steverowbotham Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Kelli and I fished stop 4 of 4 in our BPS Series today on Simcoe/Cooch, 18 boats. There was a lot of pressure on us being that Cooch is "my lake". I have been on some good fish lately, so my gameplan was to go for largies to start then run to Simcoe and swing for the fences. We got to our first spot, a milfoil bed in about 10 feet of water and I pitched my jig into the weeds. The jig didnt even hit bottom before I felt the thump. I set the hook and a 3.5 pounder came out of the weeds. As I was lifting the fish into the boat, Kelli set the hook on a 4 pounder. Good start. We put them in the livewell and kept pitching. About 40 mins later, I hooked a 2 1/4 pounder and when I went to put her in the livewell, the plug was loose, the water was drained and the fish were dead. This has never happened to me before and it was pretty heartbreaking, but we kept plugging away. Kelli put a few 1.5 pounders in the well and we had our limit. I hooked and lost a 4+ on a topwater and it was time to go to Simcoe. We put some miles on the merc today hitting waypoint after waypoint and only got 1 smallie to show for it, a 4.20 pounder. Back to Cooch for some largies. We got into a school of 2 pounders and started culling. Guess what? I culled too many and we were down to 4 fish. I broke off another 4+, but managed to pluck a 1.6 pounder off a dock before weigh-ins to salvage the limit, but I was not happy. We had 2 dead fish penalties and ended up weighing 16.40 pounds for our 5. Fortunately for us it was tough all around and we managed to win it! It was a stressful day, but we pulled through and thats what its about, plus a fellow competitor is enjoying some BBQ largies on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Right on Steve and Kelly Congratulations on your win even with the added stress Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Sorry to hear about the 2 fish dying on you, but I'm glad to hear you won the event. Hopefully they were not too dead to eat, would hate to waste fish of that size. Congrads and thanks for sharing, MTBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerbaitking Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Congrats Steve & Kelly & whats this about stress your too young to have stress Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbay Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hey Steve, looks like the missus carried you the whole way!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Babies Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Wow, that's quite a series of mishaps. Glad to hear you pulled it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustic-Fisher Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Kelli and I fished stop 4 of 4 in our BPS Series today on Simcoe/Cooch, 18 boats. There was a lot of pressure on us being that Cooch is "my lake". I have been on some good fish lately, so my gameplan was to go for largies to start then run to Simcoe and swing for the fences. We got to our first spot, a milfoil bed in about 10 feet of water and I pitched my jig into the weeds. The jig didnt even hit bottom before I felt the thump. I set the hook and a 3.5 pounder came out of the weeds. As I was lifting the fish into the boat, Kelli set the hook on a 4 pounder. Good start. We put them in the livewell and kept pitching. About 40 mins later, I hooked a 2 1/4 pounder and when I went to put her in the livewell, the plug was loose, the water was drained and the fish were dead. This has never happened to me before and it was pretty heartbreaking, but we kept plugging away. Kelli put a few 1.5 pounders in the well and we had our limit. I hooked and lost a 4+ on a topwater and it was time to go to Simcoe. We put some miles on the merc today hitting waypoint after waypoint and only got 1 smallie to show for it, a 4.20 pounder. Back to Cooch for some largies. We got into a school of 2 pounders and started culling. Guess what? I culled too many and we were down to 4 fish. I broke off another 4+, but managed to pluck a 1.6 pounder off a dock before weigh-ins to salvage the limit, but I was not happy. We had 2 dead fish penalties and ended up weighing 16.40 pounds for our 5. Fortunately for us it was tough all around and we managed to win it! It was a stressful day, but we pulled through and thats what its about, plus a fellow competitor is enjoying some BBQ largies on me. Nice work Steve, see if Rossi will eat those largies. RY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 First off ,congrats. As a bass tourney guy,not sure I would want to add fuel to the fire. Yeah dead fish happen,but to post them in a pic ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbo Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Atta boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 nice win despite the adversity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhare Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 First off ,congrats.As a bass tourney guy,not sure I would want to add fuel to the fire. Yeah dead fish happen,but to post them in a pic ??????? Is this the first time someone has posted a pic of a dead fish on the site??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Urban Fisherman Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 First off ,congrats.As a bass tourney guy,not sure I would want to add fuel to the fire. Yeah dead fish happen,but to post them in a pic ??????? Poop happens man... so a couple of bigger bass died. They were given to somebody and enjoyed on the BBQ. I don't keep bass myself but when my parents were down a few weeks ago we kept 6 largies for the fryer - and they were darn good! Nice fish Steve and Kelli, and congrats on the win....maybe next time Kelli should do the culling though! Cheers, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 A coupla fish for the table aint bad... And you won the tourney!! It's a win-win situation! Well done. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambo Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Good job, thats great you and the mrs. enjoy the same sport. I unfortunalety brought mine out on a slow day and she never really got the bug. What was the prize? if you don't mind me asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Is this the first time someone has posted a pic of a dead fish on the site??? NO Im not jumping on Steve here. We all know that tourneys are under QUESTIONING about keeping and transporting and all that stuff. IMO taking a pic of dead tourney fish,is fuel. And like I said in my first post,Yeah dead fish happen. Again Congrats on your win Steve and Kelli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted August 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Not much I could have done, it was an unfortunate situation, and they werent wasted. Rye, bobby h took them, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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