Post by bushwacker on May 21, 2018 7:05:21 GMT -5
Got to the lake Friday evening after chasing my UPS man down to get my sons rain bibs. That was a good move as he fished the club tourney with me. My partner reelitinman was able to get some med. size gizzards between down pours Friday. I added a few more med-large gizzards and some nice ales to the tank from the dock light later Friday night. Hadn’t been to the lake In several weeks so didn’t have a great idea where to start. This was my first tourney as a captain. My main goal was to get my 6 year old son Wyatt a Striper in the boat so he could place in the youth class. Morning started out semi slow. We had several pull backs that Buried the boards but couldn’t get a hook in them. At 9:30 we had a planner board get smoked and the fight was on. Got this one to the boat and he measured in at 27 3/4”. Goal 1 accomplished and I felt great knowing Wyatt would place in the youth class. Now the pressure was on to get another Fish in the boat to even have a chance at placing. We had several more pull backs and hooked up on a down rod that came unbuttoned close to the boat. At 1:45 we decided to make our last move. Shortly after we got set up we had a board get hit that came unbuttoned. Then a down rod got smacked and we pulled in a shorty 18”. I was happy to have two fish but knew that Fish wasn’t gonna be close to helping. At 2:40 we had a bank side board get hit and we knew it was a better Fish than the last one. Reelitinman and wyatt both fought this on in. Measured in at 26 1/4”. With only 14 min to get to check in we had to roll. We had 54” with our 2 biggest. Wyatt placed 2nd in the youth and all he wants to do now is tournament Fish. We didn’t place as a team but felt it was a good first tourney. Thanks KB, SMSC, everyone that made it a success. Congrats the the winning teams and to Harleigh on the youth win. 
