Pacemaker Fishing Forum

FRIDAY 9-28

Me and Joe took the jon boat out searching for spots for me to fish for the TKAA tournament on Saturday.  We started a Little Creek Reservoir from 6 30 am to 11 30 am.  We each caught a small bass and that was it.  So we decided we needed to get moving to the next spot.  We hit Ft. Eustis from 12 30 to 4 and only caught small fish again.  This meant I had to make a decision on where to go.  I headed to the TKAA Tournament Captains meeting.  I decided to go to the Chick where I had caught a lot of fish two weeks earlier, even though nothing was big, because I had caught more than the other places and I knew most of the Bass Division was going to Harwoods and Suffolk.

SATURDAY 9-29

I got up really early to make sure I was rigged and ready to launch before the 6:25am time, which was smart because I made a wrong turn and was behind schedule, but was able to get there on time.  I was ready to go!



I paddled out to the lily pads and started throwing a frog.  I casted it right next to a tree and two twitches later BAM!  This bass splashed out of the water and devoured my frog.  It fought hard and I thought I had a monster.  It turned out not to be a monster, but was 18", which could do.  I was not satisfied and kept going with a mission to catch a big one. 



I fished for a while with no hits.  Then I started to throw a crank in some wood cover on the main lake.  I got a hit from a chain pickerell at 22".



Kept fishing and started to swim a Missle Baits Tomahawk.  I caught my first ever bowfin.  This thing was a monster and I had no way of getting it in the boat to get a better picture.  This led to my decision that I need to get a net and lip grips before my next time out.



Was only able to nail a few small bass on this nasty rainy day, so I headed back to Norfolk for the "weigh in".  Turned in my picture not expecting anything, but then my name go called to inspect my photos.  I ended up getting 4th place with a $50 Hook1 gift card.  Lost to 3rd by .25, 2nd by 1" and 1st by 1.25". Won some other little stuff in the raffles.  I had a great time and can't wait til next  year. 

9-30-12

We had another CNU club tournament on Lake Maury.  Me and Cody found our fish on shakey heads on points here.  We weighed in one of 3 five fish bags, of the 10 2 person teams.  We got 3rd place and won our money back.  Joe and Ryan got first with a bag much bigger than ours or 2nd as they found a offshore road bed.

Ours



1st Place