02-28-2011, 10:00 AM
Great turnout for the Feb. CBA this month! We started out slow that morning and did not get a bite until 0900. We finally figured out somewhat of a shallow pattern and put one over 3lbs in the boat at our second stop. A short time later, we had another decent keeper in the well and I lost a really good one. emoBang After cursing each other for a short time,emoBadLanguage emoBig
we went further up river to our third spot and put another keeper in the boat. After lots of empty casts and 1 drum, we decided to head back down to the warmer water where we had first caught them to finish out a limit. While riding back, the lower unit decided to eat itself and we were now stranded in the middle of the river near Soddy. This happened about 1:30 and caused us to lose the last 2.5 hours of fishing! Fortunately, I had signed up for the Tow Boat US membership at last year&#39;s classic. They showed up fairly quickly, however, they could only tow the boat at 7-9mph back. Thankfully, Galen James and Tony Townsend met up with us and picked up Scott and our fish. We only had 3 that weighed just over 10 lbs but we were very fortunate to get to weigh any!<br /><br />Thanks again to Galen and Tony for helping us out. Thanks also to Shane with Tow Boat US. By the way, the $50/year membership for unlimited towing is well worth it!! Congrats to the winners with the Monster 30 lb&#43; bag!
we went further up river to our third spot and put another keeper in the boat. After lots of empty casts and 1 drum, we decided to head back down to the warmer water where we had first caught them to finish out a limit. While riding back, the lower unit decided to eat itself and we were now stranded in the middle of the river near Soddy. This happened about 1:30 and caused us to lose the last 2.5 hours of fishing! Fortunately, I had signed up for the Tow Boat US membership at last year&#39;s classic. They showed up fairly quickly, however, they could only tow the boat at 7-9mph back. Thankfully, Galen James and Tony Townsend met up with us and picked up Scott and our fish. We only had 3 that weighed just over 10 lbs but we were very fortunate to get to weigh any!<br /><br />Thanks again to Galen and Tony for helping us out. Thanks also to Shane with Tow Boat US. By the way, the $50/year membership for unlimited towing is well worth it!! Congrats to the winners with the Monster 30 lb&#43; bag!