Once again we were faced with extremely windy conditions for league night. We just can't seem to escape the wind this year but at least it wasn't too bad out there. The fishing on the other hand was pretty bad as many teams reported tough fishing although most were able to bring in a 3 fish limit. With 14 teams fishing we paid 4 spots.
1st - Scott & Kelly - 3 - 10.12 lbs
2nd - Jared & Tonya - 3 - 9.89 lbs
3rd - Paul & Pete - 3 - 8.37 lbs
4th - Andy & Mike Nitchals - 3 - 7.98 lbs
Big Bass - Isaiah & Tyler - 4.30 lbs
My dad and I were one of the teams who really struggled for the night but things ended up alright for us as we squeaked into the last money spot. With the high water we decided to start on the trees and docks however it quickly became apparent that bite was not happening although I was able to put 1 in the boat that was around 13 inches. For the next 2 hours we bounced around trying shallow and deep for largemouth and smallies but were just never able to generate a bite. Around 8:15 I was finally able to a good one in the boat weighing nearly 4 lbs. That fish came on a watermelon Sweet Beaver fished on a weedy point. For the rest of the night we ran this pattern and were able to put 1 more nice one in the boat to give us just enough. We only boated 3 fish for the night but a lot of times in tournament fishing it's not about the number you catch, it's the size. Tonight it was just enough to get our money back.
West Central Bass League - Long Lake - June 28th
Well if Koronis was tough I don't know what to call Long Lake on this night. It's the worst night of fishing for the West Central Bass League in at least 5 years if not longer. What is strange too is that just a few weeks earlier this lake was absolutely on fire with numbers of 4 lb plus fish being caught. It was like a switch had been flipped though and none of us could get the bass to cooperate. Even the winners reported getting only 3 bites all night. The rest of us did not fair so well as only 20 total bass were brought in by the 19 teams fishing. The average weight was an impressive 3.57 lbs though. My dad and I were lucky to catch 1 bass weighing 3.21 lbs to put us in 11th for the night. Here are the rest of the results.
1st - TJ & Isaiah - 3 - 13.66 lbs
2nd - Jim & John - 2 - 7.45 lbs
3rd - Jared & Tonya - 2 - 6.94 lbs
4th - Scott & Al - 2 - 6.67 lbs
5th - Dean & JD - 1 - 4.84 lbs
Big Bass - Dean & JD - 4.84 lbs
There's not much to tell about our night. We went 2 1/2 hours without a bite to start the night. With a half hour left to fish I finally put one in the boat on a watermelon 6 inch Senko fished in the reeds. A short while later I had another one on the Senko halfway to the boat before he jumped off. That was really painful as it would have been enough to get us into the money but at least that's the only fish I have lost in competition this year that really hurt us. Hopefully it will be the last one too!
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