The weather was cold yet again at our BFL Okie Eufaula tournament on May 17th. It seems we have been hitting the lakes at the wrong times this year.
I was looking for a good showing since I had dropped to 52nd place in the standings after the last tournament. I got the monkey off my back right away in this tournament. I caught about a 2.5 pounder in the second spot we tried, casting a Biffle Bug at a stick in shallow water. There was a fish near the stick and he ate the Bug.
We fished for quite a while longer catching short fish until my boater got his first and only keeper of the day. We fished that spot for quite a while, but could not get another fish to move up. It was the type of water where the fish should have been moving up on all day. It wasn't going to be this day.
We moved across the lake and started fishing another area. About half way through our pass, I hooked into a good size fish on a flick shake. The fish came out of the water and I about lost my breath. My boater got his line reeled in and to the back of the boat to net the fish right as I got it to the boat. The hook fell out as he was lifting it over the edge of the boat. Talk about a close one. The fish was around 3.5 pounds.
We finished that pass and made another pass through that area picking up quite a few more short fish before moving to our last spot. The last spot was a major community hole that probably had many different boats on it all day. I had a different bait than any of them would have used and picked up more short fish. I was thinking, "I need one more fish to get in the money."
Finally, as the time ticked down, we made our run back to the check in boat. At the weigh in I noticed that a lot of people had a really tough day. We weighed in 3rd flight out of 5 flights. When I weighed in I was sitting in 15th place with 6-1, my heaviest weight in a BFL so far. I found out they pay out 25.
By the time the rest of the field weighed in I had dropped to 30th place. Not good enough for a check, but good for a bump up in the standings. I moved from 52nd to 26th place overall for the year. I will have a good chance to make it to Regionals at Sam Rayburn, and have a shot at winning a boat.
The next tournament will be at Grand Lake in September. It is a Super Tournament + it is at Grand Lake, the lake I have fished the most in Oklahoma. I really want to cash a check in Oklahoma. I have been learning a ton the last few tournaments that will apply to Grand Lake. This could be my tournament.
I was looking for a good showing since I had dropped to 52nd place in the standings after the last tournament. I got the monkey off my back right away in this tournament. I caught about a 2.5 pounder in the second spot we tried, casting a Biffle Bug at a stick in shallow water. There was a fish near the stick and he ate the Bug.
We fished for quite a while longer catching short fish until my boater got his first and only keeper of the day. We fished that spot for quite a while, but could not get another fish to move up. It was the type of water where the fish should have been moving up on all day. It wasn't going to be this day.
We moved across the lake and started fishing another area. About half way through our pass, I hooked into a good size fish on a flick shake. The fish came out of the water and I about lost my breath. My boater got his line reeled in and to the back of the boat to net the fish right as I got it to the boat. The hook fell out as he was lifting it over the edge of the boat. Talk about a close one. The fish was around 3.5 pounds.
We finished that pass and made another pass through that area picking up quite a few more short fish before moving to our last spot. The last spot was a major community hole that probably had many different boats on it all day. I had a different bait than any of them would have used and picked up more short fish. I was thinking, "I need one more fish to get in the money."
Finally, as the time ticked down, we made our run back to the check in boat. At the weigh in I noticed that a lot of people had a really tough day. We weighed in 3rd flight out of 5 flights. When I weighed in I was sitting in 15th place with 6-1, my heaviest weight in a BFL so far. I found out they pay out 25.
By the time the rest of the field weighed in I had dropped to 30th place. Not good enough for a check, but good for a bump up in the standings. I moved from 52nd to 26th place overall for the year. I will have a good chance to make it to Regionals at Sam Rayburn, and have a shot at winning a boat.
The next tournament will be at Grand Lake in September. It is a Super Tournament + it is at Grand Lake, the lake I have fished the most in Oklahoma. I really want to cash a check in Oklahoma. I have been learning a ton the last few tournaments that will apply to Grand Lake. This could be my tournament.
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