Well I started off my season strong but should have been much stronger! I got nicked by a typical co-angler etiquette NO-NO! I got 10th with 17.11 lbs but SHOULD have won it or at least taken 2nd with over 19 lbs. My co-angler was a guy I know and don't particularly like him and now I REALLY don't like him. He is friend with another CO that talks big about how good an angler he is but won't but his money where his mouth is. I figured he would do me wrong if he could and would tell the other guy all my spots.
I had nearly 20 lbs marked on beds. I asked him not to fish my marked beds, but fish anywhere else. Same deal every boater asks of his AMs. I did not back boat him, but in hindsight, maybe I should have. I had 2 beds about 10 ft apart. One was a pig (5 lber) and the other about a 2 3/4. I told him to have at the smaller one as it wouldn't help me. I worked the big one and he hooked up on the smaller one. I went to net it but he lost it. I turned the boat to see it and he tossed to the big one and nailed him. 4.72....big fish of the entire tourney! He won co-angler and obviously big fish. About $1,250 and I lost 2 lbs of cull that would have landed me solidly in 2nd if not a run at Lavictorie and the win. I would have made at least $1,000 and $500 for big fish, instead I got $247.
On a milder note, I also fished out first local club tourney yesterday with my boy and we fished my "B" squad fish....the left overs. We took turns and boated 14 lbs. My boy got our big fish and was stoked. We only took about 5th out of around 18 boats, but we were fishing my beat up water and against boats with 2 grown men fishing against us. I think we did pretty darn well. It was a great time. I wish we could have won for my boy's sake, but there will be other chances. We also had a guy with us that is a tad slow due to brain damage from a severe car accident and nobody will ever take him since he is poor. I take him every chance I can get. Regrettably, he only got one small fish that we couldn't use but he was part of our team nontheless and hopefully enjoyed our success.
Hope everyone else had a good weekend.
Next event is on the 26th, the Northern Bass Supply Open....watch out boys....Ole Rob has a point to make this year!!!
I had nearly 20 lbs marked on beds. I asked him not to fish my marked beds, but fish anywhere else. Same deal every boater asks of his AMs. I did not back boat him, but in hindsight, maybe I should have. I had 2 beds about 10 ft apart. One was a pig (5 lber) and the other about a 2 3/4. I told him to have at the smaller one as it wouldn't help me. I worked the big one and he hooked up on the smaller one. I went to net it but he lost it. I turned the boat to see it and he tossed to the big one and nailed him. 4.72....big fish of the entire tourney! He won co-angler and obviously big fish. About $1,250 and I lost 2 lbs of cull that would have landed me solidly in 2nd if not a run at Lavictorie and the win. I would have made at least $1,000 and $500 for big fish, instead I got $247.
On a milder note, I also fished out first local club tourney yesterday with my boy and we fished my "B" squad fish....the left overs. We took turns and boated 14 lbs. My boy got our big fish and was stoked. We only took about 5th out of around 18 boats, but we were fishing my beat up water and against boats with 2 grown men fishing against us. I think we did pretty darn well. It was a great time. I wish we could have won for my boy's sake, but there will be other chances. We also had a guy with us that is a tad slow due to brain damage from a severe car accident and nobody will ever take him since he is poor. I take him every chance I can get. Regrettably, he only got one small fish that we couldn't use but he was part of our team nontheless and hopefully enjoyed our success.
Hope everyone else had a good weekend.
Next event is on the 26th, the Northern Bass Supply Open....watch out boys....Ole Rob has a point to make this year!!!
