Super Bass

[Genie]

How many of you are fishing the Super Bass tournament on July 14 on Muskegon Lake?

I'll be there - might be nice to meet more of you at this tournament.  I know fishing is red hot right now with many tournaments needing 18 pounds to win in recent weeks.

-genie

[squid]

So are you gonna fish the 1 on 1 the next day?

[TCook]

Do you think it is possible that they will hit there max at 150 boats? I was planning on paying at the launch and was wondering if it could fill up.

[Genie]

I'm hoping they won't fill up as I have to register that morning as well.

[squid]

Genie...you whimp...should have fished it...you would have won ...or not...lol

[Genie]

Had fun elsewhere instead ... whacked some big smallies!!!!

[squid]

Sometime this week...BBT will have the results.

Doug and I with the alluminum boat could only go to one place, cause of the weather. So that is where we went...up to the river. That was the hard part. The water level was down and with 2-4 footers...we could not get up on plane to get over the sandbar. So, we just lifted the motor, put down the trolling motor, and with the help from the waves and the strong winds floated over it.

When we got over the sandbar the wind just took over. We passed two large smallies and so we decided to motor back to the point and throw BOTH anchors into the water. Even with two anchors, the wind blew us past the spot where we saw the fish. I still managed to pick one of them up by fast reeling in a tube. It went 3.4lbs...our biggest fish. Then we went up against the rocks and I got 2 keepers off of them. About an hour later Doug got our 4th keeper. Then the storm really hit.

For 3 hours straight, we kept our backs to the blistering wind and hard rain. Even use the seats to keep up standing up right in the boat. When you threw the bait out with the wind...It went 25-50 yrds...NO PROBLEMO...lol.

Many times we had to readjust our position because of how hard the wind was blowing. It was stronger than the current...which is why we brought 2 anchors....and we could not belive it ourselves.

Finally once the storm broke we decided since the big lakes were rough we would just stay in the river, but took off further up the river. When the sun came out....another boat finally decided to join us. Doug caught his second keeper and our fifth and finale one. We did catch a lot of shorts mind you, but only had 5 good bites. We ended up with...I think...11.27. Winning weight and $4500 was just over 15lbs. We had 43 boats and they paid 8 spots.....We needed to get rid of the 3 15inchers to win. We only needed to get rid of 1 to cash a check...lol.