Well if Kirk got on some largemouth then congrats because I couldn't touch one in 2 days. hopefully the weather will change that.

Wow almost two thousand views on this topic. Man all I can say is people are getting excited. I hope this tournament turns out like the 93 Open i fished. Weather was perfect mid to upper 60's, stuck 14lbs 1st day and over 18lbs the 2nd day for third place. It was won with 44lbs of smallies-imagine bringing in a bag of 24lbs of smallies on day one.

Site fishing was the key for us and 2nd place, which we missed by 2 ozs. Looking forward to it no matter what happens.

Can you say major party at Warden Campground.
Russ

I looked at this twice........ I couldn't stand it and I had to get it past that "2000 views" mark.

That same senario happend to me a few years ago at the open. Russell Baker was my partner and I could not have been happier to have someone so tall for a partner. Russell laid on the bow of the boat with a net that had a four foot handle. I sat on his legs to keep him from falling out of the boat. Between him stretched out completly and the six foot reach of that net he was able to put the net under the fish and I clicked to free-spool and the fish fell in the net. That fish was at least 9 feet away from the boat. Another foot in there and we would have been helpless as the boat was nosed ito the brush as far as we could get it in there without a chain saw. Maybe we can do that a few times this year as we are partners once again. Good times !

Hey carlos are you callin me fat? Don't worry Russell whatever you lose at the poker table I will win back at fooseball..........