Have you ever had one of those days where you start off poor, try to correct it, find yourself getting worse, try to correct that, only to have yourself spiral out of control, then crash and burn? emoBang That could describe our day yesterday at the June CBA. I have really been struggling getting a big fish in the boat since the beginning of the year. Either I hook them and loose them or I don't get a big one on at all. Derek on the other hand has been getting a few big ones in the boat and has had his share of success this year. I had really hoped his good luck would rub off on me, I think my poor luck rubbed off on him yesterday. emoAngry
I feel we had a good plan. Started on the main river and within the first thirty minutes put several little guys in the boat when Derek gets a big explosion on his spook and his rod doubles. Yells for the net, I jump up, get the net and see this really nice bass that appears to be 4 1/2 to 5 pounds jump. emoDance Standing there with the net Derek does just what he is suppose to, half way back to the boat it jumps again, good fish, but the spook flies out of it and we are deflated. emoHoppingmad Shake it off, the day is just beginning, move on, forget it, I say to myself. Shortly there after Derek puts a decent 2 pounder in the boat and we have the skunk out of the live well. I get a tap on my shakey, double check since I kept missing them and the line is heavily easing off. Rare back, rod doubles, line stretches, pow! Line breaks! This is what set the pattern for us the rest of the day. emoMad
Let me save all the drama and get to the end of the chase. Before the day was done me and Derek will have lost nine good bass. emoEek Three of which we saw. I broke off three good bass!!!!!(Yes, I will be changing out my line.) I have not broke off any all year. I also lost another that threw me back my shakey when it jumped. Then another as it bull dogged me under the boat. Derek lost four good bass, all came off with me holding the net. emoCrazy The harder we tried the worse it got. emoBadLanguage I can honestly say that is the worse day in my life that I can remember in my 58 years of loosing fish. emoBooHoo Then to think it was in a CBA just made it harder to swallow.
You can't compete in a CBA when you can't get them in the boat. There is no telling what we would have had if we had been able to get them in. Top water that morning, shakeys and cranks once the sun came up was the ticket for getting bit. Derek blamed it all on me. emoRedface Said my bad luck rubbed off on him and he may be right. I thought with him being the guide and boat captain it would not be so, I was wrong.
We still were able to culled around five times and ended up with a respectable five bass limit at 15.71 pounds but it took over 19 something to get paid. emoGoofy I don't think the 97 degree topped out temp with half of Chattanooga on the water helped us either. I was so ready for the day to end and forget this one that I almost did not post it. Then I started feeling guilty to the idea of only posting the good ones.
Congrats to the winners and those who did get them in the boat. emoWorthy Jmax
I feel we had a good plan. Started on the main river and within the first thirty minutes put several little guys in the boat when Derek gets a big explosion on his spook and his rod doubles. Yells for the net, I jump up, get the net and see this really nice bass that appears to be 4 1/2 to 5 pounds jump. emoDance Standing there with the net Derek does just what he is suppose to, half way back to the boat it jumps again, good fish, but the spook flies out of it and we are deflated. emoHoppingmad Shake it off, the day is just beginning, move on, forget it, I say to myself. Shortly there after Derek puts a decent 2 pounder in the boat and we have the skunk out of the live well. I get a tap on my shakey, double check since I kept missing them and the line is heavily easing off. Rare back, rod doubles, line stretches, pow! Line breaks! This is what set the pattern for us the rest of the day. emoMad
Let me save all the drama and get to the end of the chase. Before the day was done me and Derek will have lost nine good bass. emoEek Three of which we saw. I broke off three good bass!!!!!(Yes, I will be changing out my line.) I have not broke off any all year. I also lost another that threw me back my shakey when it jumped. Then another as it bull dogged me under the boat. Derek lost four good bass, all came off with me holding the net. emoCrazy The harder we tried the worse it got. emoBadLanguage I can honestly say that is the worse day in my life that I can remember in my 58 years of loosing fish. emoBooHoo Then to think it was in a CBA just made it harder to swallow.
You can't compete in a CBA when you can't get them in the boat. There is no telling what we would have had if we had been able to get them in. Top water that morning, shakeys and cranks once the sun came up was the ticket for getting bit. Derek blamed it all on me. emoRedface Said my bad luck rubbed off on him and he may be right. I thought with him being the guide and boat captain it would not be so, I was wrong.
We still were able to culled around five times and ended up with a respectable five bass limit at 15.71 pounds but it took over 19 something to get paid. emoGoofy I don't think the 97 degree topped out temp with half of Chattanooga on the water helped us either. I was so ready for the day to end and forget this one that I almost did not post it. Then I started feeling guilty to the idea of only posting the good ones.
Congrats to the winners and those who did get them in the boat. emoWorthy Jmax
