N O T E B O O K A R C H I V E S Yelas joins FLW Outdoors' Team Chevy Moves to Ranger 01/01/2009 Thank You Skeeter 12/30/2008 Jay Yelas Lake Championship Challenge Summary 04/03/2007 Jay Yelas Lake Championship Challenge 02/22/2007 What Happened to BASS Class? 09/01/2005 Bassmasters Classic Preview 07/13/2005 2005 BASSMASTER TOUR Summary 04/12/2005 2005 BASSMASTER TOUR Preview 02/09/2005 Bassmasters Classic Preview 07/23/2004 2004 Season: Wrong! 06/21/2004 BASS Tour 03/08/2004 2004 BASS Tour Preview 01/13/2004 2003 Bassmasters Classic Summary 08/07/2003 Busch Sponsorship Revisited a year later.... 06/13/2003 2003 B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year To God be the Glory..... 05/27/2003 BASS Angler-of-the-Year Race The Season Finale in Montgomery, AL 05/07/2003 2003 Season Preview Busch Sponsorship Issue 12/17/2002 2002 BASSMASTERS CLASSIC Summary 07/29/2002 2002 Bassmasters Classic Preview 07/18/2002 2002 FLW Tour Season Finale FLW Tour Angler of the Year 07/02/2002 FLW Tour 05/23/2002 FLW Open Summary 04/24/2002 FLW Tour January 23-26, 2002 01/30/2002 2002 FLW Tour Preview 01/01/2002 Bassmaster Tour, Nov. 1-3 11/14/2001 BASS Central Open Nov. 8-10, 2001 11/13/2001 Classic Journal Day 3 Report 8/5/2001 2001 Bassmasters Classic Preview 07/26/2001 2001 Bassmaster Megabucks May 8-13, 2001 05/22/2001 2001 Bassmaster Table Rock Invitational 04/21/2001 Sam Rayburn Invitational Summary 2001 Texas Bassmaster Invitational- March 1-3, 2001 03/08/2001 Lake Toho Top 150 Pro-Am Summary 2001 Bassmaster Florida Top 150, Jan.17-20, 2001 01/27/2001 Lake of the Ozarks Invitational Summary 2000 BassMasters Missouri Invitational - Nov.9-11, 2000 11/24/2000 Jay's Tournament Notebook 2000 Classic Summary 07/24/2000

Beaver Lake, AR FLW Open Summary 04/24/2002 - The FLW Open was again a sightfishing contest, as it has been most other years. This year it was a little crowded on the lower end of the lake as the upper half of the lake was too muddy to see fish on beds. I would guess that 100 boats fished the lower 1/5th of the lake during the preliminary rounds. I fished this area as well, and finished 16th. Not a great finish, but I wanted to make special note of this decent showing. I want to reiterate the point that the most important thing in tournament fishing is figuring out the fish. If you can do this, it doesn't matter how many other boats are around you, you will catch fish and do well. You may not win if you fish in a crowd, but you can do well. I always prefer to get away from the crowds during tournaments, but I don't always find bass away from the crowds. In this case, I only had 3 days to practice. I spent the first day looking for overlooked water, but nothing worked. So I took the safer bet and fished the clear water by the dam with everyone else. My 16th place finish at Beaver Lake has put me in contention for Angler of the Year on the FLW Tour. I like the final two lakes on the schedule, Old Hickory and Champlain. One thing I have learned about fishing is that you never know what is going to happen. So I wont make any predictions other than the fact that I will keep my nose to the grindstone.

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