First Tournament of the Year

Joe and I fished our first tournament of the year yesterday morning on Percy
Priest Lake. We fished out of Fate Sanders Marina which is not either one of
ours local area. After take off, Joe remembered that he had left his fishing
license in his car, which was actually at another launch site just about a
minute away, so we headed over to get that taken care of.

Joe boarded the boat again, and we trolled over to our first area. I think I
was still fiddling around with my three tangled rods when he told me he had
a fish on. I dropped my rods and headed for the net. After figuring out how
to assemble the thing, and reassemble it... I leaned over the boat to net
his fish. Sounds easy, but the fish dove under the boat in one last ditch
effort to get away and I leaned over too! If it weren't for Joe to grab the
back of my jacket, I would have ended up fishing the rest of the day soaking
wet! Joe finally got the fish right in front of me and I got the net under
it. 3lb's of largemouth in only three casts! The morning was looking good!

I wished that I could say that the rest of the day went that way, but
unfortunately there are witnesses. So, we went to the scales with only the
one fish in the livewell. We did catch more fish, and even a turtle tasted
Joes Rattle Trap, but non would touch the 15" mark on the board.

It was a beautiful day regardless of the fishing, but thunderstorms were
moving into the area while we were post-fishing, so we called it a day and
headed back to the ramp. Joe's fish put us in 8th place in the points race,
and hopefully I can help him add to that in a couple of weeks on Center
Hill.

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Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com