White River Elite Club Tournament Results

[tpierce]

I rarely post but decided since I advertised our club last week and had great interest, I would post a report so those guys would know how we did at our first event.

We fished Sunday, January 11th out of Moonshine Beach from 7-3. The weather held off and wasn't bad at all. Air temps were above freezing all day. We did have some very light rain here and there but not a problem. I say this since my partner was my 11 year old son, Tristan. He fished all day, just taking one break and that was to pop his back. You guys know how it is with all of those clothes on... Anyway, it was overcast with a slight breeze. Water temps were 44-45 degrees.

My son and I fished a grub 95% of the day and had 13 keepers between us. We fished the middle of cuts over trees typically in the 40 foot range.

The 11 year old had big bass at 21 inches which papers out to 5.3 lbs. He also had heavy stringer at 17.3 lbs (6 fish limit). We had heavy boat at 31+ lbs (12 fish). We don't allow the A-rig to be thrown so I was very proud of his almost 3 lb. average. His best 5 would have gone over 15 lbs.

There were 2 other six fish limits at 13+ lbs. for a total of 4 six fish limits. 95% of the fish were caught deep with some jig fish being caught. I did catch one keeper largemouth on a stick bait (mega bass). FYI half of the fish caught were largemouth which was good to see. Everyone fished within a few miles of the dam.

As a father teaching a child to fish it was a wonderful day... My son's words when I netted his big fish were, "No way did I just catch that fish! No way did I just catch that fish!"

[gitnby]

Awesome day!

Doesn't get much better than having a day like that with your boy!

[Quillback]

Excellent! Glad to hear you and the boy got into them.

[J-Doc]

Man thatsbjust awesome. He is quite the angler!!!

I'd take getting my behind kicked to an 11yr old any day. :-) Because I know he'd beat me. Lol!

Impressive catches too considering the weather. Hoping I can make the next tourney!!

[5bites]

That is just awesome! As a father of two fishing boys it's so much more fun when they're catching them.

[*T*]

Good story! Great report! He is now "hooked" for life. Thanks.

[merc1997 Bo]

that was a great trip, and great job by your son!!

bo

[Champ188]

Really good report and congrats on making a lifelong memory with your son ... for both of you. You'll be talking about this day for many years to come.

Just one question ... what was the water temp in the areas you fished?

[tpierce]

Water temp was 44 at the start and 45 degrees when we finished.

And yes to all the responses about memories... I can't tell you the number of times we stopped what we were doing and watched the eagles or loons. The loons are a special animal when they start talking. We even talked about the ice along the bluff walls.

All I know is life goes by fast and you never get time back... I hope everyone remembers that moving forward.

[dtrs5kprs]

Good stuff. Of course now he will expect it every trip!