13th Place

BassAddict · 08-13-07, 02:25 PM

My brother and I fished our 4th tourney of the season on the James River Saturday. We finished 13th out of 105 teams. Made a small check out of it but the killer is we lost 2 solid fish that would have put us in the top 5. One on a Spit'N Image about 2 1/2-3 lbs. and the other on a spinnerbait about 3 1/2-4 lbs. Man that sucked. We rarely have them get off like that but for some reason it happened that day. The river is fishing tough right now. Water temps got up to 93 degrees. We caught 3 keepers by 8:30am then struggled to get the last 2 by the end of the day. We ended up with 9.02 lbs. We'll take it but man it hurts bad to lose quality fish like that when the fishing is tough!

Eric

brushhog · 08-13-07, 03:21 PM

Congrats, that's a great showing anyway you slice it... I was in Gettysburg over the weekend and it was HOT... I'm sure it made for tough fishing. What were your three early fish caught on? where you fishing deep?

BassAddict · 08-13-07, 03:34 PM

Brushhog,

First fish was on a Spit'N Image topwater popper. Second fish on a 4" Berkley Power worm. Third fish on a Zoom vibra speed craw. Fourth fish on a 4" Berkley Power worm and the last fish on a spinnerbait. All fish were in 4' or less of water.

Eric

lizardsrule · 08-13-07, 09:19 PM

BA,

How did you end up with your sponsorship from the auto dealer? And nice finish for that many boats.

Lizards

BassAddict · 08-14-07, 07:30 AM

Thanks Lizards! The sponsorship is for next season. We haven't talked much about it lately. We will put everything together this Fall or Winter. We plan to fish the Fishers of Men series again next season and the money we will get should cover all our expenses for that series. We won the VA-East division back in 04. The series we're fishing now is just about over. We have 1 more qualifying tournament (Sept. 8th) Then our Classic is September 22nd. We finished 6th in the Classic last year. All the tournamnets usually average 100+ teams and we're 19th in the points after 4 tournaments. We've had some bad luck this year but I guess that's respectable.

Eric

bassthumb32 · 08-14-07, 07:50 AM

sounds like tournaments up here addict you got to get them early or its going to be a struggle.

BigBassin144 · 08-14-07, 08:51 AM

Hey congrats, 13 out of 105 is awesome, i'd come it like 110thal the most. anyways, good luck in your next tourney.

brushhog · 08-14-07, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BassAddict

Brushhog,

First fish was on a Spit'N Image topwater popper. Second fish on a 4" Berkley Power worm. Third fish on a Zoom vibra speed craw. Fourth fish on a 4" Berkley Power worm and the last fish on a spinnerbait. All fish were in 4' or less of water.

Eric

Thanks, kind of interesting that you caught your limit on 5 different presentations, I would guess that to be pretty unusual?

BassAddict · 08-14-07, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by brushhog

Thanks, kind of interesting that you caught your limit on 5 different presentations, I would guess that to be pretty unusual?

I guess it's what the pro's call "junk fishing". We threw the tackle box at them that day and ran up and down the river hitting every spot we knew. We never found a good concentration of fish so we just had to pick them off a bunch of small spots. We like to run about 55 miles to the Chicahominy River but the tide wasn't good for it that day. There we have some places we can sit on some fish but for the most part on our rivers we run-n-gun em.

3dkicker · 08-14-07, 04:25 PM

B.A.
You know you'll go out one day and stick a mess of fish and not lose any and then wonder "WHY???". I missed a check two times on the James due to losing a fish at the boat. Guess I'm cursed down there. I'll fish club tournaments on the James and not lose one. Fish a money tournament and I'm guaranteed to have one shake at the boat.
Good thing that comes out of that is knowing that you were on good fish. Helps boost the confidence the next time.

08-13-07, 02:25 PM	#1
BassAddict BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 805	13th Place My brother and I fished our 4th tourney of the season on the James River Saturday. We finished 13th out of 105 teams. Made a small check out of it but the killer is we lost 2 solid fish that would have put us in the top 5. One on a Spit'N Image about 2 1/2-3 lbs. and the other on a spinnerbait about 3 1/2-4 lbs. Man that sucked. We rarely have them get off like that but for some reason it happened that day. The river is fishing tough right now. Water temps got up to 93 degrees. We caught 3 keepers by 8:30am then struggled to get the last 2 by the end of the day. We ended up with 9.02 lbs. We'll take it but man it hurts bad to lose quality fish like that when the fishing is tough! Eric

08-13-07, 03:21 PM	#2
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Congrats, that's a great showing anyway you slice it... I was in Gettysburg over the weekend and it was HOT... I'm sure it made for tough fishing. What were your three early fish caught on? where you fishing deep? __________________ 3/4 of the Earth's surface is water and 1/4 is land. Clearly god wants me to fish, not mow the lawn.

08-13-07, 09:19 PM	#4
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	BA, How did you end up with your sponsorship from the auto dealer? And nice finish for that many boats. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

08-14-07, 07:50 AM	#6
bassthumb32 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fort Loudon, PA Posts: 682	sounds like tournaments up here addict you got to get them early or its going to be a struggle. __________________ MY LIFETIME GOAL IS TO KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL CASE OF BASSTHUMB FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

08-14-07, 08:51 AM	#7
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Hey congrats, 13 out of 105 is awesome, i'd come it like 110thal the most. anyways, good luck in your next tourney. __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

08-13-07, 03:34 PM	#3
BassAddict BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 805	Brushhog, First fish was on a Spit'N Image topwater popper. Second fish on a 4" Berkley Power worm. Third fish on a Zoom vibra speed craw. Fourth fish on a 4" Berkley Power worm and the last fish on a spinnerbait. All fish were in 4' or less of water. Eric

08-14-07, 07:30 AM	#5
BassAddict BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 805	Thanks Lizards! The sponsorship is for next season. We haven't talked much about it lately. We will put everything together this Fall or Winter. We plan to fish the Fishers of Men series again next season and the money we will get should cover all our expenses for that series. We won the VA-East division back in 04. The series we're fishing now is just about over. We have 1 more qualifying tournament (Sept. 8th) Then our Classic is September 22nd. We finished 6th in the Classic last year. All the tournamnets usually average 100+ teams and we're 19th in the points after 4 tournaments. We've had some bad luck this year but I guess that's respectable. Eric

08-14-07, 04:25 PM	#10
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	B.A. You know you'll go out one day and stick a mess of fish and not lose any and then wonder "WHY???". I missed a check two times on the James due to losing a fish at the boat. Guess I'm cursed down there. I'll fish club tournaments on the James and not lose one. Fish a money tournament and I'm guaranteed to have one shake at the boat. Good thing that comes out of that is knowing that you were on good fish. Helps boost the confidence the next time. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

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