steverowbotham Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 Yesterday Kelli and I made stop 3 on our Bass Pro Employee tournament series. We fished Balsam Lake, and with a busy schedule had no time to prefish. I have actually not been on Balsam since last September, so with the wacky water temps this year, I had a few ideas, but the 25k winds out of the west kind of ruined those plans. Went to plan B and started on a sand flat in about 6 feet of water. I started with a popper, but after Kelli put 4 smallies in the boat in 20 minutes on a fluke, I made the change. We landed almost 30 smallies by 11am, but most were in the 1 - 1.5 pond range with only a couple 2 pounders. We were having fun, but it wasnt going to win the tournament by any means. We made a move to some deep weeds and pulled out the heavy gear. I started throwing a 5/8 oz jig into thick weeds in about 8 feet of water. Within minutes I slammed a 5/0 hook into a solid fish and put a 4+ pounder in the livewell. A few 12-13 inch fish followed, no help. With about 20 minutes left in the day I got a 2.5 pounder on the jig and that added almost a pound to our weight. We caught over 40 fish today, but only 1 good fish. We weighed about 13 pounds and placed 3rd. We also took Big Fish honours with a 4.34 pound largie. Tough day all around it seemed with the winners weighing just 14.54 pounds.
muskeybugged Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 Sounds like fun ..can't win em' all I guess! I worked yesterday
mbac31 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 For sure a tough bite yesterday. The wind did not help. Got banged up comin across from Mitchell as well.
Leecher Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 Awesome work Steve & Kelli Congrats on the 4.3Lbs largie Must of give you a good fight!!! Finishing 3rd is quite an accomplishment but most of all... you guys had fun and that is what's all about Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!!! Leechman
steverowbotham Posted August 6, 2009 Author Report Posted August 6, 2009 Congrats on the 4.3Lbs largie Must of give you a good fight!!! Didnt really allow it to lol. With the small limit we had, I had that fish in the boat within 5 seconds of hooking her, no net, just craned in QUICKLY. Gotta love heavy braid!
Leecher Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 Didnt really allow it to lol. With the small limit we had, I had that fish in the boat within 5 seconds of hooking her, no net, just craned in QUICKLY. Gotta love heavy braid! Right on Steve!!! Yes braid is one tough line and I can see her doing 90 degrees upward and into your boat Leechman
evster Posted August 7, 2009 Report Posted August 7, 2009 Nice work! Sounds like not only a good finish but a fun day on the water.
Rattletrap2 Posted August 7, 2009 Report Posted August 7, 2009 Nice going Steve and Kelli! sounds like a good day out and a nice finish as well. Nice toad Largemouth as well!
Burning Babies Posted August 7, 2009 Report Posted August 7, 2009 Not too shabby! How many boats were you fishing against?
steverowbotham Posted August 8, 2009 Author Report Posted August 8, 2009 Not too shabby! How many boats were you fishing against? I think there were only 18 or 19 at this one
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