White River Electric scholarship tournament

[mixermarkb]

 

Hey Guys,

No pics, but my son and I had a great day fishing the white river derby out of Theodosia yesterday. Fishing was hard, I think 15 and change won it, with a fast drop off to a bunch of guys right around 10 pounds, and most of the field not weighing in fish. My son and I weighed 3 smallies for 5.88, and I let loose one that was just barely 15" because I thought it might be short by the time I got it back to TMR. Either I didn't figure out the pattern in time (likely), or they started biting late, because I left fish biting to go weigh. One keeper, the barely/almost keeper, and one solid keeper that jumped off my son's line all bit in the last 15 minutes of the day. Our efforts were good enough for about 40th out of 178 boats, and the raffle prize of Branson go-cart tickets and coldstone ice cream made it all good in my son's eyes.

I was pleased just to have him stay relatively focused on something for a day, as he's really been struggling. He has ADHD, Tourette's syndrome, and OCD, which has been causing serious depression issues. Parenting is hard, and being 11 in today's world seems MUCH harder than I remember it. Trying to balance the need to treat his real medical conditions without over medicating him into a zombie has been tough on the entire family. It was wonderful to hear him say when we were leaving to take out that the GoCart tickets, ice cream gift card, 2 free rods, bass pro gift cards, and 2 free hats were "like getting paid to have fun"

Many thanks to Bill Cook, all the TMR staff, and the White River Electrical Co-Op staff and sponsors for such a well run event!

Also a thank you to the other fishermen competing, as we didn't encounter anything but courtesy from our fellow fishermen on the water and at the weigh in, always a plus when you have your kid.

[Bluff-Bassin]

18 and change ended up winning it. 15 for 2nd 14 and change for 3-5th.  

[Bluff-Bassin]

Disregard I was thinking of the main derby Saturday!

[mixermarkb]

No, you were right on, I was talking about the Saturday derby. Somehow I missed the 18 and change when I looked over the board as we were leaving. That was a hell of a weight for that day!