Ida help

[OLY]

So I am just getting over pneumonia, and havent fished for about 3 weeks. I have a club tourny up on Ida this weekend and haven't done any prep, if anyone is willing to give me some pointers I would appreciate it, thanks guys

[Superduty]

It might be a busy lake this weekend. I think the FOM legacy series is having a tournament on Ida this weekend also. I have never fished it, but everything I hear about Ida is good. Pick your poison, brown ones or green ones!

[Cecil]

You will catch a TON of fish. Just have to hope you can get a few better ones. I would start on some rocks with topwaters in the early AM for brown ones, then hit docks and weedlines for green ones.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Cecil know for which he speaks.. Pre-fishing out there last year I know we touched over 200 fish one day for 3 guys.. but nothing over 16".. was crazy..

[Wayne Ek]

Water temps. are still in the low 70's and the fall pattern has not started. So stick with the late summer patterns. If you chase brownies, try any hump 20-foot or shallower and drop-shot it or T-rig. The humps with some weeds on them are better (chara grass).

[OLY]

Well I finished in last place with 6 fish for 11.87, ton of 14 inchers with a giant 16.25 kicker. Fished deep all day dt 10 over some deep coontail, cabbage mix was best for me. The guys that won had 6 for 18.87 fishing weightless wacky worms in the reeds 4ft or less in 20+mph winds, go figure.

[rangerforme]

Was that Ida tournament an inch tourney then or actual weight, 6 for 18lbs for green ones is a big back out there. Lots of 2.5lbers now.

[OLY]

It was a weight tournament, they had 5 largemouth and one smallmouth. The smallie was the biggest at 3.6lbs