Could not decide what tournament to fish. It really finally boiled down to the fact that I get to fish the CFFs for free emoBigsmile and have to pay $120.00 to fish the CBAs. James and I had a pretty darn good day. We had fish at every place we stopped. Slow but very consistent. Never found a mother load but kept catching one or two every fifteen to thirty minutes. It kept us focused and made the day go by fast. Had a 15 inch squeaker right off on a shakey about my fifth cast of the morning. Kept moving around, got a hard thump right under the boat just when I was about to reel it up. Double checked it and it was moving. emoThumbsup Drove it home and the rod just bowed over. Shouted at James it was a good one and to get the net. Fight was on, three bull dog runs, a couple jumps, a little drag pulling and up came our best of the day that weighed 8.68 on the CFF scales. emoDance I knew then we might get a check. Messed around there a little longer and got another thump, set the hook and up came a nice spot that was 1/14. I knew if we were going to think about winning we needed to get rid of both of those little ones. emoScratch Not too long after that I had another good hit, set the hook and the fight was on again. Told James again to get the net and up came a nice one about 4 to 4 and a half, fought it to the boat and it did a hard bull dog on me under the boat. I think I must have gotten a nick in my line because the next thing I know my line broke. Made us sick and I just knew it would cost us the tournament.
Made several moves and kept boating shorts. Finally I got a large mouth that was 2 and a half so out went the 15 inch squeaker. All we could catch them on was shakeys and t-rigs. I did catch one on a crank but that was out of a lot of bass. We just kept moving and I think I must have hit every piece of trash and rock I could think of at this end trying to upgrade. Got another two and a halfer so the spot went next. I think we caught at least a dozen keeper large mouth between 1/13 and two and a half. We just could not find another good one. Finally about one o'clock we made another move to an under water ledge of rock. My line got mushy and I stopped to just watch it. All by itself it just went slack. Reared back and put the metal to her and again it was a good one. James got the net under her and she was a big size bass but skinny as a rail. Large spawned out female. Weighed right at four. Made one more move and caught one more bass that would not help. Had to go in with one of ours being just a two and a halfer.
Thought Rudy was going to take us out but we got the better of him this time. emoTongue We ended up with 15.05 for 1st and snuck in ahead of Rudy's big bass with a couple drops of water more. Most of our bass, just like Weds. when I went, came from 10 to 20 feet deep. Water temp was 70 to 73 where we fished. I also think the wind was blowing more then 8 mph! I think they missed that one. Thanks to all who fished, congrats to those who caught fish and those who got paid. It is always a good day when you get paid to fish.
C-ya out there, emoAngler Jmax
Made several moves and kept boating shorts. Finally I got a large mouth that was 2 and a half so out went the 15 inch squeaker. All we could catch them on was shakeys and t-rigs. I did catch one on a crank but that was out of a lot of bass. We just kept moving and I think I must have hit every piece of trash and rock I could think of at this end trying to upgrade. Got another two and a halfer so the spot went next. I think we caught at least a dozen keeper large mouth between 1/13 and two and a half. We just could not find another good one. Finally about one o'clock we made another move to an under water ledge of rock. My line got mushy and I stopped to just watch it. All by itself it just went slack. Reared back and put the metal to her and again it was a good one. James got the net under her and she was a big size bass but skinny as a rail. Large spawned out female. Weighed right at four. Made one more move and caught one more bass that would not help. Had to go in with one of ours being just a two and a halfer.
Thought Rudy was going to take us out but we got the better of him this time. emoTongue We ended up with 15.05 for 1st and snuck in ahead of Rudy's big bass with a couple drops of water more. Most of our bass, just like Weds. when I went, came from 10 to 20 feet deep. Water temp was 70 to 73 where we fished. I also think the wind was blowing more then 8 mph! I think they missed that one. Thanks to all who fished, congrats to those who caught fish and those who got paid. It is always a good day when you get paid to fish.
C-ya out there, emoAngler Jmax
