dyeguy1212
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Fished a one-on-one (single angler) tournament this morning on Lakeville. Two days earlier I fished a normal 4 hour tournament there and boated 7 keepers while my coangler didn't catch any. Kept us alive (took 7th essentially by myself), so I decided I had to give this one on one a shot. There were 18 boats, all but 2 (mine and a buddy's) were fiberglass bass boats, majority being newer rangers, a brand new z-7, and a couple skeeters.
The guys who show up for these one on ones know their stuff, that's for sure. I was expecting to get my face stomped in, but luckily the fishing was tough.. meaning I had a better chance of placing. They killed basically every weed in the lake, so it was tough to get on them. Docks, pontoons, and any bottom composition change I could find seemed to do the trick. I spent 4/6 hours in the same cove, boating countless shorts. I've never been one to leave a spot when the bite is on, even if the quality is low, just because you never know when the big bite will occur...
I only managed 5 keepers in the 6 hour tournament, but it filled out a good 8.2 pound limit.. after losing 1/2 pound for two dead fish (one hooked in the gills, the other died 15 mins before weigh in :evil: ) Ended up costing me pretty big, but luckily an 8 pound bag is above average for this lake, with 10 being the upper end.
Took 4th place, meaning I was IN THE MONAY!
Score one for the tinboats... Make that two... My buddy (I'm a coangler for him wednesday nights... man I fish a lot :roll: ) fished as well from his 1754 basstracker. He knows the lake as well, if not better than I do, but only caught 1 keeper. Atleast the tinboats weren't getting skunked!
The guys who show up for these one on ones know their stuff, that's for sure. I was expecting to get my face stomped in, but luckily the fishing was tough.. meaning I had a better chance of placing. They killed basically every weed in the lake, so it was tough to get on them. Docks, pontoons, and any bottom composition change I could find seemed to do the trick. I spent 4/6 hours in the same cove, boating countless shorts. I've never been one to leave a spot when the bite is on, even if the quality is low, just because you never know when the big bite will occur...
I only managed 5 keepers in the 6 hour tournament, but it filled out a good 8.2 pound limit.. after losing 1/2 pound for two dead fish (one hooked in the gills, the other died 15 mins before weigh in :evil: ) Ended up costing me pretty big, but luckily an 8 pound bag is above average for this lake, with 10 being the upper end.
Took 4th place, meaning I was IN THE MONAY!
Score one for the tinboats... Make that two... My buddy (I'm a coangler for him wednesday nights... man I fish a lot :roll: ) fished as well from his 1754 basstracker. He knows the lake as well, if not better than I do, but only caught 1 keeper. Atleast the tinboats weren't getting skunked!