4-30

[Ketchup]

Had our TinBoats BassClub tourney out of Bolivar Landing from 6:00 - 2:00.    Weather was great. Started out at 62 degrees with a storm that had just passed thru. Cloudy with a  very light breeze. Turkeys were hammering it just at takeoff. 

 

Started out catching a 22" walleye on the 2nd cast with a KVD 1.5 on a main point. Snap photo "yes during a tourney" and released,  Caught a few short bass in same area, Switched locations and bait and landed a few 13 1//2" fish "keeper on Pomme"  Around 9 moved areas again and switched to what worked last weekend, a tube bait.  Pulled into a cove just inside the point with a good drop from shore to 7' of water and pitched my tube.  Landed 15" keeper.  Stuck him in the livewell.  2 more flips in the bushes and netted my best of the day, a 4 pounder.  Limit at this time. Text my better half at 9:10 to let her know I had a limit "yes during a tourney, she likes to know how my day is going",  With me not having to worry about just catching my limit, the stress was off.   Went down that stretch catching over 15 bass with most being over the 13" minimum, but only 2 helping cull.  

 

Switched to other bank and first pitch in the bushes and off it went. That sucker must have took 3/4 spool of line before it snapped off. Musky was my guess as I never saw the fish.  Few more fish down that bank.

 

Switched to the Cooper Cove area and was able to cull a 14" fish.  Caught a few fish in that area, but not much size. Broke off my last tube in the area on a fish I didn't see. By this time it was 1:40 and time to head in.

 

Great day on the water. Ended up with over 60 fish, with over 40 of those being over the 13" size. It was an easy day as far as getting a limit, but really thought I would have caught a little better fish.  The 4 pound fish had spawned out. Very healthy fishery with a lot of fish for the upcoming years.

 

Few pictures of fish and my tube. Besides last weekend, this was the first time in years I have thrown a tube bait. That bait was by far outfishing everything else. Seen a lot and talked to several other tourney people and most didn't have a limit, or any size.  From what I seen, most were throwing a spinner bait or some type of top water.  The tube was the ticket the past 2 weeks.

Also caught this catfish on a spinnerbait, and a 5 pound drum.

 

Now looking forward to Stockton this month.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lmt out]

Sounds like a really good day. That's a lot of fish.

[ramman123]

Man that was Dinner

 

[Ketchup]

26 minutes ago, ramman123 said:

Man that was Dinner

 

That's what my wife and the other guys said.  I will keep a few when I know they want fish for dinner, but I'm not a big fan of fish "a red meat kinda guy" so we don't keep a lot of fish.  Always fun to catch tho. 

[ramman123]

im all for meat just hate cleaning LOL

 

[rps]

26 minutes ago, ramman123 said:

im all for meat just hate cleaning LOL

 

Almost every time I hear that, I find the reason is that no one with cleaning skill has ever showed how easy it is to clean the fish. Find a master and watch. The results are incredible.

 

[ramman123]

2 hours ago, rps said:

Almost every time I hear that, I find the reason is that no one with cleaning skill has ever showed how easy it is to clean the fish. Find a master and watch. The results are incredible.

 

its not that just as i am getting older i like to catch and release, i love to eat fish just like the action of catching

ive cleaned alot of fish i just like spending time on the water