We started out this morning by not getting in the water quick enough. I usually like to let my motor warm up for a little while before taking off but didn't really get a chance to. We ran to our first spot which fortunately wasnt far from the ramp. The morning was slow with only one short fish coming in the first hour or so. Larry switched over to a chatter bait and I hear him hooked up with something pretty large in the back. After at least one trip around the boat and about 3 attempts with the net we finally netted a big one. Turned out to be 8.94lb whopper! We fished in that area for probably another hour or so without a bite. We decided to make a move to some other sloughs with structure thinking the rising water may push the fish up. Man what a mistake that wound up being. The rain showed up about lunch time for us and we went up and down the chocolate Ocean trying to find at least one more decent fish. We never could find any clean water outside of cfp. My little boat doesnt handle the ocean to well so we decided about 1 to go back to where we started since we hadn't had another bite. I fished hard with a trap for the next 35-40 minutes and decided to make a color change. About two casts later I hooked up another decent fish at 1:40 that went 5lbs or so. Wound up winning it with a little over 14lbs I think and 2 fish. Only 4 fish caught all day for us and all came in one spot and clean water. Good times lie ahead with the warmer weather moving in it seems. Congrats to all who weighed in today.
Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman - 1st Place
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beetlespin
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Re: Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1-1st place, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman
Good job. I think we saw you catch that second one
Good job. I think we saw you catch that second one
Hook1
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Re: Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1-1st place, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman
Congratulations on the good day.
Congratulations on the good day.
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Re: Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1-1st place, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman
Congrats and thanks for the detailed report. We had the Opposite Day. Good numbers / but no big fish....
Congrats and thanks for the detailed report. We had the Opposite Day. Good numbers / but no big fish....
Smalliefan2
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RE: Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1-1st place, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman
Congratulations on the win. You and Larry had a much better day than me. emoToast
Congratulations on the win. You and Larry had a much better day than me. emoToast
toddmcc78
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Re: Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1-1st place, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman
Congrats on the win!
Congrats on the win!
Muskrat
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Re: Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1-1st place, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman
Good job - congrats.
Good job - congrats.
Dropshot
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Re: Lx545, Chickamauga CFF#1-1st place, Bass, 2/17/18, Oldman
Congrats guys on the big fish and the win!
Congrats guys on the big fish and the win!
Chick68
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Congrats on the WIN !!
bricknbass
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Congratulations to yall guys
Oldman
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like i said yesterday even a blind squirrel finds a nut some times.my thanks goes out to soddy custom tackle for making the school bus yellow chatterbait.it works.thanks guys for all the congrats.
elwestb
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Congrats again fellows!
