Repost: Bassin Riddle

(My initial post was under another fella's screenname, lol...)

Does a great day on the water & a terrible day on the water = two fair days
on the water?

HELL NO!

Just got back on from the NJ BASS Federation Top 6 Tourney on the Potomac.
Most of you guys know that my club's team won this event last year.

I got on some great fish on Monday in practice, and despite my efforts the
next two days I couldn't come up with anything better to keep me from
running some 25 miles north from the launch site into Washington DC.

Thursday I had a great first day with those fish & was in first place at
day's end with 15.46 pounds (5 fish). There were about 230 guys in this
tourney, most of whom weighed in 0,1 or 2 fish on Thursday. I caught 9
keepers & had no reason to believe I couldn't repeat the performance on day
2 & make the State Team, if not win the tournament.

Ha.

On Day two I go to my area & in pulls the guy I had in the back of my boat
on Day 1. Somehow he got to be a boater on Day 2, and apparently I told him
he was welcome to share the waters with me. I figured he'd be in someone
else's boat on the slim chance that he would show up, lol. I was even nice
enough to let him use my lure on day 1 when I had him 4-1 in the keeper dept
(15" min), and even nicer to let him keep it.

So to make a long story short he catches a 6+ & a 5+ right next to me to
start the day, weighs in 18+ & wins the tournament.

Me? Ha! I have a hard time getting bit at all, but do manage about 1/2 dozen
14" dinks, a few unbuttoned keepers, and 1 3.84# keeper. With about 1.5
hours left till weigh-in I decide it's futile & leave to try another spot.
That's when I hit the rock & wasted my prop & skeg, even bent the prop
shaft. So I took the windy & rough 25 mile "run" back to the ramp on two
good blades & a very shaky engine.

Made it just in time to weigh-in my 1 keeper.

I took 7th overall. Not bad you say? Awful, when you consider that 6th
makes the State Team, & gets $500 (enough to cover my deductible lol).

Oh well, gotta go call the insurance company.

Are the MTC results anywhere, either nobody posted them on ROFB or I can't
see them...

Hope y'all had fun!

Warren

I was a wondering if you had changed your name, Warren......

--
Sandy Joren
By the time you get to greener pastures, you're too old to climb the fence......
"gobassn" wrote in message ...
(My initial post was under another fella's screenname, lol...)

Does a great day on the water & a terrible day on the water = two fair days
on the water?

HELL NO!

Just got back on from the NJ BASS Federation Top 6 Tourney on the Potomac.
Most of you guys know that my club's team won this event last year.

I got on some great fish on Monday in practice, and despite my efforts the
next two days I couldn't come up with anything better to keep me from
running some 25 miles north from the launch site into Washington DC.

Thursday I had a great first day with those fish & was in first place at
day's end with 15.46 pounds (5 fish). There were about 230 guys in this
tourney, most of whom weighed in 0,1 or 2 fish on Thursday. I caught 9
keepers & had no reason to believe I couldn't repeat the performance on day
2 & make the State Team, if not win the tournament.

Ha.

On Day two I go to my area & in pulls the guy I had in the back of my boat
on Day 1. Somehow he got to be a boater on Day 2, and apparently I told him
he was welcome to share the waters with me. I figured he'd be in someone
else's boat on the slim chance that he would show up, lol. I was even nice
enough to let him use my lure on day 1 when I had him 4-1 in the keeper dept
(15" min), and even nicer to let him keep it.

So to make a long story short he catches a 6+ & a 5+ right next to me to
start the day, weighs in 18+ & wins the tournament.

Me? Ha! I have a hard time getting bit at all, but do manage about 1/2 dozen
14" dinks, a few unbuttoned keepers, and 1 3.84# keeper. With about 1.5
hours left till weigh-in I decide it's futile & leave to try another spot.
That's when I hit the rock & wasted my prop & skeg, even bent the prop
shaft. So I took the windy & rough 25 mile "run" back to the ramp on two
good blades & a very shaky engine.

Made it just in time to weigh-in my 1 keeper.

I took 7th overall. Not bad you say? Awful, when you consider that 6th
makes the State Team, & gets $500 (enough to cover my deductible lol).

Oh well, gotta go call the insurance company.

Are the MTC results anywhere, either nobody posted them on ROFB or I can't
see them...

Hope y'all had fun!

Warren