Johnny Clark

FLW BFL Tournament at Potomac River-41st place

Johnny — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:25:00 GMT

May 9, 2009-Warm w/ Moderate Winds
Air Temp: 68-85 Water Temp: 66-74
Fished Tournament as Co-Angler, lots of storms prior to tour. so water high and muddy
w/ lots of floating debris. Started off day slow, boater hooked a fish after about 30 mins.
and the fish was a keeper. I started day fishing a spinnerbait but too much floating debris
caused lure not to work correctly. Switched to plastic and started dragging the bottom.
Caught two nice keepers within the first 1 1/2 hrs. and caught fish periodically the rest of day.
My boater caught a number of fish also dragging plastics. I caught 20 fish and ended up w/
3 keepers for 7.10-lots of small fish today although I did have a nice 4-5 lb. fish on that threw
hook and two other nice fish that pulled drag that we never saw. If I would have caught the
fish that I had on I'm sure I would have finished in the top ten and cashed a nice check.
Ifs and buts don't count but nice to know I had a chance. Boater ended up w/ a little over
10 lbs. but did not finish in the money. Good Fishing!

3rd Place Lunga Res. Tournament-Small Boat

Johnny — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:01:00 GMT

May 2. 2009 Warm & Sunny
Air Temp:61-73 Water Temp:63-67
Fished Tournament w/ sub. Scott Newton. Started tournament in area I
did well in last year, w/ no success. Started covering area looking for fish
and finally found an area where we caught some keepers w/ plastics.
Had 3 fish in livewell w/ 2 hrs. to go. Moved to an area where I had lost a
nice fish in last years tournament. Scott made a cast into the pocket and
set the hook, fought the fish for a min. and it broke him off. Started fishing
back towards ramp and found an area where no one had fished earlier.
I threw into a pocket and had a nice strike but I missed the fish. Scott
followed up w/ a worm and we landed the fish shortly after-2 lber. Another
50 ft. down the bank I was throwing a spinnerbait on a shallow point and
hung a nice fish. The fish battled pretty hard and finally Scot was able to net it.
The fish was a little over 3 lbs. and we ended up w/ 8.10 lbs. for tournament
and finished in third place. Good Fishing!

Cousins and I Try the River

Johnny — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:49:00 GMT

April 23, 2009 Windy & Warm
Air Temp:64-72 Water Temp:62-66
Fished near launch and was able to catch a few fish but decided
to look for some big fish. Mainly fishing spinnerbaits, crankbaits
and plastics. Tried up near Quantico, Arkendale Flats & Bennetts
Pt. w/ little success. Headed back to ramp and decided to fish bridge
area. Cousin Cale started catching some nice keepers w/ crankbait
and I caught a nice keeper also. Cousin "B" caught a few nice fish and we
decided ti call it a day! Good Fishing!

1/2 Day Trip on Potomac River

Johnny — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:36:00 GMT

April 21, 2009 Warm & Cloudy
Air Temp: 68-73 Water Temp:61-66
Started out in Accoceck Creek w/ little success. Moved to Marlboro Pt.
area fishing spinnerbaits, swimbaits and shallow crnkbts. I hit on a few fish
but no size to fish. Had several large fish come up on swimbaits but they
wouldn't take it. My client for day caught several 15" fish on spinnerbaits.
The wind started to get up so we called it a day. In all we caught 20 fish
and my client was happy he had learned some new areas in River.
Good Fishing!

Guided 1/2 Day Trip on Lake Anna

Johnny — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:02:00 GMT

April 18, 2009 Warm & Sunny
Air Temp:65-72 Water Temp: 59-63
Picked clients up at Marina at 8:30 and headed to areas I had "scouted"
earlier. My clients were a 77 yr. old retired Col. & pastor and his son who
had just graduated w/ his masters from Univ. of Minn. Started day fishing
a cove I had found w/ some pre-spawn and spawning fish. I let the son
drive the trolling motor while I set his dad up. The son wanted to fish artificial
and his dad wanted to fish live minnows. I should not have let the son drive
the boat because the boat get up on top of the fish. The fish spooked out of
there beds and we moved to different area. At second area we rebaited and
I headed down bank close enough to cast to bank. After going down bank
after 5 mins. the father hooked a nice Bass(3.5 lbs.) on the large minnow
Shortly after that about 50 feet down the bank "Dad" caught another Bass
(2.12 lbs.). I decided to try a different area after we finished fishing this area.
Fished new area for about 15 mins. when "Dad" caught another Bass(1.34 lbs.)
Son was feeling bad about getting skunked so we tried new area for some Crappie.
Pulled in cove and started fishing to beaver hut I had targeted. Once on beaver hut
the son caught several small Bluegill. It seemed Crappie might be deeper so I moved
boat out deeper on hut. Within 5 mins. the son had caught a couple of nice Crappie.
It was time to head in so, we packed up and headed back. Not too bad a day for 5
hr. trip. I was honored to be in the boat w/ a retired Col. who had served in Korea
and Vietnam. Our military people don't get the credit and respect they deserve for
what they do to protect our country. Good fishing!

Club Aquia Tournament

Johnny — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:41:00 GMT

April 17, 2009 Cool and Sunny
Air Temp:53-62 Water Temp:55-60
Not a real good day, started out near launch but bass boat was already
on spot I wanted to go to. Another club boat was racing to area I wanted
to try but I was able to get there first. The other boat still fished close to
me so I decided to try different area. Fished most of day w/o much success.
All we could catch was small fish until I finally caught a nice fish on a crnkbt.
(2.22 lbs.) My partner Don and I fished hard but there wasn't much grass in
creek yet and it made it tough. I landed another fish on a rattle bait and it was
right at 15 " inches. At weigh-in this fish was just shy of 15". Ended up w/ the
one fish at 2.22 lbs. and in 23th place for tournament. It really hurt that I was
not able to practice. Dropped quite a bit in standings to 20th place, lucky it's
early in season. Good fishing!

Lake Anna-Christopher Run Club Tournament

Johnny — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:02:00 GMT

April 4, 2009 Cool & VERY WINDY
Air Temp:48-62 Water Temp:52-55
Started off morning at spot where I landed a 3.71lb. Bass in practice but
water had come about a foot and the water temp; had dropped. We decided
to move to a different area where an old mill pond connected to the lake. We
fished the area w/ moving baits and had no bites so, we fished back through
area w/ plastics and I landed a 2lber. Continued to fish area w/ a couple of
other bites but no fish in the boat. Several other boats entered the area and
we decided to leave. The wind was so bad on the "main" lake it was too hard to
fish deeper structure. So we decided to try a couple of coves and creeks. Fished
hard the rest of the day and in the last hr. my partner Don caught a nice Bass over
2lbs. Everyone had a tough day w/ conditions what they were. We ended up w/
4.04lbs. and in 5th place for day. The best weight for the day was a little over 6lbs.
Sunday the weather was much better and the fishing. The remainder of the club
fished Sunday and my Cousin Cale and his partner Phil ended up finishing in 2nd
place w/ 7.62 lbs., the winning weight was a little over 10lbs. We ended up in 9th
place for tour. and in 10th for overall pts. for yr., so far. Hope next tour. on Potomac
the weather will be better. Good Fishing!

Prefishing for Lake Anna Tournmnt.

Johnny — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:11:00 GMT

March 27, 2009-Cool & Cloudy w/ Strong Gusts
Air temp:52-58 Water Temp: 49-53.5
Caught a good fish(3.71 lbs.) after fishing about 35 Mins. and
fished some new areas looking for warmer water. Saw some
good Crappie being caught but not many Bass. I fished hard for
another 3 more hrs. and landed 2 more fish(2 1/2 & 1 lbs.) The
bite will be tough if water temps. don't begin to climb. Next week
looks like good weather and it's a full moon soon. Good Fishing!

"The Pond" w/ Tournament Partner Don Mullins

Johnny — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

March 28, 2009-Cool & Very Cloudy
Air Temp:58-62 Water Temp:Bank Fishing
Pulled up to pond and saw bait breaking all over. My friend caught 8
straight fish- 1 on spinnerbait and rest on large minnows-ranging from
8" to 2 1/2 lbs. and caught fish for 2 hrs . on and off. End up catching
20 fish between friend and I. My friend caught 3 Bowfin all around 2/12-
4 lbs. Another friend was fishing creek and was catching some nice
Crappie w/ small minnows. Things are beginning to pickup, even saw
some nice schools of Herring trying to get up creek into pond and
some did! Good Fishing!

1st tournament of season w/ new partner Don Mullins

Johnny — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:02:00 GMT

March 21, 2009-Very Cold and Sunny w/ strong gusts
Air Temp:29-56 Water Temp:48-53
VERY COLD, first 2 hrs. of tour. froze to death. Constantly beating ice out of rod guides and
backlashing due to freeze up. After 2hrs. finally began to warmup and be able to fish effectively.
Pretty slow all day ended up getting a 3.37 lb., and 2 smaller fish for total of 4.76lbs. and 14th place.
Cold weather threw me off but I'll be better prepared for next tour. Small pond I fish is still hot. I saw
a guy catch a 27" 8 1/2 lb. Bass. and Crappie are starting to run in creek. Hot days to come soon hopefully.
Good Fishing!

Private Pond w/ Cousins "B" & Cale

Johnny — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:35:00 GMT

March 9, 2009-Warm & VERY WINDY
Air Temp: 71-78 Water Temp:51-54
WHAT A DAY! The water temp had really come up and that triggered
the fish to bite. I caught 23 Bass today w/ a 5lb. 15oz.(22 1/4" Va. Citation),
5lb. 4oz., 3lb. 14oz. and 10 other fish around 2 lbs. My cousins caught
several nice Bass also w/ several 2lbers. and one fish 3lbs. 13ozs. w/
several nice Jackfish(23 1/2" 3lbs. 4ozs.) The fish bit a little of everything
but the spinnerbait was tops. Next couple of days should be great! Good
Fishing!

Private Pond w/ Cousin Cale

Johnny — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:25:00 GMT

March 6, 2009-Warm & Windy
Air Temp:68-73 Water Temp:43-48
Cale caught 4 fish on a small crankbait-1 about 2 1/4 lbs. and I caught
a fish 2lbs. 9 ozs. and another on a live minnow that was about 2 lbs.
Fished about 4 hrs. today water still cold. Good Fishing!

Ni River Practice w/ new partner Don "Moon" Mullins

Johnny — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:04:00 GMT

March 7, 2009-Warm and WINDY
Air Temp:55-73 Water Temp:41-48
Started out day near launch and partner landed a 2 1/2 lber. continued down
shoreline and after about 20 mins. I landed a 1 1/2 lber. Decided to try shallow
area back up major feeder creeks and hooked a BIG BASS that pulled off at boat.
Fished other shallow areas near deep water and my partner caught a 1 3/4 lber.
Stayed w/ same pattern and jumped to area I had caught big fish in before. On
about the 10th cast I hang a large fish and landed it, the fish weighed 5lbs. 7ozs.
and was 21", The fish was gorged to the gills feeding up for the spawn. Was
getting late so decided to head home-not a bad day. Good Fishing!

Private Pond w/ cousin

Johnny — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:35:00 GMT

Feb. 15. 2009-Cool & windy
Air Temp:40-53     Water Temp:43-45.5
     Rough day w/ weather conditions and low water temp. I caught 2 Bass on spinnerbait(2 1/2 lbs. & 1 1/2lbs.)
     and cousin caught a 2 1/2 lb. Jackfish on small crankbait. Left kind of early, wanted to get back to see Daytona race.
     Did see another guy fight a fish for 15 mins. and finally land it w/ net. The fish was a twenty-six lb. Carp, what
     a fight. Hopefully we can get some warmer weather and the wind will lay down. That should warm the water
     in this shallow pond quickly and turn the fish on. Good fishing!

Hotside Lake Anna w/ cousin Cale

Johnny — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:11:00 GMT

Feb. 13, 2009-Windy & Warm
Air Temp:54-60     Water Temp:58-68
      Started out near plant outlet(water temp-68) fishing was very slow. Several strikes in area but fish seemed to
p/u baits and immediately spit out. Fish were starting to spawn we decided so we moved to an area w/ lower
      water temp. Caught first fish w/ spinnerbait, about 2 lbs., shortly after caught 12 incher on plastic. Moved to another area
and caught a 1 1/4 lb. Bass on spinnerbait. Moved again and caught another Bass on the same spinnerbait. Cousin
had a nicer fish on a spinnerbait but got off before we could boat it. Not bad for first time out in big boat this year. I
know what type of pattern fish are in now so next time I go back I know I'll do better! By the way I purchased a Ranger
      Bass boat in off season w/ 175HP so give me a call and we'll give it a shot. Good fishing!

Ni River Res. small boat tournament

Johnny — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:43:00 GMT

Oct. 4, 2008-Sunny & Warm
Air Temp:62-84    Water Temp:63-72
Last Regular tournament of season-Started off day in area where
I had caught fish previously and also had put brush pile there. I
        marked fish on depthfinder but had no "Takers". Moved a small
        distance and caught a 2 lb. fish on plastic, so I continued to work area.
        Caught another fish on plastic that was barely legal but glad to catch it.
        Moved back in creek cove and caught 2 more legal fish around a beaver
    hut. Finished up day covering as much ground as possible but no results.
        Finished up w/ around 3 1/2 lbs. but had a dead fish so I was penalized.
        Ended up year in 12th place overall, hoped I could finish in top ten but I
        don't feel too bad. I fished 3/4 of the tournaments by myself against teams
        that had two people. I also finished above both my cousins who had fished
    the tournaments last year. Probably would have finished even higher if I
        wouldn't have missed the previous tournament due to fishing in the BFL-FLW
tournament. Time to do some fun, no pressure fishing! Good Fishing!

13TH PLACE AS CO-ANGLER AT 200 ANGLER BFL-FLW SUPER TOURNAMENT ON POTOMAC

Johnny — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:42:00 GMT

Sept. 27-28, 2008:Hot, Humid & Scattered Rain
Air Temp:78-88     Water Temp:71-74
   First day was paired up w/ a great guy-DOUG JENKINS FROM CHARLES CO,
   MD., he was very professional & cordial. Doug was really on the fish, we stayed
             in his area most of day. Catching fish on various frogs & buzzbaits. Doug must have
             caught 25 fish and ended up w/ 5 keepers averaging around 3 lbs. each. I had
             had 5 keepers also w/ a big fish of 4 lbs. 4 ozs., a 3 1/2 lber., a 2 1/4 lber. and two
             small keepers to end up in 7th place w/ 11 lbs. 14 ozs. and qualified to fish final
             round and cash a check. Second day my boater angler was MARK SCHAFER FROM
             WILLIAMSTOWN, N. J. WHO WON THE SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2004 AND
             FINSIHED 3RD IN THE ALL-AMERICAN THE SAME YEAR. Mark was also very
             professional and had actually caught a bigger limit than Doug on day 1. Since Mark
             was 7th as boater and I was 7th as co-angler we were paired. He had a nice area
   to fish but he needed high water for it to be real good. The water had started to go
             down so it wasn't as good as previous day but Mark was able to catch 3 keepers w/
             a kicker of 3 3/4 lbs. and I had several fish blowup on buzzbaits and frogs but couldn't
             stick a hook in any. Mark had the same problem, the fish were just short striking. I know
   we both must have missed 6 fish each and a couple seemed like real nice fish. Mark
             decided to move to new area, tried several areas before settling in on an area I was also
             familiar w/. I had fished the area the week before and felt confident I could get some fish.
   I switched to my favorite spinnerbait and shortly after caught a 2 1/4 lber., then 1 1/4lber.
   There were alot of boats around us so we moved to another grass bed in area and I caught
   another 2 lb. fish. Mark then caught 2 1/2 lber. on a frog and another solid keeper to get
   his limit. He finished up day w/ 10 3/4 lbs. and I had 5lbs. 5 ozs. to finish in 13th overall.
             I was disappointed to drop so far but for first BFL-FLW TOUR. I guess I should be happy,
             plus I cashed a check! Mark and Doug were good guys and it was a pleasure to fish w/
             them. I look forward to fishing my next BFL-FLW event, it was a great experience.
             Good fishing!

2nd Occoquan River Small Boat Tournament w/ Don Mullins

Johnny — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:25:00 GMT

Sept. 20, 2008-Hot & Sunny
Air Temp: 85 Water Temp:75-78
         Fished usual areas w/ spinnerbaits, frogs, buzzbaits, and plastics. Wasn't able
         to prefish so I knew I had to find fish. Fish were scattered, we caught one here
         and there. The fish in my area weren't as big as I had been catching earlier in the year.
         Had a couple of big fish break me and my partner off but was able to get our limit.
         Enjoy fishing w/ Don, just wish we could have landed fish that broke off. Well still
         hanging around top ten for year but I'll miss next club tour.-fishing BFL-FLW Super
         tournament on Potomac. Good Fishing!

Abel Lake tournament w/ substitute partner Don Mullins

Johnny — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:41:00 GMT

August 23, 2008-Hot & Sunny
Air Temp.-68-85 Water Temp.-76.5-80
        Started tournament taking a long ride down near dam. 1st point pulled
     up on Don caught a small keeper on plastic. About 5 casts later I caught I
     another small keeper. Well the morning continued about that way, small
     fish but lots of them. Finally we got to an area where a creek channel ran
     close to the bank around a shallow flat. We both had what felt like a nice
     fish take off w/ our lures but neither of us were able to hook the fish. We
     ended up catching about 25 fish. We weighed in 5 fish for 2.9 lbs.-what hogs-
     but we had 1 dead fish so w/ penalty we had 2.65. I thank Don for fishing w/
     me, he did a good job, just couldn't land the big fish we needed to place. Looks
     like still in 11th place overall. I think I can make some ground up at remaining
     tournaments so I can finish solidly in top ten. MAKE SURE TO GIVE ME A CALL
     TO BOOK A TRIP-FALL SEASON SHOULD BE GREAT! I JUST PURCHASED RANGER
     W/ A 175 ON THE BACK SO I CAN I GET TO SPOTS QUICKER AND FISH MORE COM-
     FORTABLE. FISHING FLW TOURNAMENT ON POTOMAC RIVER ON 9/27-28, HOPING
   TO PLACE IN TOP 20 AT LEAST TO GAIN SOME MORE RECOGNITION AND WIN SOME
     $$$. I'LL BE PRE-FISHING QUITE A BIT TO TRY TO FIND SOME GOOD SPOTS!
     GOOD FISHING!

Occoquan Res. small boat tournament

Johnny — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:24:00 GMT

August 16, 2008-Hot & Sunny
Air Temp.-69-86   Water Temp.-78-82
         Started out day pretty good, 5th cast caught a small fish on a crankbait
but wasn't big enough to keep. Switched to a plastic dragged slowly on the
bottom and caught a small legal fish. Tried several areas where I had
      pre-fished but came up empty. Started covering ground quickly and fished
    next several hrs. without a bite. Moved back near to area I had started in
and finally hung a huge fish, the fish battled for several mins., then I was
able to work it up close to boat. I tried netting the fish twice and each time
it saw the net, it went under the boat. The second time it went under the
boat and pulled drag it threw the hook. That fish was at least 6 lbs. and I'm
      pretty sure it was closer to 8 lbs., I haven't had a fish pull like that in a while.
      Ended up tournament w/ 2.84 lbs. but no one really did that well. I'm sticking
      in there around 11th place overall-considering that I fish by myself I don't feel
      too bad, if I would have had a partner I'm sure I could've landed the big fish.
      Well I'll keep at it and do my best! GOOD FISHING!