08-01-2010, 03:05 AM
I will start by telling you I feel very stupid as I just permanently deleated all my pics from the tournment. I thought I was transfering them, but I wasn't paying attention. So no photographic evidence until someone emails me more pics.
Tobo fished in the first four hour heat of the tournament and did us all proud by catching the big fish of the day. I believe that fish was 12 5/8". It looked like he had a good partner and they both caught a lot of fish. I will let him tell the story from his point of view.
My son and I drew the afternoon heat which had its advantages and di
vantages first of all there were 8 boats in the morning heat and only three in the afternoon. So the water had been hit hard before I ever got on it. Secondly we had to fish in midday heat and it was hot.
The biggest advantage was that we got to see what the other teams were coming in with so we could plan accordingly.
As the morning teams came in it became apparent that the winner would need a four bass limit of all four fish over 12"es to win. My son caught 36 and I caught 54 bass in our four hours so there was no shortage of bass. The majority of them were in the 11" range so it was tedious figuring out whether we should keep them or not. We stuck to our guns and ended up with a four fish limit of 48 and 1/2 inches. We had the biggest four fish limit by 1/2 an inch. I know you think we won but hold your horses now for the killer.
There was a special rule in place that said if a tiger muskie was caught that teams total length would be multiplied by 1.3
A team 100 yards from us caught a tiger muskie and won the tournament. They won two sage BASS fly rods.
We took second place and won a guided trip with Three Rivers Ranch.
The top three teams were within 1" of each other for total length not counting the tiger muskie rule.
It was a great time with my son and hopefully the tournament raised some money for the RETT sydrome foundation. Thanks to the volunteers for making this day possible.
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Tobo fished in the first four hour heat of the tournament and did us all proud by catching the big fish of the day. I believe that fish was 12 5/8". It looked like he had a good partner and they both caught a lot of fish. I will let him tell the story from his point of view.
My son and I drew the afternoon heat which had its advantages and di
vantages first of all there were 8 boats in the morning heat and only three in the afternoon. So the water had been hit hard before I ever got on it. Secondly we had to fish in midday heat and it was hot. The biggest advantage was that we got to see what the other teams were coming in with so we could plan accordingly.
As the morning teams came in it became apparent that the winner would need a four bass limit of all four fish over 12"es to win. My son caught 36 and I caught 54 bass in our four hours so there was no shortage of bass. The majority of them were in the 11" range so it was tedious figuring out whether we should keep them or not. We stuck to our guns and ended up with a four fish limit of 48 and 1/2 inches. We had the biggest four fish limit by 1/2 an inch. I know you think we won but hold your horses now for the killer.
There was a special rule in place that said if a tiger muskie was caught that teams total length would be multiplied by 1.3
A team 100 yards from us caught a tiger muskie and won the tournament. They won two sage BASS fly rods.
We took second place and won a guided trip with Three Rivers Ranch.
The top three teams were within 1" of each other for total length not counting the tiger muskie rule.
It was a great time with my son and hopefully the tournament raised some money for the RETT sydrome foundation. Thanks to the volunteers for making this day possible.
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