{"id":221,"date":"2016-06-13T15:56:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradfordbeavers.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2016-08-22T18:32:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T18:32:34","slug":"catch-and-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradfordbeavers.com\/2016\/06\/13\/catch-and-release\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP 5 PATTERNS FROM WHEELER LAKE DAY 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 12, 2016 \u00a0by Rob Newell<\/span><\/p>\n

Shane Powell leads the Costa FLW Series presented by Mercury and hosted by Florence\/Lauderdale Tourism on Wheeler Lake, and most of his damage was done off the main lake, back in a creek.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, others in the top 10 are fishing inside Wheeler\u2019s creeks, cuts, pockets and backwaters. Here is what they had to say about their day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Powell\u2019s leading pattern<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Complete results<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Kim<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Kim Carver \u2013 Milledgeville, Ga. \u2013 18-2 (5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Just 8 ounces behind the leader, Kim Carver finished day one in the runner-up spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhere I caught most of my fish, the water depth is about 25 feet, and I\u2019m catching them on a jig,\u201d Carver says. \u201cI\u2019m throwing right up just in front of the boat. I had a limit by 8:30 this morning, and once I caught about 9 or 10 keepers by 11 o\u2019clock, I left my best areas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Dustin<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Dustin Smith \u2013 Mount Dora, Fla. \u2013 17-7 (5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dustin Smith caught quite a few keepers \u2013 an estimated 30 bass on the day \u2013 culling through a lot of fish to accumulate his third-place weight of 17 pounds, 7 ounces.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not fishing offshore, but I\u2019m not really on the bank either,\u201d Smith says. \u201cI\u2019ve found two places holding big groups of fish, and I only went to one of them today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Bryan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Bryan New \u2013 Belmont, N.C. \u2013 16-8 (5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryan New says he is junk-fishing his way up and down Wheeler Lake, hitting a lot of shallow banks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI probably fished 20 places today that I\u2019ve never seen before in my life,\u201d New says. \u201cI\u2019ll just run into a creek or cove and fish whatever looks good. I\u2019ve thrown a crankbait, a spinnerbait, a ChatterBait and flipped some.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI did hit one place I found in practice where I culled up two or three times pretty quickly,\u201d New says. \u201cI\u2019m not real sure why they\u2019re there, but there\u2019s good little group of fish in that one area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Bradford<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Bradford Beavers \u2013 Ridgeville, S.C. \u2013 16-6 (5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bradford Beavers stayed shallow most of the day to cull through about 10 fish to get to 16 pounds, 6 ounces.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDuring practice, I saw some fish still on beds in the area I\u2019m fishing,\u201d Beavers says. \u201cThey\u2019ve since pulled off the beds, but they\u2019re still hanging around in those shallow areas. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re guarding fry or what. I haven\u2019t really seen any bass fry, but for some reason they\u2019ve kept hanging around the bedding areas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Peter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Peter Cherkas \u2013 Des Moines, Iowa \u2013 16-6 (5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Cherkas is tied for fifth place with a day-one catch of 16-6.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cherkas is one of the few in the top-10 that is truly fishing out offshore in the main lake up in the Decatur Flats area. He has several select spots where he poles down on the flats and targets very specific pieces of cover.<\/span><\/p>\n

One such place is actually a \u201cblow-out\u201d hole created by barges when they used to swing around to tie up. The big blow-out hole serves as a current breaks for bass ambushing shad along the river ledge.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 12, 2016 \u00a0by Rob Newell Shane Powell leads the Costa FLW Series presented by Mercury and hosted by Florence\/Lauderdale Tourism on Wheeler Lake, and most of his damage was done off the main lake, back in a creek. Similarly, others in the top 10 are fishing inside Wheeler\u2019s creeks, cuts, pockets and backwaters. 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