Baby steps refer to the slow process of getting my boat and my gear ready for fishing this year, much in part to our new baby girl.  Saturday, I went to Gander Mtn to get my WI & MN fishing license, plus a map of Winnebago Chain for this summer and a new Red Eye Shad in a Neon Shad (Chrome/Blue Back with Red Stripe).  Its very similar to my favorite color Rat-L Trap which is Lake Fork Special.
 
Today, I was out in the garage removing all the boxes and other stuff that was being stored on top of my boat.  I also did some maintenance on my trolling motor, batteries and other boat stuff.  Felt good to he out there and tinker around.  My tackle needs some major organization, not likely to happen before the first club tourneys.

My plan is to get out on Lake Marion here in Lakeville next weekend to make sure the motor is running well and she is sea worthy.

I did find time to watch the live weigh-in on Bassmasters.com from Clarks Hill and it was great to see Kenyon Hill get an Elite Series victory.  Here is a snippet from an article on how he caught them:

"Hill's big bass Sunday hit a shad-colored Sebile swimbait. He also caught fish this week on a chrome-colored Cordell Pencil Popper topwater lure. But Hill said his go-to lure by far this week was a Carolina-rigged Zoom Trick Worm. He fished it on a 3/4-ounce Tru-Tungsten slip sinker paired with a Tru-Tungsten Force Bead, which Hill claims creates a fish-attracting sound as they click across the bottom.

Like almost everyone else in this Elite Series tournament, Hill was targeting shallow flat points where post-spawn largemouth bass were coming to feed on spawning blueback herring baitfish. "

Peter T, who finished 8th used a very similar Tru-Tungsten setup and Zoom plastics as well.

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