First Tourney!

[Vabass22]

Well, today I fished my first Jr Bass Federation Nation tournament. It was on a small 117 acre lake(electrics only), that has lots of cover, and is a very, very tough lake. We got there at 7:00, and found out we were an hour early, so we went ahead and launched the boat, and pulled it off to the side. My dad ended up taking out the photographer, since our boat isn't tourney ready. I ended up fishing out of a '94 Skeeter ZX200. The people that took me out weren't very experienced as boaters. We were also the only boat with 3 fishermen, and a boat captain, The boat captain laid on the seats behind the console, and went to sleep So, we launched the boat, with a little trouble, and then after a short talk, we were off. We headed to a brush covered clay bank, so I got ready to pitch jigs. The kid running the TM had a lead foot, and we were running between 3 and 4, on a 5 speed. As soon as I could pitch, the boat would be way in front of the target. So I ended up spinnerbaiting the whole day. I think if I could have slowed down, I might have had a better chance. 19 kids, 8 adults, and not a single fish was weighed in! All of us knew the lake very well, but noone could get a single bite! Hopefully I'll be with a better boat captain, and have better luck on Anna next month!


I still did have a great time! Hey, fishing is fishing!