Championship Tournaments are Finished
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 12:10 pm
Well as the saying goes the year is at a close.
I must say that this year was one of those years that the fishing was not all I expected.
The C.A.S.T. Couples events were alot of fun fishing with my wife. Now she might have something different to say about it, considering that every tournament there was something different in the way of weather. Cold, wind and rain were the main cause for concern during most of the tournaments. The Championship was no differnt.
The little bit of prefishing I got to do on Texoma really paid off for us. Thanks to the tips I recieved right here on this site.
On day one we started the morning off catching a keeper in the first 30 minutes of the tournament. I also broke off a Big Fish on a top water two cast later. Funny thing was the fish came back up and shook his head and gave me my topwater (spitin image) back to me. It was a good 5 or 6 pound fish, sure would of helped at the weigh-in. We caught two more fish to end the day in 25th.
Day two brought about alot of changes. The temp dropped down in to the low 40's and the WIND LET LOSE at 25mph with gust up in the 40mph. We went back to were we were catching the fish the first day but the fish were not there. So we just went fishing.
Something happened that I thought might need mentioning. I was throwing the spittin Image and working it against the wind. I know that this is a no, no, but I was catching fish this way. They were small fish but they were fish. I was about to bump into a boat dock after a cast and I bent down to ajust the trolling motor doing this I was dragging the bait across the top when a keeper bass nailed the bait. Call it luck or water ever you want but that one little 14.5" fish got us a check. I tried every way in the world to duplicate the cast I had made but could not catch another. I guess it was just ment to be.
The other tournament that I had so much confidece in was a bomb. During the prefish period we were catching them left and right. On practise day before the tournament the fish were grabbing my worm and I could bring them all the way to the boat to take a look at them and all were good keeper fish. I set the hook on to fish on crankbaits and they were good ones. I could not shake them off.
Tournament day and nothing. Two fish the first day, and no fish the second. Go figure. I still have alot to learn about this game. Oh yes weather hardly changed the whole tournament here either wind and rain. Pressure on the fish is about the only thing I can figure. Oh well better luck next year.
Conley
I must say that this year was one of those years that the fishing was not all I expected.
The C.A.S.T. Couples events were alot of fun fishing with my wife. Now she might have something different to say about it, considering that every tournament there was something different in the way of weather. Cold, wind and rain were the main cause for concern during most of the tournaments. The Championship was no differnt.
The little bit of prefishing I got to do on Texoma really paid off for us. Thanks to the tips I recieved right here on this site.
On day one we started the morning off catching a keeper in the first 30 minutes of the tournament. I also broke off a Big Fish on a top water two cast later. Funny thing was the fish came back up and shook his head and gave me my topwater (spitin image) back to me. It was a good 5 or 6 pound fish, sure would of helped at the weigh-in. We caught two more fish to end the day in 25th.
Day two brought about alot of changes. The temp dropped down in to the low 40's and the WIND LET LOSE at 25mph with gust up in the 40mph. We went back to were we were catching the fish the first day but the fish were not there. So we just went fishing.
Something happened that I thought might need mentioning. I was throwing the spittin Image and working it against the wind. I know that this is a no, no, but I was catching fish this way. They were small fish but they were fish. I was about to bump into a boat dock after a cast and I bent down to ajust the trolling motor doing this I was dragging the bait across the top when a keeper bass nailed the bait. Call it luck or water ever you want but that one little 14.5" fish got us a check. I tried every way in the world to duplicate the cast I had made but could not catch another. I guess it was just ment to be.
The other tournament that I had so much confidece in was a bomb. During the prefish period we were catching them left and right. On practise day before the tournament the fish were grabbing my worm and I could bring them all the way to the boat to take a look at them and all were good keeper fish. I set the hook on to fish on crankbaits and they were good ones. I could not shake them off.
Tournament day and nothing. Two fish the first day, and no fish the second. Go figure. I still have alot to learn about this game. Oh yes weather hardly changed the whole tournament here either wind and rain. Pressure on the fish is about the only thing I can figure. Oh well better luck next year.
Conley