New leaders gents! Steve and Brandon are now in first place by a whopping one point after a strong showing on the Whitefish Chain. It was a nice night, but holy shit there were a lot of boats at the landing. There were rigs parked down the access road, and Jim and I had to wait while some guy was trying to load a houseboat. Anyway, most of us didn't do real well, because unlike Steve, we didn't think to fish a spinner bait in 40 feet of water for Walleye...how stupid are we...doesn't everyone know that's how you catch 'em this time of year? The league that came in just ahead of us didn't think to do that either, because out of all of those boats, not one of them caught a Walleye either...go figure. You can also dis-regard what I said last week about having to lower the yearly winner's prize, because Joe and Dustin finally showed up, in what can only be described as reverse psychology on the rest of us who have fished with them in years past. You see, they would always come to the first several events, do real well, and then not show up the rest of the year. This year, they're trying a new strategy of doing just the opposite, so we had better beware of what they're trying to pull.
So, we're on a brand new lake for most of us on Thursday the 23rd, as we venture out on Cedar Lake near Aitkin. It will be a haul, but it's a Muskie lake, so if you're up to trying to catch a 54 inch monster for those all important 7 points and probably the big fish pot, have at it. Come to think of it, maybe we should have added a quadfecta this year. We start at 6:00 and fish until 9:30, so I'll see you there.
Oh, and least I forget, Troy and Ryan not only had the big fish of the night, they had the biggest Bass & Pike...now if they had only been using a spinnerbait in 40 feet of water!
Brad
For updated standings, click HERE.
For the event detail, click HERE.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Roosevelt Lake Recap
Sorry this is late guys...just got my internet back yesterday because of the move. Here is some advice from an OLD friend. If you've lived in a house for 29 years, and you get a wild hair up your ass thinking it would be a good idea to move, forget all of the reasons WHY it might be a good idea; forget about the sentimental value; forget about it being a larger house which you need; just forget about it...stay put! Either that, or hire someone to do absolutely everything for you while you sit on your new deck drinking a beer and smoking a cigar. Anyway, we're moved (for the most part). Glad it's over, because my next move will be to the funeral home.
So, no one really set Roosevelt's water on fire last week. We all agree it's a wonderful lake to fish, but I have a feeling we could have all ten events on that lake, and no one would figure it out on a consistent basis. Maybe if you lived there and fished it all of the time, but it's tough. The Tullibees (do you know what spell check for Tullibees is? Liberates! WTF? Liberates don't swim!) were jumping so much, it got down right annoying. Even the Gulls were like; "oh, ok...I'll swim over there and eat you, but God I'm full of Liberates right now."
Like I said, most of us had a hard time of it, but it sounded like the farther north you went, the better you did. Brandon and his sub won the event, and had the biggest fish, but no one made a huge move point wise. We're four events in, and Jim and I's score the week before shows how you can keep it close if you get lucky and have a good night. We have a lake coming up that I think is going to be the wild card in the whole thing.
For the event detail, click HERE.
For the standings, click HERE.
It's become obvious that Joe and his partner aren't going to show. Joe paid half of the entry fee at the meeting, and since I figured the money based on their entry fee, we're keeping it. But, instead of the yearly points champion getting $150, they're only going to get $75. At this point, I think that is the only fair way to do it since we have already paid out for nightly winners and big fish points. I can't re-adjust that now because it wouldn't be fair. Since anyone can be the points champion at this point in the season, I think that is our only alternative.
So, I'll see you July 9th at the Landing on Lower Hay for our first of two events on the Whitefish Chain. We fish from 6-9:30, so I'll see you on the water.
Brad
So, no one really set Roosevelt's water on fire last week. We all agree it's a wonderful lake to fish, but I have a feeling we could have all ten events on that lake, and no one would figure it out on a consistent basis. Maybe if you lived there and fished it all of the time, but it's tough. The Tullibees (do you know what spell check for Tullibees is? Liberates! WTF? Liberates don't swim!) were jumping so much, it got down right annoying. Even the Gulls were like; "oh, ok...I'll swim over there and eat you, but God I'm full of Liberates right now."
Like I said, most of us had a hard time of it, but it sounded like the farther north you went, the better you did. Brandon and his sub won the event, and had the biggest fish, but no one made a huge move point wise. We're four events in, and Jim and I's score the week before shows how you can keep it close if you get lucky and have a good night. We have a lake coming up that I think is going to be the wild card in the whole thing.
For the event detail, click HERE.
For the standings, click HERE.
It's become obvious that Joe and his partner aren't going to show. Joe paid half of the entry fee at the meeting, and since I figured the money based on their entry fee, we're keeping it. But, instead of the yearly points champion getting $150, they're only going to get $75. At this point, I think that is the only fair way to do it since we have already paid out for nightly winners and big fish points. I can't re-adjust that now because it wouldn't be fair. Since anyone can be the points champion at this point in the season, I think that is our only alternative.
So, I'll see you July 9th at the Landing on Lower Hay for our first of two events on the Whitefish Chain. We fish from 6-9:30, so I'll see you on the water.
Brad
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