We started out early morning on the first day of the tournament putting around. Ya gotta know I hate putting around. The boater I got paired with was an "old-timer." Not only that, but yes, he was a major smoker. Imagine that, a bass fisherman that is a smoker. Anyway, he lit up like a chain smoker. Everytime he was sitting still he'd light another one up. Yuk! Anyway, we did o.k. for numbers of fish caught. We were catching fish all day in different spots, but they were all under the size limit. Talk about getting frustrated.
Now the rules of the TBF state that the co-angler gets the boat for half of the day. My boater kept trying to fish humps off of the main channel and all we were catching were small fish, SO I asked him if we could go back up into some creeks and try that, and asked him, and asked him etc. You get my point. This guy didn't even acknowledge that I'd said anything, much less had an idea that might net us some fish. So as the day went on and I kept asking, I just got more and more frustrated with my boater. Turns out, I'm rating the boater I had on the first day of this tournament as the WORST boater I've had in my tournament fishing career so far.
So what is the news when we get back to the scales that afternoon? Guess....
Everybody was catching their fish up in the back of creeks! Of course right?
Second day I faired a lot better on my boater draw. I got a really nice guy and a great partner on the lake. Ya know...the kind you can chat with and kid around...that's what I'm talking about. He didn't do very bad on the first day like I did either. He was open to suggestions and we did pretty well considering some awful wind to deal with and a weak trolling motor. We caught fish all day that were small just like the day before, but I had a LOT more fun. Turns out we both got decent keepers that day. I got one on a one knocker from rapala that would almost go 3 .lbs. He got one as well that was a little over 2 lbs. It was a good day...sun was out and we got to go to the scales. That's always a good day in my book.
As it turns out, the rest of my club team didn't do so well either and we ended up at the bottom of the standings as a team, but the weekend was a good one and we had fun.
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Until next time. Here's to fish IN the boat!
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