Panhandle Bass Club
|
|
|
"Fred's Club Report" 2007 Season |
|
|
The Friday reports were mixed
with most everyone catching some pretty good fish. We were greeted Saturday morning with 3 other
clubs and a local open tournament series all out of the State Ramp. There were also reports of several other tournaments
including a BASS weekend series up the lake.
Artie and I started a grass line
on the lower end and he had 2 in the boat before I could get my first cast
in. Then we had an aerator pump burn
out, and short out the aerator system on my boat, we went into repair mode
and after too much time spent on repairs had a working system. Unfortunately his fish did not make it. We moved around the lower end and managed a
couple more keepers but it was tough. We
saw Sarge, John K, Tony, and Steve M and they all said the same thing…tough.
At the weigh in there were far
too many long faces and low numbers of fish.
Mack had a good stringer 6 fish 9.25 lbs for 3rd place,
Rich R had 2nd with 7 fish 11.79lbs, Mr. Skunk himself led the
pack with 7 weighing 13.63 lbs.
Sunday met us with only 1 other
club at the State Ramp so our hopes were high.
We went to my favorite hole and put 2 in the boat on a frog right off
the bat…take that Artie! We started
in Paint Creek with a large number of boats following us in. We saw Steve M, he had 1 early on spinner bait,
then we saw John K on his way home. It did not look
like the bite was much better Sunday than Saturday as we got back for the
1:00 weigh in. Some changes in the
leader board with Mack dropping to 4th place, Rich R finished 3rd
with a total weight of 14.98, Wayne moved up to 2nd with 15.78
and Mr. Billy stayed on top with 27.92. Great
finish Billy! It’s been a long time.
Crankbaits were reported to be successful along with plastic craws
for the leaders.
A good time was had by all, with
a few unfortunate incidents for Cliffie, Mitch, and Ken but nothing major. I know we all are looking forward to Guntersville
next month. In the mean time…
Keep your line wet!