It is the PBAA or Poor Boys Angler Association.
I sent in the dues for dad and I to join and we started out our first tournament at Sooner Lake.
I had never fished on this lake before. The day started out cloudy and windy. The temps were cool almost what you might call chilly. We drew our number and waited on the start, which was planned for day break. It was going to be a great day.
As the boats took off in the order they drew their number, we waited for our number to be be called. As they called our number I took off towards the north end of the lake. It is pretty cool to watch as the boats head out and then you fall in line by the number you were called.
Up on the north end of the lake we worked our way east and then down south. We were fishing pretty hard with out a single bite for quite some time. We changed lures, tried different cranking speeds, etc. But the fish were winning.
I finally landed a fish around 1300 hours. It was a keeper to help things out. Not minutes after I fought the first keeper, I had another hit, as I was reeling him in, he jumped out of the water shaking his head and tail, turning loose of the lure. I started laughing, he was too I am sure of it.
Dad experienced the same thing shortly after mine got off. We fished that same area for a little while longer and had no more luck on landing anymore fish. I was using a black and red spinner bait. I am not sure what dad was using, but we did have a good time and had a fish to take in at weigh in.
Although we did not even come close to winning, we did have an excellent time fishing. The water was rough, the fishing was tough, but we had a great time.
This is the one fish we had for weigh in. (Fish caught on red and black skirt spinner bait.)
For more information about the PBAA you can find the trail on Basszone.com I will try to find the website that goes directly to the PBAA tournament site. I will post it when I find it.
I pulled these maps up for those of you who have not been to Sooner Lake. You can see by the map provided by the Oklahoma Wildlife Department they do have some areas on the map marking off fish attractants. One thing the maps do not show is some of the LAKE HAZARDS: in the south east corner the water gets really shallow and not only is it shallow, it's rocky and looks like and excellent prop eater, so use caution when blasting across this side of the lake.
If you like to bass fish, I would strongly recommend this lake be added to your list of places to go for some excellent bass fishing. I seen some really big bass being weighed in at the end of the tournament. I am sure if you have the time you will not be sorry you gave this lake a try.
If you are interested in learning more about Oklahoma Bass Fishing tournaments you should check out www.basszone.com for more information about local trails in your area.
Thanks again for stopping by my blog, hope to see you out in the field some time.
Location:OKlahoma
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