Entries from June 2008 ↓

I’ve started a lot of these blogs this season telling you that I had a frustrating day. Well, I think frustration went to a new level today here at Old Hickory. I caught 5 pounds, 13 ounces today and I’m a long way from the 50 cut. The worst part was I watched a local angler, probably a 60-year-old guy, catch 17 or 18 pounds of fish, sitting right on the spot I found earlier this week. I hung out for hours thinking he’d leave, but he just kept catching them and he refused to move.

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It’s been a funny year. I’ve thought sometimes the fishing gods were out to get me. I couldn’t find them in Florida. I found them in Texas, but they weren’t big enough. They got away in Georgia and South Carolina. Another angler got to my hole first in Alabama. And here at Kentucky Lake, I’ve had to share space with another angler and we’ve both suffered for it. It’s a decent area for two anglers, and it would have been a great one for one.

I’m in 36th place going into Saturday. I’ve found and caught enough good fish to get in the Top 50 money, but it’ll be a long shot to get into the Top 12. Gary Klein and I have ’s the other angler. He and I have been fishing the same two ledges for two days, and it looks like the spot’s about to play out. That means I’ll probably have to scramble tomorrow.

More than one angler fishing the same spot happens pretty often. What happens is you’re out there and you practice two-and-a-half days, you find a nice quality school of fish, and then unfortunately, another competitor finds the same school of fish. Your tournament plan is to manage the spot for as many fish as you can get during four days on the spot. But then somebody else is there, and it’s up to the two of you to manage it.

And Saturday will be even more complicated. You’ll have the Elite Series field. You’ll also have a BFL tournament and a 250-boat Strike Team tournament. Add to that all the weekend anglers. … Yes, it’ll be tense tomorrow. A lot of disruptions. It’ll be interesting.

Probably Kevin won’t have to deal with it. When you get to the level he’s at, you get that 40-boat entourage that follows him and people get out of the way. 

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I’m at the boat ramp headed out for the second day. I had a decent, not great first day, and I’ve got to have another good day. I think consistency will be important in this tournament. A few decent days might be worth a 12 cut. Check out this audio blog by clicking on the Mobile Post. 

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