Western series done

[misfish]

This weekend was a real learning experience.

 

Dealing with a major cold front before saturdays event that made the bite hard to find. As it has been all season I found fish and good spots to haul fish out of,but then comes 3 days of cold and wind.

 

Saturday was the 3rd of 4 tourneys held at Glouster Pool. The morning was cool and crisp.(Needed a touqe and mitts)LOL We had the 34 blast off spot,out of 79.We were set on heading to a spot that can at times be a community spot so I knew I had to have the 115 full out all the way to have a chance to get there before the next wave of 200/250 hp,s

Half way I look back and to my surprise theres no one behind us,but there were a few in front,I could just see.LOL Cruise in the channel and right away start with the same presentation I had used for the prefish.(Prefish I located without stinging the fish,as before, I was stinging them and then not finding them come tourney time)

With only 3 boats in the area,I thought we had a good chance to get some good fish. James first cast with a zarra gets a huge boil at the bait,but no hook up.Quickly follow with a wizzle worm and ,wham fish on. Small bucket pound and a half.Continue to work the deep weeds fish on,oh this is a nice one,,,,,STUPID PIKE.

 

Work a steep rock cliff drop where I had seen a respectable smallie but nothing.

Head into a bay which was 4-8 ft deep,continue with top water and wizzles and spinner baits. Hit,run,STUPID PIKE. We managed another small bucket out of the bay. Fish were not active at all. Before leaving the channel we hit one last bay which was 10-15 ft with high weeds. James throws a tube and hits a 2+ bucket.Well were 4 hours in and only 3 fish. Seemed to be the trend for us this year.

 

Decide to go over to an island I know with deep weeds were I managed a few fish last year.A couple of dinks was all it would end up coughing up to us.While looking around I see this guy out trolling in the middle of the lake,and within 10 minutes he had landed 3 fish.Im thinking what the heck. Once he was out of the area I cruise over and find the water is 30ft. Hmmmmmmmm. Ok drop shot,lets give it a try. Seem to be right,we landed 4 fish,2 which made the well.No bigg,ns but that was our five.

We continued to seach new areas. Figured what can we lose,if anything we will learn new spots to either fish or not.

 

The wind was a killer later in the afternoon.By around 1:30,I was on my last bit of juice from the deepcells. We finished the day letting the wind blow us around on Little lake,hopping jigs and tubes in deep weeds.One fish to be had,,,,,STUPID PIKE.

 

We head in for the wiegh in and it seemed we were not the only ones finding the bite tough. Some coming in with 1,2,3 fish limits.Although our wieght was low we worked our butts off for those five fish.

 

Entries for the day 79,we managed to finish 48. This day was a day of learning and staying focused in tough conditions.

 

Sunday

 

Wind is near nil,temps still a bit cool but nothing like the day before.

Optimizm is in the area,well that was until I took the tarp of the boat and seen my dash light on. I went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. How can this be .Those that remember my drained battery report from last year,I now know how and what happen. I hardly ever use my bow and stern lights as it,s pretty much day light when we launch.Well Saturday I needed to use them as it was dark at 5am when we launched.Yep,removed the lights,but forgot to turn the switch off. Another lesson learned.

 

Anyways I quickly check for power by just giving the tilt/trim switch a flip.Yes power,that ya lord I say.

Ok were good to go.Just run the boat full out to the top end of the lake and that should get the power back up to snuff.

 

This day we blast of 48,were in the second blast off heat. I watch to see whos going wher and most importantly,to where we are going. 40 boats go and only one heads to the area. Whew sweet. Ok second heat goes,I see one other boat head to the spot,but I know theres room for me,or I was going to make room.LOL

 

The start for us was awesome,to our surprise we had a five fish limit by 8:30. There was about 9 pounds in there not alot but 5 in one hour and a bit was such a presure reliever. We seen fish all day at this spot,3-4-5 pounders.I HATE WHEN YOU CAN SEE THEM,CAUSE THEY CAN SEE YOU.

 

All the first five were on tubes and spinner baits. We continued to work the area for 4 hours with adding 2 fish just upsizing about a pound or so.Then the unmentionable happen I could hear the pop from the bow.All of a sudden I dont hear the LIVEWELL pump Go back check it no pump running,quickly check the fuse,thier ok.What I said cannot be said here. I will tell you,it sure made me happy that when I first got my boat,I thought of this happening.As Terry can atest,I bought a small little bilge pump from Princes Auto. I built it into the live well.If anything else,I could still airate the well,I would just have to keep adding fresh water to it with my little pee bucket I have on board .Ok were back in bussiness but it was getting a bit frustrating seeing the fish and them not hitting.Again we were in deep weeds.

I decide we should take a quick tour to 3 other spots then head back and finish the day where we started.Maybe the fish would be settled down from us chasing them around.

Hit another deep weed area where I have gotten smallies. Get there,theres 2 boats leaving.What ever,I have this theory,they may have been there,but maybe not the right bait.LOL

Throw the tube around,getting little dinks.Keep throwing and finally a nice four pounder on.Quick jump,get the rod as deep into the water as possible to prevent another jump but wasnt enough,another jump and a break off.

I beat myself up a bit on that one,not for long though.One thing I have learned you cant get down.

We fished the area with little succes so decided to go back and finish the day where we started.

A buddy of mine was fishing the same area,but had no problems sharing the area. It would seem we were working the same pattern,site fishing. We seen a nice group of 3-4 pounders swimming around. After about 6-8 pitch,s to them one grabbed and it was the smaller of the group.We cull our smallest and continue. See another group of 3,but they would hav nothing to do with us.

 

James asks if thats a pike swimming past us. With a good look,we can see the fork tail and it was a 3 ft long musky. First I had seen in Couch.

Getting close to wiegh in I get a fish on,brief battle and break off.James throws and gets a fish on. Short battle and we land it.As he,s going to take the tube out,he looks at me and says look,it,s your tube. .Sure enough it was. What a hungry bugger that fish was.

By the end of the day we managed to cull 3 fish and of all the tourneys,this was our best outing.

Saddly when we got to the wiegh in we had one dead fish.The one that had my tube down his gullit.It was only 15 minutes. This was my first dead fish in the two years I had fished. I was not happy with this and Im not sure what else I could of done. I knew there was a possibilty it could happen sometime. Not that it would of made a difference,but we got penalized one pound. That gave us 11.74 for the day and a 57th place finish out of 84.Lost 6 spots for that one pound.

 

All I got to say,like I have been since day one. I had a blast fishing,competeing and learning again. Met some new friends got to see some old, and to my partner James,thanks for the fun bud. Hope your first experience was enjoyable. I know you like the boat rides when it was hairy.LOL

 

Next is the FALL CHALLANGE which my son will be fishing with me,then there are a couple later fall one on SIMCOE. Other then that,I,ll be out on some new waters,as there has been a new lake or two added to the venue for next year.

[steverowbotham]

big weights on cooch this year, last year we had 14.26 for 9th. This year, we would have been in the 30's with that kind iof weight

[Roy]

A great read, Brian. Best of luck in the remainder of the tourneys me son.

[misfish]

Steve from what I was seeing,it was almost like the fish were in a prefall stage.Fish were grouped together.I have not seen that before at this time of year.

 

Thanks Roy.

 

I got one more chance to add some wieght for the cast for cure.I let you guys off easy this year.LOL

[misfish]

I do have one funny pic.

Seems this is the place to wash your cloths on Little Lake.

 

10 cent coin wash. Thats a bargin and that is funny,I dont care where you wash yer cloths.LOL

 

[OhioFisherman]

Great report Brian! LOL glad most of the lakes I fished here didn`t have pike!

[evster]

Awesome report! Tournament fishing sure is fun, definitely a learning experience every time out.

 

10 cent coin wash!!! Man, I gotta find that one, got the GPS coordinates?

[JFR]

Great read Brian, thanks for sharing, good luck the rest of the season

 

John

[misfish]

I would just like to add a little something.

Theres a couple pro angler members here. I got to see them at each tourney and I got to say.When I talk to them,they always had a smile on thier face weather it be before the blast off or at the end of the day. That is so much a possitive to me,no matter the out come of the day.

 

Dont mean to single them out but, Mark Kulick and David Chong,thanks for that.

 

It,s guys like you, that make guys like me,enjoy this sport of competitive fishing and want to come back.Even if it means you get my money.LOL

 

There are others that I want to thank,JPD,Charles Nahm,Rob(Spike) Brownridge,Les Culp,the list goes on.

 

 

Thanks again to all.

 

And to all those sponsors below.

Edited August 20, 2007 by misfish

[charlesn]

You're way too happy Brian, please stop that. lol j/k

 

Never beat yourself up for a lost fish or bad finish or whatever. It's all fun and you'll remember even the worst of the worst times very fondly as time well spent with friends on the water.

 

Charles

 

P.S. Thanks for your money at the recent clubbie, too bad you're missing your chance to take some back on a lake closer to you this Saturday.

[misfish]

We,ll have to have a walleye tourney in the WINTER,Oh I forgot,you dont do ICE.LOL

[Mark Kulik]

Thank-you for the kind words Brian, for me it's what it's all about, having fun! in the end it's all about fishing, the tourney part is never an easy go , keeping a positive mindset is the key, at Couch we had 12lbs at 1:30 -half an hour later we were at 18.40 lbs. things change quick, . Nice to see you at the events Brian and glad you had a fun season! see you at the fall challenge! Mark

[bucktail]

Great report Brian!

Next year if you need someone give me a call.

Sounds like a stressfull tourney!

 

D

[bucktail]

Great report Brian!

Next year if you need someone give me a call.

Sounds like a stressfull tourney!

 

D

[tinbanger]

Great Report . Sounds like you enjoyed yourself despite the tough conditions.

Look forward to your next report always.

 

TB

[ccmtcanada]

Brian...GREAT synopsis of your few days on the water. It sounded pretty exciting to me! I love reading your reports...they give out TONS of information for guys like me who know very little about bass fishing, although I am learning. Between your posts, and others on the board, as well as a few OFNers who have taken me out bass fishing (basskicker and fishnsled), I've learned lots this year. Who knows, maybe one of these days I'll enter one of those tournaments.

[Jeff R]

Awesome read, thanks for sharing. Was almost like being in the boat fishing with you....Bit of a rough one, but to paraphrase " Any hard day out in the water, is better than any good day filling out a timecard".....Best of luck with the rest of the tournies

 

 

Jeff

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Excellant report! Just curious... What were the winning weights on both waters and big fish???

 

I too had a hard time fishing gloucester this year and catching mostly pike!!!! There are actually 2 washing machines.lol Both decent spots.

 

That sucks that you were snapped off twice. What pound test were you using? You should check your line for frays more often!

[redx]

WOW NICE READ! Thank you for taking time and posting! More luck next time!

[misfish]

Excellant report! Just curious... What were the winning weights on both waters and big fish???

 

I too had a hard time fishing gloucester this year and catching mostly pike!!!! There are actually 2 washing machines.lol Both decent spots.

 

That sucks that you were snapped off twice. What pound test were you using? You should check your line for frays more often!

 

 

COMPETITIVE SPORT FISHING LEAGUE

BASSMANIA TOURNAMENT TRAIL

WESTERN TOUR - GLOUCHESTER POOL, BUSH MARINE, PORT SEVERN, AUGUST 18, 2007

 

Position Angler Co-Angler Weight Big Fish Points

 

1 PAUL BEAUCHAMP GRAHAM CHARLEBOIS 17.3 200

2 JON MANNERS CRAIG LANERGGER 16.64 199

3 CAM MOORE JEFF SLUTE 15.78 198

4 BILL RICHARDSON ED RICHARDSON 15.74 197

5 CEASAR RUSCIO MIKE QUESNELLE 15.62 196

6 BARRY GRAVES JASON GOUGH 15.36 195

7 KEN MACLEOD ROLF KRONE 14.92 194

8 SCOTT MURISON JOEY MUSZYNSKI 14.8 193

9 BRIAN GARDY BRENT COTTON 14.16 192

10 ROD FREIBURGER PETE BARTONEK 14 191

11 BRANDON SMITH MURRAY SMITH 13.78 190

12 GARRETT GREEN WES FOSTER 13.74 189

13 DAVID SHIELDS BRAD REMMINGTON 13.72 188

14 BRIAN BERRIAULT TERRY CRAWFORD 13.68 5.12 LM & OA 187

15 JASON GODIN ANTHONY BURGESS 13.44 186

16 MIKE RICCIARDI GIANCARLO COMPETIELLO 13.34 185

17 DAVE ROCHETTE MARK KULIK 13.3 184

18 JARROD DEAN GERARD COCKS 13 183

19 WAYNE MATSON MICHAEL TUCK 12.9 182

20 RON GAAL BRAD TAYLOR 12.84 181

21 MORGAN CIGNINI ALEX D'ANGELO 12.74 180

22 FRANK ADAMO DREW SCHILLER 12.52 179

23 WIL WEGMAN GERRY HEELS 12.08 178

24 ANDRUS KUNG EVAN KUNG 11.98 177

25 KEVIN KNOX IAN DUNCAN 11.92 176

26 ROBERT BROADBRIDGE DAVE BOYER 11.86 175

27 SHAWN ROBITAILLE JASON DORION 11.48 174

28 PAUL NARDI JOHN PACITTO 11.4 173

29 CHRIS GILES JIM DODD 11.3 172

30 SANDY FIGLIOMENI ROMANO PERCIBALLI 11.22 171

31 JEFF MIFSUD DAVE CIANTAR 11.06 170

32 BILL TODD SCOTT SHAW 10.78 169

33 BOB RICHARDSON PETE WRIGHT 10.46 168

34 MAURO DECARLOS JOHNNY LISCIO 10.24 167

35 DALLAS CHARTERS DAN RISORTO 10.16 166

36 GARRY MANSHOLT PAT WONG 10.08 165

37 BLAKE GILMORE MIKE REID 9.96 164

38 HUW SPICER KEVIN SPICER 9.94 163

39 ROB SACCOCCIA ROB PEKUT 9.38 162

40 DON BONE ERIC MARTIN 9.18 161

41 STEVE NIEDZWIECKI JAY COOPER 9.1 160

42 SCOTT THOMSON JAY MACKIE 8.84 4.04 SM 159

43 PETER BRUNKHART BRIAN REVER 8.62 158

44 ROB GRECO CHARLIE DELUCA 8.08 157

45 DAVID CHONG NICK BARNYCH 7.8 156

46 CLAUDIO CHIAOPETTA JOHN GIBBONS 7.76 155

47 GARY FRANKLIN UMBERTO ARANCIBIA 7.38 154

48 BRIAN BLOWES JAMES MEEGER 6.52 153

49 ROCKY MADSEN JOHN DELICATA 6.4 152

50 BRIAN GEISEL ADAM KURTZ 6.2 151

51 DAN MARSON KEVIN MARSON 6.08 150

52 PHIL CURTIS DAN MARSHALL 6.02 149

53 JIM MCLAREN JEFF GIGNAC 5.68 148

54 NEIL MACINNIS DAVID MACINNIS 5.54 147

55 MIKE ALBANESE DOMENIC ALBANESE 5.12 146

56 JACK SAVILLE RICHARD ASSINEWAI 4.74 145

57 LARRY BOURGEOIS MICHAEL MOREAU 4.12 144

58 PHIL MOREAU JOSHUA DOJOY 3.72 143

59 TOM NEVILLE CAM NEVILLE 3.46 142

60 WAYNE BARLOW BRYAN CARVALHO 3.18 141

61 WAYNE CURRAH NEIL HARMER 2.52 140

62 THOMAS CLAYTON SUSAN CLAYTON 1.68 139

63 BRIAN AKERMAN JOHN LOTT 0 0

64 JIM BECHER GREG CROCKER 0 0

65 VERN LICKERS CLIFF LICKERS 0 0

66 PAUL KRYSKOW JONATHAN KRYSKOW 0 0

67 DEAN DONOR KEN DONOR 0 0

68 RICK AGAR MIKE AGAR 0 0

69 DON SHELDRAKE KEVIN LOWES 0 0

70 MIKE CORREA KIM KWON 0 0

71 JAMIE KENNEDY PAUL O'CONNOR 0 0

72 CARL KASOANSKAS ROGER BRENNAN 0 0

73 DON EARLES CATHY EARLES 0 0

74 JIM VENIZELAKOS MANNY OLIVERA 0 0

75 NICK ECONOMUS BRIAN FIGAS 0 0

76 PAUL PAGLIAROLI ANTHONY ROSSI 0 0

77 BRAD TREASURE CHRIS CARR 0 0

78 HUGH WOODWARD SAM TSE 0 0

79 MIKE LENZ RON LENZ 0 0

 

 

 

COMPETITIVE SPORT FISHING LEAGUE

BASSMANIA TOURNAMENT TRAIL

WESTERN/eX TOUR - COUCH ONLY, WASHAGO CENTENNIAL PARK, AUGUST 19, 2007

 

Position Angler Co-Angler Weight Big Fish Points

 

1 BRIAN GARDY BRENT COTTON 22.4 200

2 GREG KLATT ROB OUTRAM 20.88 199

3 DAN MCMULLEN ROBIN MCMULLEN 19.16 5.04 SM 198

4 JEFF MIFSUD DAVE CIANTAR 19 6.22 LM & OA 197

5 DALLAS CHARTERS DAN RISORTO 18.94 196

6 WAYNE CURRAH NEIL HARMER 18.94 196

7 TONY DEAN KELLY DEAN 18.52 194

8 DAVE ROCHETTE MARK KULIK 18.4 193

9 MARK HOOD ANDREW LEE 18 192

10 FERNAND PELTIER BRENT VALERE 17.78 191

11 KARL KALONKA DAVE KENNEDY 17.54 190

12 JASON PROTHERO BRIAN MOORE 17.38 189

13 REECE WOLANSKI ANDRUS KUNG 17.04 188

14 BRIAN BERRIAULT TERRY CRAWFORD 16.94 187

15 ROB SACCOCCIA ROB PERUT 16.82 186

16 GARRETT GREEN WES FOSTER 16.54 185

17 FRANK ADAMO DREW SCHILLER 16.4 184

18 KARL IRONS FRED IRONS 16.4 184

19 SCOTT MURISON JOEY MUSZYNSKI 16.36 182

20 DON SHELDRAKE KEVIN LOWES 16.12 181

21 DEAN DONOR KEN DONOR 15.9 180

22 BLAKE GILMORE MIKE REID 15.86 179

23 GREG HAMMOND CHRIS GILES 15.84 178

24 PHIL CURTIS JOHN MANN 15.78 177

25 JACK SAVILLE RICHARD ASSINEWAI 15.52 176

26 SCOTT THOMSON JAY MACKIE 15.4 175

27 GARRY MANSHOLT PAT WONG 15.4 175

28 CRAIG DENHAM GEORGE SALIBA 15.12 173

29 JASON GODIN ANTHONY BURGESS 15.06 172

30 TOM NEVILLE CAM NEVILLE 15.04 171

31 HUW SPICER EVAN SPICER 15.04 171

32 JIM BECHER GREG CROCKER 14.98 169

33 PAT KENNEDY CHRIS LITTLE 14.96 168

34 BRIAN GEISEL ADAM KURTZ 14.88 167

35 DON EARLES CHRIS TURCOTTE 14.88 167

36 ROB MCKILL DAVE MORGAN 14.68 165

37 WAYNE MATSON MICHAEL TUCK 14.52 164

38 BILL TODD SCOTT SHAW 14.5 163

39 JARROD DEAN GERARD COCKS 14.46 162

40 GARY FRANKLIN UMBERTO ARANCIBIA 14.34 161

41 WAYNE BARLOW BRYAN CARVALHO 14.12 160

42 BARRY GRAVES JASON GOUGH 14.04 159

43 ROD FREIBURGER PETE BARTONEK 14 158

44 PAUL BEAUCHAMP GRAHAM CHARLEBOIS 14 158

45 MARK MORAN DAVE SCARR 13.58 156

46 LARRY BOURGEOIS COREY MOREAU 13.5 155

47 BRIAN AKERMAN JOHN LOTT 13.16 154

48 COLIN MCQUIRE PATRICK MCGUIRE 13.16 154

49 JAMIE KENNEDY PAUL O'CONNOR 12.98 152

50 ROBERT BROADBRIDGE DAVE BOYER 12.9 151

51 DAVID CHONG NICK BARNYCH 12.72 150

52 GREG ROTH ALEX ROTH 12.56 149

53 SCOTT BIRD MARK HAMILTON 12.24 148

54 DAVID SHIELDS BRAD REMMINGTON 12.12 147

55 CEASAR RUSCIO MIKE QUESNELLE 12.08 146

56 ROB GRECO SONYA MCIIRAVEY 12.02 145

57 BRIAN BLOWES JAMES MEEGER 11.74 144

58 MIKE DEVEAUX RICK BAIN 11.52 143

59 PAUL ARSENAULT ED SANNEN 11.38 142

60 DON SANGSTER MICHAEL MILES 11.22 141

61 WIL WEGMAN GERRY HEELS 11.2 140

62 PETER BRUNKHART BRIAN REVER 10.96 139

63 STEVE NIEDZWIECKI JAY COOPER 10.58 138

64 KEVIN KNOX IAN DUNCAN 10.54 137

65 MAURO DECARLOS JOHNNY LISCIO 10.46 136

66 GARY MILLER DAVE MILLER 9.9 135

67 SHAWN ROBITAILLE JASON DORION 9.54 134

68 MIKE RICCIARDI GIANCARLO COMPETIELLO 9.44 133

69 JIM MCLAREN JEFF GIGNAC 9.26 132

70 BRANDON SMITH MIKE LAU 8.14 131

71 MORGAN CIGNINI ALEX D'ANGELO 7.42 130

72 DAN MARSON KEVIN MARSON 7.4 129

73 MARCEL CARTWRIGHT CARRIE CARTWRIGHT 7.38 128

74 VERN LICKERS CLIFF LICKERS 6.18 127

75 GENE FINNEMORE STEVE ALSOP 6.06 126

76 KEN MACLEOD ROLF KRONE 5.88 125

77 LEONA CREBER YASMIN KOLODZIECHUK 3.86 124

78 THOMAS CLAYTON SUSAN CLAYTON 3.06 123

79 CRAIG LEFEBRE HARVEY BECK 0 0

80 RON GAAL BRAD TAYLOR 0 0

81 NEIL MACINNIS DAVID MACINNIS 0 0

82 ED RICHARDSON BILL RICHARDSON 0 0

83 CRAIG MASON SHAWN TAYLOR 0 0

84 JIM FULTON BARRY MCCRACKIN 0 0

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Thanks Brian. Man Gloucester pool is tougher than I thought! Some big names with small weights.

The first time I fished gloucester(from a boat) I did very good on bass, fishing weedy humps! The next 2 times I did average but nailed some big pike. But I have caught really big bass from shore there so I know they are in there.

 

Couch I only fished once but we did well.

 

I wonder why Greg Klatt didn't do Gloucester? Would have been interesting to see what weight he brought in.

Edited August 21, 2007 by Johnny Bass

[misfish]

You should check your line for frays more often!

I check enough,just that when your wrapped around the weeds and fishing deep rocks,you never know whats going on down there.

[Guest Johnny Bass]

I check enough,just that when your wrapped around the weeds and fishing deep rocks,you never know whats going on down there.

 

Its those damn zebra muscles!!!!