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I was really worried after all the good reports I have been posting that I would bomb this one. No worries! ;) Had a pretty darn good day. Had the fish on that would have won it but could not close the deal. Lost one that appeared to be another giant. Got me hung up on some trash for a second and that was all it took. Got my line messed up and it broke. emoBawl I was so sick I am still not over it. emoBooHoo Jeff lost one that looked in the four class that jumped twice and then bull dogged under the boat, it just came unbuttoned. emoBadLanguage Can't win these in the CBA when you loose fish. There are too many good sticks, someone will get them in the boat. We had our chance to win this one.

Still had a great day even with all the mishaps. I boated two six pounders, one five, one four and several two's. The one two pounder we had to weigh in hurt us, we really needed to get rid of that little one but ran out of time. emoGoofy Ended up weighing in 24.01 pounds. emoDance That was good enough to come in 7th and $450.00 in our pockets, it's a good day when you get paid to fish. The other thing that we did not do was I wanted to beat Derek and Chase. They put it on us coming in fifth with 26 pounds. emoWorthy Lot of bass caught today. This lake is on fire right now. Lots of limits. There was over 100 boats fishing this one. All my bass came off of shakeys. I did throw a crank and spook some but kept going back to the shakey. Like my Momma always told me, "Don't fix it if it ain't broke." emoBigsmile Water in the 70s, wind came up and blew like crazy again, I was not aware that was suppose to happen. Between the wind and the party boats the lake was really rough.

We still focused on staging areas leading to spawning flats. Some are done and moving out while others are just now moving up. Should be another good spawn on the next full moon.

See ya out there. emoAngler Jmax

Congrats to Haden and Trevor for their second win this year! emoEek They won it with over 32 pounds!!!! emoWorthy
 
Great job!!!! Congrats on the check
We caught lots of 2 pounders but never could find the bigger fish
 
Jmax - 4/15/2017 8:01 PM

.... it's a good day when you get paid to fish.

I agree. ;)

Well done.... to come in high in the money in the current CBA crowd is a great accomplishment. It was very interesting reading through the Top 10 Teams. It read like the "Who's Who" list among Chickamauga's best bass anglers, you included. emoThumbsup
 
rsimms - 4/16/2017 10:13 AM

Jmax - 4/15/2017 8:01 PM

It was very interesting reading through the Top 10 Teams. It read like the "Who's Who" list among Chickamauga's best bass anglers, you included. emoThumbsup

Wow! Thanks Richard, coming from you I take that in very high regards. emoAngel Jmax
 
Your fishing reports are a MAJOR reason 4 me reading this forum..I have lived near and fished Watts Bar 4 55 years but due to your reports I have started to venture to Soddy and Dayton to fish. To ssay your reports will be missed is an HUGE understatement . I have ask 4 and received very helpfull info from you. Thank you for "helping" the struggling fisherman(me) to catch a few more fish and have more enjoyment from the sport. At the same time I totally understand there has to be a limit to what you tell. A very good fisherman up here told me years ago
------""Fishing can be a very frustrating sport for anyone and I will not tell everything I know--- but I will NOT lie to you and cause you to "chase rabbits" and become more frustrated." Thank you 4 your help.

Just 4 fun----I prepose a Fake auction for your waypoint chip. To begin the auction, I bid $100.00 , 3 broke rods, 30lbs. of creme worms,a 26 pitch 2 1/2 blade prop, and a well used Bill Dance hat. Can anyone top that?????
 
jdb21867 - 4/16/2017 1:35 PM

Just 4 fun----I prepose a Fake auction for your waypoint chip. To begin the auction, I bid $100.00 , 3 broke rods, 30lbs. of creme worms,a 26 pitch 2 1/2 blade prop, and a well used Bill Dance hat. Can anyone top that?????

Derek stole the chips out of my GPS. emoUpsmile On top of that he made me promise on my mother's grave not to tell where I fish. I can say without a doubt that any of "MY" spots will be "Derek's spots" the moment my moving Van leaves the drive way. emoLaugh It is fair to say after fishing with me for eight years he knows every sunken tree I put out, every old road bed I prefer, ledge, rock and point. But you can reverse that, I know his. emoEvil Jmax
 
I will say this. 14 years ago when I moved here I use to hate the Chick. Then I finally figured out how to catch a limit. Then got talked into fishing some tournaments, did decent in those until Churly talked me into fishing these dang CBAs. emoBang That is when I ran into the local good ringers. I use to think,"Dangit! I wish I could figure out how to catch 20 lbs like them and win one of these." I finally figured out how to put 20 lbs in the boat and low and behold the guys I was trying to catch started bring in 25 lbs. emoHoppingmad I started thinking, "Dangit! I wished I could figure out how to catch 25 lbs like them and win one of these." Now every now and then I can put 25 lbs in the boat. But again no cigar yet, the guys I have been trying to catch now are bringing a freaking 30+ lbs to the scales to win these. emoDoh Dangit!!! emoBadLanguage I have never in my life caught five bass that weighed 30 plus pounds!!!! emoGoofy

My hat it off to those guys. emoWorthy You really do start to wonder how high will it go? emoEek Jmax
 
Jmax - 4/16/2017 2:05 PM

I will say this. 14 years ago when I moved here I use to hate the Chick. Then I finally figured out how to catch a limit. Then got talked into fishing some tournaments, did decent in those until Churly talked me into fishing these dang CBAs. emoBang That is when I ran into the local good ringers. I use to think,"Dangit! I wish I could figure out how to catch 20 lbs like them and win one of these." I finally figured out how to put 20 lbs in the boat and low and behold the guys I was trying to catch started bring in 25 lbs. emoHoppingmad I started thinking, "Dangit! I wished I could figure out how to catch 25 lbs like them and win one of these." Now every now and then I can put 25 lbs in the boat. But again no cigar yet, the guys I have been trying to catch now are bringing a freaking 30+ lbs to the scales to win these. emoDoh Dangit!!! emoBadLanguage I have never in my life caught five bass that weighed 30 plus pounds!!!! emoGoofy

My hat it off to those guys. emoWorthy You really do start to wonder how high will it go? emoEek Jmax

All is not lost Jim! I can remember one CBA that you won. Didn't you have to fish Chester Frost because your big motor went down and you won it anyway? Maybe you run too far. :)
 
polo-dog - 4/16/2017 7:43 PM

Didn't you have to fish Chester Frost because your big motor went down and you won it anyway? Maybe you run too far. :)

Well, yes and no. I have won two. One with Colby and one with Derek. The event you are remembering was a classic with Colby. He and I fished together the first day and had like 11/8, a small limit. On the way back my motor blew up and we limped in. I told Colby we would have to fish the second day with just a trolling motor. Colby called me the following morning and said he was ill. He did not fish the second day with me. I told Churly who at the time was the Prez what was going on and I was behind the blast off dock and when he called my number I trolled off. emoBigsmile All I could do was troll around the park. The funny thing was almost no one stayed. Had the park mostly to myself. It rained part of the morning and kept the other boats, not in the tournament, away. I had one of those Frog bite days we all dream of. Had something like 23 lbs all off a frog anchored by a 9 lber. Came in first that second day and overall got forth I think and I got big bass. emoEek Won like $2,350.00. Not bad, I did give Colby a $1,000.00 for his half of the fourth place. emoThumbsup Good memories. emoTongue Jmax
 

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Jmax - 4/15/2017 7:01 PM


The other thing that we did not do was I wanted to beat Derek and Chase. They put it on us coming in fifth with 26 pounds.

Haha you came close, your face was priceless when you thought you beat us! emoAngel
 
derek81 - 4/17/2017 10:26 AM

Jmax - 4/15/2017 7:01 PM


The other thing that we did not do was I wanted to beat Derek and Chase. They put it on us coming in fifth with 26 pounds.

Haha you came close, your face was priceless when you thought you beat us! emoAngel

You still suck! emoPoke
 
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