Hey guys.. again its been a while since i have posted on here.. I have been really busy as of late with work and fishing. I have some time on my hands so i will try and fill everybody in on some things..
The tournament at 1000 Islands was a blast. We got there on friday around 3 and got to watch the pros weigh in for day 2. There were some gigantic bags coming in with big bronzebacks caught on lake ontario. Unfortunately, in our tournament canada waters were off limits.
On tournament day we launched and hit the green marker buoy that i was told held alot of fish. We had a few bites on it but couldnt land anything... we then moved and fished some shoals and islands... i ended up catching a smallie that was 1/16 inch shy of being legal.. a few minutes later i hooked up with a 1.08lb smallie on a Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed craw.
After no more bites we moved and fished some docks.. on my first cast to a dock...BAM i hooked up with a gigantic bass... I am not exaggerating.. this bass was 5lbs at least.. biggest bass of my life.... unfortunately this bass dove under the boat and spit the speed craw out... i was bummed.
My partner ended up catching a couple short fish as well and we ended up 31st in the tourney... it was a really rough day with very high winds and choppy water... some schools brang in some pretty good bags. if we couldve prefished it i believe we wouldve done alot better. it was fun though and i would jump for the opportunity to go back and give it another go around.... a big thanks to Joe Trinko for escorting us around in his awesome triton boat!
So the next weekend.. last friday (July 24th) I fished a PSU club tourney at the Potomac River. We launched out of Smallwood State Park at daybreak.. I was on a boat with a really awesome guy. His name is Tom. He took me to some really good places and we caught alot of fish. My goal for the day was to catch a limit and tom helped me do that. he showed me how to fish with some things i have never really done before. there was a crazy amount of weeds there and we fished mostly weed lines and pockets. We were throwin wacky rigged senkos, netbait paca craws, and zoom fish doctors. At the end of the day I had 5 largemouths weighing 6.65lbs. It was a really fun day and i cant wait to fish the potomac river again... maybe a BFL tournament or something.
My experience with the guys from down at the potomac was just phenomenal. These guys were all veterans and current members of the US Navy. They all work together and love to fish and help us out. Rick, the leader of the club is a former PSU alum and his guys really treat us well. Before the tourney even started they hooked us up with a goody bag from Bass Pro Shops. We had horney toads, brush hogs, spinnerbaits, hooks, rattle traps and senkos in the bag. It was awesome.
This weekend (august 1st) I have a club tournament at Sayers Dam. I cannot wait. I am going to prefish it hopefully friday but if not ill hit up my hot spots. Ill let ya know how I do.
Catch ya later
Jimmy, The potomac is a great fishery now. You wouldn't believe it..but when I was a kid that river had "0" bass because it was so poluted. the water has come back better than ever. I fishded the upper potomac last month and caught a largie over 5 lbs. that's pretty good for the upper potomac. Good luck as sayers! it's been tough. The mountain side should be good this time of year. Also..in the upper part of the lake where the bald eagle flow in there some good submerged wood and stumps. Caught an 18 inch smallie in that area and i know there are bigger ones!
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