Hey Guys,

Was real surprised not to see any guys other than WCCT guy from the club. Perfect weather for October clear skys mid 50's to mid 60's light winds to no winds. 27 boaters this year. Day one leaders had 14# and 2nd and 3rd had 11.77, team of Flip Guru/Technician Baker/Chevy sat in 8th with 10.50. 2nd day we blast off and I am running to the mile and almost there and my motor loses RPM and down we go. So instead of giving up we turn left and get over to HWY 155 rip rap. At the time we thought we had lost a power head and couldnt get the motor over 1400RPM so we puttered for awhile. We stopped to fish the riprap wall and start to catch our fish. We stuck 4 fish in a row but they were just a pound a piece. So I said to Mark we need to throw out in 35-45 feet and see what happens. In the next two hours we culled twice and upgraded our catch to just over 9 lbs and end up in 6th. We had a Ranger come by us and pick up our fish and Mark at noon and we were wishing we had one more hour to stick another good fish, but the guy who was picking Mark up wasn't feeling well so he headed back early.

Lesson learned: When it sounds like your motor blows up while running always lift the motor to check your prop. My 3 blade prop had lost one of its blades and that is why we lost power.

Russ

I was one of the guys sitting in 2nd with 11.77 after day one.  Day 2 was a different story   We lost 4 quality fish that really hurt us and ended up only bringing in a little over 7lbs on day 2 for a 7th place finish.  It was fun, but I wish there would have been more boats.  Nice job Russ on your 6th place finish, and too bad about your boat problems.

i think you can point to the ecomony when you look at poor turnouts IMO.  congrats on finishing 6th and 7th boys.  way to grind it out baker/chevy.  what was winning weight?

troy

DQ'd, that had to hurt.  Nice job Baker.

Good job Russ and Mark along with DJ and partner. We will see you over there this weekend.

Mike

Was there very many largemouth caught?