The Potholes Open was won with over 43lbs of smallies and 2nd had 43 and change as well with smallies.

The largie bite was good as well but with the cold front shut them down pretty hard as 39 teams blanked on the first day out of 121 teams. There were 7 teams  i believe from WBC who fished this and our team was the only one in the money, for 17th place. We finished with just under 21lbs. We had 12.88 for 3 fish on first day and 7.81 for 2 fish on 2nd day.

You had to be patient to get the largies to bite and not be in any hurry to move. Caught all of our fish on Jigs.

Water temps during practice were 56 and ended up at 50.5-51 in the dunes. Snow , sleet, wind, and hail plagued some patterns.

We fished deeper than usual 7-10 feet for most of our fish and some in shallow .

There were 3-4 fish over 7lbs caught-largies and several nice 4-5lb fish brought to the scales.

Russ

Here is a slide show of the "Festivities" at Silver.....
glad to be one of the few who boated fish...Thanks again Ron for convincing me to stick it out!!

Wow - Those pictures from Silver Lake were awesome! Not nearly that cold, but still pretty cold, at the Open. Congrats to everyone who stuck out the draw tourney.

Lesson #1 from the Open: Don't talk too much smack before hand or you may just ruin your fishing karma.  Terry and I had to cut our tournament short due to lower unit issues. We lost engine use after about 20 minutes into the tournament, used the trolling motor to fish our way in, and ended the first day early. Many congrats to the Magician/Technician Team for finishing in the money again! They deserved it after a brutal tongue lashing from the TD during the driver's meeting!!!   

Chris

Any website with the full standings and pics from the Potholes Open ?

Good job Russ and Mark.  How did Mark and Nick Barr do ?

Great Job Russ and Mark....you guys were definately focused in the face of adversity. All anglers have to be commended in what I can say is one of the most freakish of springs I have ever seen.......as we go forward may we have warmer ....and less..... damaging .....trips ahead.

Heres a pic I found on LLBC.  Thanks to Roger MadDog Mosley for shooting the pic.  Awesome fish Henry.  At the meeting I thought you said you were a smallmouth guy 

Ok, here is my report for Mark and I (Team Super Glue)

Friday, Huge white caps out on Lake, during the ride, Marks Trolling motor CRACKS AND BREAKS without us knowing it. Pull up to the first sport in the dunes and to our amazement the trolling motor almost swings underneath the boat. The Metal where the hinge pin on the back just cracked and SNAPPED RIGHT OFF. So we faced some adversity with the trolling motor, Mark and I managed to find a decent pattern and some places to fish after he catches a 5 lber. and snaps off on a 4. The rest is history. It was just not our weekend. We learned a lot and Mark needs to go to the Minn Kota Warranty Center.  We tried to use some heavy SUMO GLUE and it lasted for about 3 seconds in the morning and came apart again. So Mark was up on the front doing the 2 step to keep the trolling motor from making a large clanking noise every time he let off the pedal. (Hats off to Mark for that, he is pretty talented).  Me and Mark had fun and Mark caught his largest Potholes LM on Friday.
Congrats to everyone who caught fish.
Congrats to Russ and Mark