RB Bass Outdoors Angler Amy Avedikian Takes Third Place At Lake McClure

RB Bass Outdoors angler Amy Avedikian fished the Fresno Bass Club tournament at Lake McClure this past weekend on February 11th as a non-boater and was able to pull of a third place finish. Here is what Amy had to say about how her tournament day went.

“The morning of the tournament started out a little bit warmer than the previous 2 days of practice! The morning temperature was a crisp 34 degrees, and water temps were about 54-56 degrees. It was sunny and the wind was light, but that could change quickly depending on what part of the lake you were on. Even though my boater and I were fishing against each other, we decided to start on main lake hoping to each catch a limit! The spot we wanted to start in was taken, even though we were boat 4 out, so we quickly decided to fish a main lake point. I started by throwing a hula grub on a 3/16 OZ football head working it about 10-30 feet deep. I picked up a few dinks but I still had nothing in the live well. My boater and I then decided to head up the river. I had pre-fished this area so I had some confidence in it! The wind was about 5-10mph up in the river and it was way windier than main lake. I decided to throw a Neko rig, which I threw in practice and have confidence in. I threw a senko with a 3/32 OZ weight while we were inside a creek channel and fishing the channel swing about 5-30 feet. I started picking up a few fish but it was a grind! By 1:30 I finally had my limit and made one cull. At 2:00 my boater said, well now’s the time for a kicker and I thought in my head I’m just glad I have a limit! I decided to pick up my Texas rig as we came around a point onto a steep rocky wall. I was using a 3/16 ounce bullet weight with a green pumpkin worm on my favorite Stealthstixx rod! I tossed it out into about 10-15 feet of water and caught a 3.90 large mouth with 30 minutes to spare before the tournament was over! Once that fish was in the boat I almost cried! I seem to always be reminded during tournaments to never EVER give up, keep that line in the water and stay positive!”