The Best Weekend

bassthumb32 · 04-02-07, 08:31 AM

A few of you know that futurepro and i met on this forum. We both fish the same lake so we have fished a few tourneys together. this weekend started the biggest series on the lake. the tournament was on sunday. we met on sat. morning and went to prefish. we had a ok day couldnt get anything going really. the water temp was about 52 and murky. we were both throwing a crankbait. i hooked up with a big fish really close to the bank. derrick netted him it was at least a 4 lb. smallie. a little light went off in my head, i figured that the samllies were up crusing looking for a bed. so we went into the tournament with that plan. the next morning we were at the launch and there were 110 boats. no one even payed attention to us (we are both 20). so we launch my rod breaks, it starts pouring, and nothing is going right. we go to another place and derrick hooks up with a big smallie. we fish there some more and went somewhere else. i hooked up with another big smallie. we went a few more places then we went to where we caught his first one. he hooked up with another big one and then i did a few casts later so we had 4 fish and i figured they were a little over 12lbs. we get back to the weigh in with our 4 bigt smallies and then everyone who gave us the cold shoulder in the morning now wants to talk to us. we missed lunker smallmouth by an ounce and we ended up with 12 lbs 8 oz. we finished in 9th place for $225. it was awesome we caught some big fish, earned respect, and got money.

bassintxlady · 04-02-07, 08:40 AM

congrats guys......on the fish and the respect .......

bassinbob · 04-02-07, 03:31 PM

Good job. Keep it up.

BubbaLunk · 04-02-07, 03:58 PM

hey basssThumb you live in Pa have you ever fished Raystown Lake?

bassthumb32 · 04-02-07, 04:08 PM

Thats Where This Tourney Was. Its The First Of The Jims Anchorages Series.

BubbaLunk · 04-02-07, 04:32 PM

Small world, The guy that owns Jims one of my dads best friends, they grew up together in Huntingdon, i think that him and his dad run it. I have only fished the lake once though, and I have always wanted to go stripper fishing on it, but have not had the chance.

ToPwAt'R GuY · 04-02-07, 05:46 PM

Great job!!!!

Futurepro22 · 04-02-07, 06:48 PM

hey fellahs... its been a while since ive got logged back in here.. But yeah.. this weekend we got noticed to say the least... we could have easily finished in the top 3 b/c me and bassthumb lost a few fish that i feel would of put us up there.. but in order to win.. you must fish perfect,mistake free tournament and we didnt do that... a few mistakes, but what can ya do.. thats fishin... damn.. it feels good to be out fishin again..

lizardsrule · 04-02-07, 08:39 PM

Congrats, and fine job on getting a pattern put together to put the fish in the livewell. That is without a doubt the key to any tourney, or lots and lots of luck.

Lizards

04-02-07, 08:31 AM	#1
bassthumb32 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fort Loudon, PA Posts: 682	The Best Weekend A few of you know that futurepro and i met on this forum. We both fish the same lake so we have fished a few tourneys together. this weekend started the biggest series on the lake. the tournament was on sunday. we met on sat. morning and went to prefish. we had a ok day couldnt get anything going really. the water temp was about 52 and murky. we were both throwing a crankbait. i hooked up with a big fish really close to the bank. derrick netted him it was at least a 4 lb. smallie. a little light went off in my head, i figured that the samllies were up crusing looking for a bed. so we went into the tournament with that plan. the next morning we were at the launch and there were 110 boats. no one even payed attention to us (we are both 20). so we launch my rod breaks, it starts pouring, and nothing is going right. we go to another place and derrick hooks up with a big smallie. we fish there some more and went somewhere else. i hooked up with another big smallie. we went a few more places then we went to where we caught his first one. he hooked up with another big one and then i did a few casts later so we had 4 fish and i figured they were a little over 12lbs. we get back to the weigh in with our 4 bigt smallies and then everyone who gave us the cold shoulder in the morning now wants to talk to us. we missed lunker smallmouth by an ounce and we ended up with 12 lbs 8 oz. we finished in 9th place for $225. it was awesome we caught some big fish, earned respect, and got money. __________________ MY LIFETIME GOAL IS TO KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL CASE OF BASSTHUMB FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

04-02-07, 08:40 AM	#2
bassintxlady BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cypress,Texas Posts: 780	congrats guys......on the fish and the respect ....... __________________ :) OH YEAH!!!!! SHUT UP AND FISH!!!!!

04-02-07, 03:31 PM	#3
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Good job. Keep it up. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

04-02-07, 04:08 PM	#5
bassthumb32 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fort Loudon, PA Posts: 682	Thats Where This Tourney Was. Its The First Of The Jims Anchorages Series. __________________ MY LIFETIME GOAL IS TO KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL CASE OF BASSTHUMB FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

04-02-07, 06:48 PM	#8
Futurepro22 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ebensburg,Pa Posts: 208	hey fellahs... its been a while since ive got logged back in here.. But yeah.. this weekend we got noticed to say the least... we could have easily finished in the top 3 b/c me and bassthumb lost a few fish that i feel would of put us up there.. but in order to win.. you must fish perfect,mistake free tournament and we didnt do that... a few mistakes, but what can ya do.. thats fishin... damn.. it feels good to be out fishin again.. __________________ derrickhughes.net

04-02-07, 03:58 PM	#4
BubbaLunk BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 40	hey basssThumb you live in Pa have you ever fished Raystown Lake?

04-02-07, 04:32 PM	#6
BubbaLunk BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 40	Small world, The guy that owns Jims one of my dads best friends, they grew up together in Huntingdon, i think that him and his dad run it. I have only fished the lake once though, and I have always wanted to go stripper fishing on it, but have not had the chance.

04-02-07, 05:46 PM	#7
ToPwAt'R GuY BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 930	Great job!!!!

04-02-07, 08:39 PM	#9
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Congrats, and fine job on getting a pattern put together to put the fish in the livewell. That is without a doubt the key to any tourney, or lots and lots of luck. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

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