Well they just posted the final results today and we didn't do as bad as I thought, but it still wasn't pretty!   We finished in 7th out of 15 boats which isn't good by any means but like I said it was better than I thought.  I wanted to congradulate Smitty and his partner for a solid tournament both days and for kicking our butts on sunday  .  I liked the setup in these tournaments and the organization of American Bass so I'm going to try and fish more of these if I can squeeze them in with school.

Not at all Smitty, it would be a nice step UP  from your stratos.   Just kidding,  glad you guys did well.  I hope to fish the Washington event  and to head to the championship as well, fishing for the same Nitro.

Mark

OK you got me!  The proper term is bulkheads not seawalls.  
At any rate the fish were very tight to those wall thingies in the early morning.  
As far as Angler's of the Year, by our calculations we are in 3rd with two more tournies on LK WA. to go.    
We can't afford to lose sight of our goal of winning the Nitro at the Tri- Cities Championship.  Won't that make Mark jealous?

Smitty

Seawalls? I didn't know Silver was on the coast

Smitty,

Congrats, you guys are on a roll. Keep it going. Maybe you will get Angler of The Year.

Russ

Nice report Smitty.  You guys are doing great.

Fishing was tough and not as good as we thought it would be, although not bad.  Everyone including the local guides felt that the storms on Friday night had spooked the fish.  
The best bite was in the mornings prior to 11.  Quality fish could be caught close to open banks or seawalls with rock bottoms on small crankbaits in green or chartreuse till about 9 AM.  We used an RC 1.5 until I broke the bill off,  then switched to a small Bandit with less than stellar results.  My partner caught the big fish on Saturday which put over $400.00 in our pockets and landed us in 7th.  
Sunday it started the same however the crankbait fish were not nearly as numerous.  We moved to pitchin black 1/2 oz jig and chunks and black w/blue flake 4" & 5" Senkos into very heavy cover.  We also caught a lot of small fish on a custom made white and black laminated tube that imitates a Crappie.  
We finished with about 11.5 lbs and in 4th place.  We caught numerous male fish who were on the beds in less than 2' of water.  In fact the big fish on Saturday that Larry nailed had a bloody tail and went 6.52.   That's a 2nd, 4th, 6th & 7th for four tournaments.  I'm satisfied----to a point.

Smitty

I'm seriously considering it. My fishing partner has been on a trip all weak in California.  He's been fishing Clear Lake and Shasta, I was supposed to go but I have to work 50 hours a week .  He'll be back some time on saturday so hopefully he's up for putting out some cash to fish sunday.

Here goes nothing!

Thats cool Joel.  I didn't think about the school priorities.  Sounds like you are doing good man.  I believe you can fish either days, but I'll let Smitty confirm.  Get out there and give it a try if you can !

OK Smitty just tell me where you want to meet so I can dump my fish in your livewell. I'll take half the winnings .  Just Kidding but good luck, especially if your the only Western guy.  

Chris, it wasn't so much the girlfriend factor that kept me off the water so long, my weekends were so busy because I was getting ready to graduate and its not easy to be the class validictorian .  I just had a lot of commitments between work and school.  Stacey actually has been fishing since she was little, (Slimers) but she had a blast at the draw and she also hooked 4 or 5 fish and has been wanting to get back up to the lake.  And now I think I might actually fish the second day of the ABA tourney cuz I heard you could fish just one day if you wanted to.   Can anyone confirm that for me?

My partner & I are down there Joel.

Smitty

How you and your girlfriend doing Joel ?     You know I had to say it.   

Just wondering if anyone was planning on fishing the ABA tournament on Silver either of the two days this weekend.  I'm not fishing it cuz i haven't been on the lake since the draw tourney in april but i'll look for you guys.  Good luck to any western guys fishing it.