it in the livewell. Rerigged the same Senko and on the next pitch,8lb. All on back to back to back cast. Timing is everything

[dean c]

Falcon 2012. Found a little area not far from the launch where 5 and 6lbrs were absolutely crushing a buzzbait. They bit for two days. We weighed 50lbs and won 12k that weekend.

[ChampioNman]

Sometimes you just get on them.

[Doorman1]

Have never found the magical spot. Have been lucky enough to find a few at times but that’s it.

[fishon!sc]

About 10 yrs ago. It was in June on the Broad River and it was hot. There was groups of small mouth behind every boulder in a 200 yd section of the river. We smashed them. We kept asking ourselves did we get killed in a car wreck on the way here and have died gone to heaven.

[squib]

Have done it a bunch of times fun fishing. They used to really stack up at Falcon and you could hammer fish for days. In tournaments, it’s a different story. Got on an underwater tank damn in one of the biggest tournaments ever held on local lake. Pitched a Paca Craw into a submerged cedar tree—tap—7 pounder. In the livewell, next pitch into the same tree—TAP—8 pounder. Circled that spot that was not much bigger than my garage and filled in with 3 and 4 pounders. Made a little over $11,000 that day. Ended up working that spot over for the next year and cashed a ton of checks there. Won ABA angler of year and championship off that spot. Then a crappie guy in a pontoon boat brought in his chainsaw when the lake dropped about three feet. He cleared all the brush in a spot so he could slide his pontoon up on the top of that dam. That was the end of that.

Just yesterday, I was running to the weigh in and had put up all my rods and my net. There is one flat point near the weigh in where I have caught a lot of swimbait fish. Had about 5 minutes so I killed the big motor and grabbed a rod with a glide bait. Made one cast and thought “I need to go.” Then thought “One more cast…” Slung the glide bait up to 2 foot of windy, rocky, brushy water. Twitched it about twice and a massive streak just tanked it. Fish ran to the brush but somehow I turned her. Not net and huge trebles mean boat flip and so I just swung the fish in the boat. Weighed 7.99 and won big bass and tournament. $2050 decision based on a spot that had been good to me in the past.

[squidbefsh22]

I think Kennedy had a stretch on docks by Rattlesnack island that held some big ones. Heard the winner or 2nd place was fishing that area of Clear lake for their weight. Thanks. BC

[Jeff Hahn]

I've got one spot on a local lake that has been magical at times. It's usually good for a couple fish. But, every now and then, it's loaded. My partner and I won one tournament on it within 1 1/2 hours on tournament morning. I had several of those spots on Georgian Bay smallie fishing. One morning, a buddy and I caught and released 82 before lunch with many of those fish being 4 pounds+. I have one spot like that when largemouth fishing on Georgian Bay. It's a small rock oval shaped island that can't be more than 30 feet long and 10 feet wide. But, the milfoil weedbed around it will hold multiple 5 pound+ largemouth in the fall.

[squidbefsh22]

Didn't Tim Horton have a magic spot 10 + years ago on a deep crank bait that he came in early 2 hrs days 2 - 3. Is that when Boss crank baits first came out. BC

[osutodd]

In an October tournament, I had a point I wanted to fish. We ran down there, and someone was already there, so we pulled in to the next point to fish until they left. After a while they were still there and I was tired of wasting time waiting, so I decided it was time to move. As I was telling my co-angler we were moving, I saw a shad flip on the straight bank about 50 yards from the point, so I said we'd fish down to there and then leave. When we got to that spot, I caught a nice smallmouth, then another. Then my co hooked up. We spent the rest of that day going back and forth on a 400 yard stretch of bank hammering smallies and spots. We finished second and third if I remember correctly.

I have never caught another fish on that bank in any season.

[ProVle]

Day break on Cumberland, had just set my last down rod for Stripers when a school started busting on top. It kept growing larger until they were slapping the sides of the boat, I caught one 18# on a Magnum Pop R. The hooks got tangled in the net and I was shaking so bad it was the only one I caught from that school.

[rb]

Day break on Cumberland, had just set my last down rod for Stripers when a school started busting on top. It kept growing larger until they were slapping the sides of the boat, I caught one 18# on a Magnum Pop R. The hooks got tangled in the net and I was shaking so bad it was the only one I caught from that school.

That lake fishing for those fish should be on everyones bucket list

[T. Hill]

On a day the wind sustained at 25 gusting to 35 I caught 10 stripers at Badin Lake that weighed 148lbs. The only vehicle besides mine at the ramp when I finished was the warden. He looked in my fish box and we chatted briefly before I loaded and headed back to S.C.. I had no idea I had 10 fish given the day I’d had. Since that was 35 years ago I’ll now tell everyone it happened in the cove behind the golf course. Seems like yesterday.

[BassinPaPaw]

Tim Horton on Champlain where he came back early to eat pizza is definitely one of those places. Good post. Theres only been a few of these truly magical tournaments where it was one of one exact spot.

[SteezMacQueen]

Done the same thing. Won a 3-fish evening tournament in the first 15minutes with 21-1/2 pounds. Three fish. I actually quit fishing at 6:30….it started at 6. I just trolled around drinking Diet Coke and watching everyone else struggle.

[rb]

On a day the wind sustained at 25 gusting to 35 I caught 10 stripers at Badin Lake that weighed 148lbs. The only vehicle besides mine at the ramp when I finished was the warden. He looked in my fish box and we chatted briefly before I loaded and headed back to S.C.. I had no idea I had 10 fish given the day I’d had. Since that was 35 years ago I’ll now tell everyone it happened in the cove behind the golf course. Seems like yesterday.

Caught an 18 there on a crankbait with 6lb line once

[Transom]

Have never found the magical spot. Have been lucky enough to find a few at times but that’s it.

That is what my girlfriends have always told me.

[jpd_hack]

During covid, summer of 2020. I decided to try a 100 acre lake near me that I grew up fishing off the bank to kill time, but this time my dad and I brought the bass boat. We found offshore fish on a deep weed edge that had seemingly never seen a lure. We had several days that summer where we had 50+ fish over 2 lbs with multiple 6 lbers and 20+ lb bags over the course of the year. Word got out and it died off quickly but it was the craziest bite I’ve ever seen on a local lake.

[RonCat]

Fishing a club tourney in creek off the Pamlico River in 2001 or so, didn’t have a fish in the livewell, not sure I even had a bite. At about 2PM I’m drifting down a bank into a creek bend, pretty windy. Right at the bend I see a bald eagle, so turn into the wind so I can watch it (weren’t many around back then). Threw a t-right red shad worm while watching and get a bite, a solid 3. Over the next 30 minutes put 17 lbs in the boat in that one spot (would have loved to have spot lock or poles!). Won the tourney, not sure anyone believed my story.

[borderbasser]

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