Whoa! This just in folks. There has been a late surge by the team of Sam and Mike. Over the past three events, they have opened up a big can of whupass and outscored the leading team of Mark & Luther by 45 points, 74 to 29! Sam and Mike, while moving into second place overall, have averaged 15 more points a night over the past three events than Mark & Luther. With only one event left, Mark and Luther are only 17 points ahead of Sam and Mike. On Rice Lake alone, the point difference was 23 in favor of the second place up and comers. I think we'd be looking at different leaders if Sam & Mike had not missed two events this year. If it wasn't for this late performance, I'd say 17 points was too much of a deficit to make up, but not anymore...it really is coming down to the last event, and Mark and Luther better bring their "A" game next week, or what was once a sure thing might just slip through their fingers.
So, Sam & Mike won with 30 points on Rice. Brian and Dustyn had the biggest fish with a 30 and 1/8 inch pike. We had 5 no shows last night; more than we've ever had. I'd say it was just about perfect on the water last night. The fishing was tough, for most of us, unless you were fishing for weeds! Holy shit there were a lot of weeds. For those of us casting the shoreline, just about every other cast was ruined by this slimy, smelly green gobbly shit that was harder than hell to get off your hook. I especially hate those weeds that just come up to the surface, and you can't see them until you land right in the middle of them. My net boy came up with a name for these pain in the ass weeds, but it is much to crude of a name to print in a family article like this. I was disgusted and almost asked him to get out of the boat, but then I caught a fish and realized I needed a net boy, so I let him stay.
I mentioned earlier that we fish next week, which isn't a misprint. We fish the Whitefish Chain on the 7th, but this time, we're putting in at the West Shore Drive landing on Cross Lake. So, what do you do? Do you make a long run eating up a lot of your time just to fish familiar water, or do you attack Cross, Daggett, Rush, Island and Loon Lakes? These bodies of water hold a lot of fish, but we don't fish them, so it could be interesting. Fishing times are from 4:00 to 8:00, and after everyone has measured, we'll add everything up and see who came out on top for the year. I'll see you next week!
Oh, I may decide to award an event show point for everyone who show's up to hear my band at the Crosslake Town Square tomorrow night. The concert starts at 6:00, so come on down and listen to Decade 7!
For updated standings, click HERE.
For the point breakdown, click HERE.
