As most who
have fished Lake of Egypt in the winter have been anticipating
the larger stringers are starting to show in January.
Historically January and February produce large stringers
and will also offer some of the largest bass of the year
on this power plant lake. Many are predicting the next
three events will bring even better weights to the scales
if Mother Nature will cooperate these dedicated anglers.
Lake of Egypt offers bass through out the year in the
5 to 8lb range but quoting Danny Clark and Mark Jelley
the current point leaders "Late January and February
are when the real giants bite" and with rumors of
a state record large mouth being shocked up at the lake
over the summer everyone is eager to search for it. I
would also like to thank our host Tom Samples at Pyramid
Acres for enclosing the pavilion and providing heat when
needed for the weigh-ins. Again our next event is January
19th. You may fish under the Travelers division and add
the Egypt events to your schedule to qualify for the Regional.
In first place is the team of Mark Jelly and Danny Clark
both of Ziegler, IL. The team caught their fish drop shotting
and Carolina rigging smaller baits. They concentrated
their efforts on grass lines in the 12 to 15 foot water
range. The team's fish came throughout the day but the
bite did seem to peek around 11:00am. They also reported
losing one really nice fish during the day that may have
challenged for big bass. Their five fish limit tipped
the scales at 17.99lbs. Great Job Guy's
In second place was the team of Jack
Doan and Ben Doan from Desoto, IL. The team utilized
black and blue jigs and crank baits to amass their weight
of 16.66lbs. They fished outer weed lines in the 8 to
12 foot range to boat their 5 fish limit. The fish caught
in the 8-foot range were taken on crank baits and the
deeper fish came off the jigs. The team is sponsored
by: Competitive Edge Fishing and R.C. Lures.
Big Bass of the day went to the team
of Greg Mullins from Mt. Vernon, IL. and Steve Winkler
of Dix, IL. Steve caught the fish by very slowly working
a Carolina rigged zoom lizard over weeds in fourteen
ft of water. They were fishing in the upper end of the
lake away from the warmer water in a water temp of 37
deg. when they caught the fish. The team is sponsored
by: Midwest Marine, Rend Lake Sporting Goods, Custom
Coach Trailer Sales and Interstate Batteries.
Angler's Choice would like to thank
all those who came out and fished and we hope to see
you at our next event on Jan. 19th. I would also like
to thank all of our sponsors for making this possible.
National sponsors include Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Outboards,
Motorguide Trolling Motors, Hamby's, Lowrance, Competitive
Edge Fishing, Yamamoto Custom Baits. Also a big thanks
to our divisional sponsors: Harrison's Sport Shop, Rend
Lake Sporting Goods, Strike On Lures, Great Net, Lucky
Craft, Solar Bat, Wayne's Props, MWBT.com, Pyramid Acres,
McCoy Line, Cotton Mouth Lures and Adventure Sports
Outdoors.
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