Consistency Will Be Key Again In Quest For Alabama Bass Trail Angler Of Year Title
The Alabama Bass Trail’s Southern Division 2014 Anglers of the Year Team are ready to defend their title, but they admit fishing in the division opener Saturday on Jordan Lake is going to be a tough challenge.
“It’s kind of hit or miss right now,” said Robbie Robinson. “ We came up to the lake a couple of weeks ago and fished one day – and caught one fish. Then we came back one weekend and caught eight and we had five good ones that would have weighed 15 to 17 pounds. Today (Wednesday) we caught one fish.”
The problem, he said, is that the water temperature is hovering around 47-48 degrees and the bass are ganged up in big schools offshore.
“We have a cold front pushing through and that is going to change things,” he said. “It’s supposed to be 21 to 24 degrees Saturday morning at blastoff. That will throw a wrench in the works. You might make three or four casts and the guides will freeze up on your rods.”
Robinson and Jeston Anderson, both of Mobile, Ala., teamed up for the first time last year to win the Southern Division points. While he and Anderson so far have not developed a sure-fire strategy for the opener, Robinson said somebody will catch fish Saturday.
“We’ve got two more days to practice, so hopefully, we can figure something out,” he said.
The new collaboration between Robinson and Anderson last year resulted in a string of steady finishes, with a season high fourth place finish at the ABT Championship in October at Lewis Smith Lake, and a trip to the Bassmaster Team Championships at DeGray Lake in Arkansas.
“We tried to stay consistent and we did decent in a couple of tournaments,” Robinson said. “We did nothing fancy, everything just worked out.”
Anderson said they are ready to defend their title and this year they want to move up one spot higher in the overall standings and claim the overall Alabama Bass Trail Angler of the Year title.
It won’t take a first place finish Saturday to start on that goal, just a consistent day on the water. Nothing fancy required.
Alabama Bass Trail – South Division
Sat, Feb 14, 2015
Jordan Lake – AL
Bonner’s Landing
Call Kay Donaldson 855-934-7425
