I met Bobby several years ago when he worked for Central Georgia EMC and lived near Jackson. Since then he has transferred to Southern Rivers EMC and moved to Lamar County. We have fished together a good bit over the past few years and Bobby joined the Flint River Bass Club. Last year in that club he won 7 of the 12 tournaments and this year he has won two of the seven he has fished.
Bobby and partner Donnie Schafer fish the Highland Marina Tournament Trail on West Point and they finished 8th overall this year, quite an accomplishment when fishing against teams that fish West Point almost every day.
Two weeks ago Bobby and Donnie fished the Potato Creek Bassmasters Buddy tournament at Lake Sinclair and won it with five bass weighing over 18 pounds. That is a fantastic catch in any tournament. They also had big bass in that tournament.
Monday Bobby caught two largemouth at Jackson, one weighing about 4 pounds and the other about 5 pounds. He also had several spotted bass weighing around 2.5 pounds each. His best five that day would have weighed about 16 to 17 pounds if he had been fishing a tournament. Those bass hit topwater plugs.
Unfortunately, that pattern is probably over for this year after the cold front came through this week. Bass will be on the rocky point pattern we discussed in the article and it should work for most of the month. Last year on New Year’s Eve Bobby caught a 9.5 pound bass at Jackson and had five weighing about 24 pounds that day, and the patterns he caught those fish on are in the article.
Bobby is on Team Triton, qualifying for this honor through his bass fishing. The Sports Center in Perry is his sponsor and he gets his boats through them. Bobby really likes Triton bass boats and says they perform good and are excellent fishing platforms.
Check out this article and give Jackson a try in December. It should be excellent for spotted and largemouth bass.
