The second weekend of the contest has proved a success. I had a few goals in mind for the weekend and they were mostly accomplished. One goal was balancing the obligations of Mother's Day with the need to catch a few lunkers. The solution....a Chinese restaraunt a few minutes from the lake.

So after careful planning I found myself staring through polarized lenses at huge largemouth bass on their spawning beds. The sun was bright, the water clear and the sand bottom made for...

So many species, so little time....that's exactly what my thoughts were as I stared at the calendar on the first day of May. I came to the conclusion that I would be hard-pressed to submit any good competition in this contest, especially with a week of fishing in Minnesota coming up in the middle of the month. However, after pouring a glass of tea and some more thought into it, I decided that the contest would at least give me a chance to spice up my regular fishing and it's also just a good excuse...