Going into the day, we had a pretty solid plan in place. We knew we were going to dropshot... dropshot... and dropshot some more. So after placing a nice Tackle Warehouse order, we were well ready to go for the tournament.
After blastoff, we made a run to just outside PIB to fish a pipeline that Jeremy found while fishing with Penn State. We fished there for around an hour and I ended up putting 2 keeper largemouth into the boat. Both Jeremy and I knew that those fish wouldn't be good enough to get me into the money so we made about a 4 mile run to fish 15ft of water. As soon as we got there it was game on! We ended up catching probably 25 keepers between the two of us. I can't say enough about the Shimano Stradic and St. Croix Avid rod I was using. They held up very very nicely this tournament and the drag on the Stradic was perfect. Also, the Gamakatsu hooks I was using made for a perfect hookup everytime. I think I only lost 1 fish the entire tournament. Also, I could not have caught as many fish if it wasn't for the Tabu Tackle Whiptail worm I was using. This and another bait that I won't name really produced some nice fish for us!
We had a great time and cannot wait to go back! Jeremy has a Fisher's of Men Regional tournament there in the fall and I would love to go back up and prefish it with him. I ended up in 2nd place for the day with 3 Smallmouth for 8.15 lbs with my lunker being 3.07lbs. 1st place was taken by Jack Lynch with 9.15lbs. Jeremy almost won lunker for the day with a 3.74lb smallmouth. Here is a couple pictures of our fish for the day!
Tightlines!
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