Greener : Fishing Forum Posts

Let me preface this by saying I am on the st lawrence river right at the mouth of the lake and grew up fishing smallmouth and occasionally fishing largemouth. I started fishing tournaments last year on Canadian back lakes and while I am not doing horrible on them, I am really struggling to find the big bite largemouth. Every bag we (my fishing partner and I) bring to the scales is that one big fish away from the money. Let's say I am fishing a 100 boat tourney on a lake that takes 22lbs to win which means there is plenty of 5-6lb fish in the lake. 10th place is gonna take 18lbs. My bag is five 3.5lb clones. What is the best advice you can give me to find that big bite or do I just need to be patient in the areas I am in?