7/20/13

Phil and I took second at Shandaoh

 

7/20/13 Well we had our tournament last sat on Lake Shanadoah... Its a weedy lake deep and shallow, suites my style of bassin perfect. It was cool in the am but it got hot as the clouds broke.. later in the am..Water was in the 80's and a bit stained.. The Bite was tough... Let me just say that fishnig is as much as a mind set as I have read on fishing webs. KVD said it best, "Its about the attitude". I was not in it that day, my head was way out of the fishing game.. Just to start off.. And to make matters worse my partner and I ran into a major problem before we even got to the lake!! We were scrambling to fix the issue.. We did fix it and we did make it to the start on time barely..
The fishing was tough, we hit cool running water and had it all to ourselves.. We found them!! But we m...issed 4 bass that would have won it for us.. Phil missed a good 4lber at the boat, and I missed 3 bass in the 2 to 2 1/2lb class that would of made our total close to 10lbs... How, why did they come off?? I have no idea.. We did manage three keepers close to 6lbs to take second, Phil put two of the 3 in the boat. I had a good solid chunk.. they were biting a creature off of points. I had covered my bait with Kick N Bass Scent. and they were crushing it.. I had rattles in my bullet weight too... I had one spot where I missed two bass there... Oh well I hate to miss fish in a tournament, but I need to put it behind me for now.. We are closer to AOY we sit in 2nd place now.. Three more Club tournaments left, still time to catch up!! Get The Bite

6/29/13 Farrington BNBA Tournament

We had our open buddy today at farrington it was cloudy in the am and the sun broke out and it got hot in the 80s.. I started with topwater, soft jerkbait, crankbait as we hit a patch of pads close to the ramp, we then went and hit a nice point near deep water and I was getting hits on topwater, but couoldnt hook up.. I had one on and it came off to at the side off the point.. We hit a nice pocket with pads and agin I missed 3 bass that could of help us to 3rd or even 2nd place... I made a mistake I finally checked my same topwater bait and the hook was bent, I did catch my decent keepr on it, Thank GOD!! I got 2 other small keepers on a drop shot and soft jerkbait and Phil got one keepr on a frog! We only had one good bass in the livewell all the way up till noon then we got 3 more before it was time for weigh in!! We had 4 bass at 5lbs even! Get The BIte