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Had To Come Back To Georgia And Find My Luck
Sunday September 7 - Day 234 - Seven days missed
9/7/08 - West Point Lake Sunny and very hot, very little breeze. Water temps 81 - 83 Flint River Bass Club tournament - 6:30 AM - 2:30 PM I left Rhinelander, WI at 9:30 Saturday morning with misty rain and 53 degrees. After 19 hours and 1145 miles I pulled into the Glass Bridge Ramp, crawled in the back of the Suburban and slept for an hour. A club member woke me up at about 5:50 and I got out, took the cover off the boat and tried to get ready to fish. Glad I had stopped at a gas station and filled my thermos! Jordan and I ran down to some riprap I like and started throwing spinner baits - it was still a little dark for top water for me. After a pass I picked up my popper and after a few casts something blew up on it - I missed the fish but it left a six pound hole in the water. A few casts later I missed another one - guess I was just too groggy to fish. After about three hours working points I hit a hump and got a bite on a jig head worm. Landed a solid keeper spot - at least I would not zero. Jordan had caught one on a Texas rig so we both would weigh in. Started hitting more humps and points with no bites. Very hot. Ran back in a creek where a roadbed crosses and has some brush - nothing. Just before leaving I worked my jig head up the ledge where they blew out the bridge and paused it on the lip and a 13 inch spot grabbed it. Two in the boat. We hit several more spots, including a bridge. Felt good in the shade. While fishing under there I thought about at nearby point with some rocks and brush and decided to hit it with about 1.5 hours left to fish. As we worked around it I threw the jig head out in about 14 feet of water on some rocks and got a good spot - weighed 2.83 pounds. A few minutes later I got a hit in the brush pile and landed another keeper spot. We worked that area until time to go in but did not get bit again. At weigh-in I was shocked to win with four at 6.42 pounds and my 2.83 pound spot was big fish. Tough day! Second was a limit weighing 6.04, third was 3 At 3.93 and fourth was two at 2.16. We did not have a single largemouth weighed in - a bad sign! Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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Way to go Ronnie !
You are the Georgia Iron Man of bass fishing. "Ronnie" wrote in message ... Sunday September 7 - Day 234 - Seven days missed 9/7/08 - West Point Lake Sunny and very hot, very little breeze. Water temps 81 - 83 Flint River Bass Club tournament - 6:30 AM - 2:30 PM I left Rhinelander, WI at 9:30 Saturday morning with misty rain and 53 degrees. After 19 hours and 1145 miles I pulled into the Glass Bridge Ramp, crawled in the back of the Suburban and slept for an hour. A club member woke me up at about 5:50 and I got out, took the cover off the boat and tried to get ready to fish. Glad I had stopped at a gas station and filled my thermos! Jordan and I ran down to some riprap I like and started throwing spinner baits - it was still a little dark for top water for me. After a pass I picked up my popper and after a few casts something blew up on it - I missed the fish but it left a six pound hole in the water. A few casts later I missed another one - guess I was just too groggy to fish. After about three hours working points I hit a hump and got a bite on a jig head worm. Landed a solid keeper spot - at least I would not zero. Jordan had caught one on a Texas rig so we both would weigh in. Started hitting more humps and points with no bites. Very hot. Ran back in a creek where a roadbed crosses and has some brush - nothing. Just before leaving I worked my jig head up the ledge where they blew out the bridge and paused it on the lip and a 13 inch spot grabbed it. Two in the boat. We hit several more spots, including a bridge. Felt good in the shade. While fishing under there I thought about at nearby point with some rocks and brush and decided to hit it with about 1.5 hours left to fish. As we worked around it I threw the jig head out in about 14 feet of water on some rocks and got a good spot - weighed 2.83 pounds. A few minutes later I got a hit in the brush pile and landed another keeper spot. We worked that area until time to go in but did not get bit again. At weigh-in I was shocked to win with four at 6.42 pounds and my 2.83 pound spot was big fish. Tough day! Second was a limit weighing 6.04, third was 3 At 3.93 and fourth was two at 2.16. We did not have a single largemouth weighed in - a bad sign! Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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Had To Come Back To Georgia And Find My Luck
Thanks, but I suspect it i the level of competition in my clubs. Ronnie http://fishing.about.com ========= Ronnie, when you finish 1st....never apoogize! Way to go! John B |
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"Ronnie" wrote in message ... Thanks, but I suspect it i the level of competition in my clubs. It's a good thing I wasn't there, and we were fishing for rock bass, or the outcome might have been different! :-) -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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Had To Come Back To Georgia And Find My Luck
Very true - I sure am glad you taught me how to catch those critters -
and the samallmouth and largemouth, too! Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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On Sep 11, 2:44*pm, (John B) wrote:
Thanks, but I suspect it i the level of competition in my clubs. Ronnie * ========= Ronnie, when you finish 1st....never apoogize! Way to go! John B No apology - I was proud to win. But I am realistic..... Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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Had To Come Back To Georgia And Find My Luck
Good job Ronnie. Especially after driving all day and night. I'm
glad you made it home safe and are back at catching them again! Gary |
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