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I have a BASS tournament on Lake Greenwood on april 5th. I am a non-boater fishing the BASS Weekend Series and I've never laid eyes on or set foot in or around Lake Greenwood.

I was wondering what is to be expected of the fishing for that time of year. My first guess is that there will be a lot of spawning going on? Does it just have largemouth or does it have spots and smallies too? Clear or stained water? You know, things like that. Not looking for any spots or anything of that nature. Like I said, I'm a non-boater so it won't be up to me where we fish.

I appreciate any help y'all can lend.

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If the boat's rockin'...GET THE NET!!!

Large Mouth Bass and some Spots. Should be a bunch of spawning going on. Not sure what water color will be at that time. That time of year if we get a bunch of rain it could be colored from one end to the other.

The Long Shot kids benefit tounament March 29th and the Troopers tournament April 12th.

Plus we have our Plant Tournament during the week you are talking about.

Just have to wait and see what the weather is like closer to the date you are talking about.

Hope this helps.

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Joey

Keep It Wet! Take One Make One! Hooked On Fishing Not On Drugs! In God We Trust! Happy Trails To You Until we Meet Again!

Just bring a buzzbait, a pop-r, a #5 shadrap, and a c-rig. You're at the driver's mercy anyway.........He will tell you what to bring when you meet him.

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Mike

Always demonstrating rectitude and high-mindedness on and off the water.

With my tournament only about a month away, I figured I'd revive my thread and see if any additional information was available.

Thanks for the info Boogerman and Phoneman.

Phoneman, I know I'm at the mercy of the boater but I like to have a general feel for the pattern(s) I could be faced with during the tournament. Since I'll be staying in a hotel during the tournament, I can't just run back to my house in West Columbia and grab what I need after I speak with my boater at the pairing/registration meeting and then haul tail back up to Lake Greenwood. Besides, I have WAY too much gear to bring it all with me. It's alot easier to grab ten rods and then scale it back to five or six then it is to grab fifty rods and do the same. If I can get some ideas of what pattern(s) will be going on at the time, I can grab gear that will fit the pattern(s).

Besides, your boater doesn't always shoot straight with you when you ask him what you're going to be doing. I had a BASS tournament on Murray this past Saturday. At the registration/pairing meeting, I asked my boater what we were going to do and he told me we were heading way up the river and and we were going to be fishing shallow stained/dirty water. So when I got back to the house, I rigged my rods accordingly. Well, when we launched of course we headed DOWN THE LAKE and fished clear deep water. When we hit our first spot I spent the first couple minutes retying baits to fit the conditions. Point being, you can't always wait for the your boater to tell you what to bring.

I've been told Greenwood fishes similar to Wateree...is this true?

With the apparent warming trends, is it still safe to say the spawn will be in full swing then (April 5th)?

Again, thanks for any help y'all can lend me.

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If the boat's rockin'...GET THE NET!!!

Figure stained water and it is somewhat like Wateree..spawn should begin soon-somewhere around your tx.

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PeanutMan

My three favorite lures at Greenwood during this time are S/B.... S/B...... and S/B!

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