Water temp: dunno maybe aroubnd 62
Water Clarity: Stained(2ft-3ft visibility)
Weather: Cold Morning, Clear Blue Skies, WARM!!

The turn out was great. 40 tubers! There were some dudes that even showed up from as far south as Paso Robles!(Thanks for bringing the livewell Bryan) I was hoping we’d end up last but unfortunately it didn’t happen. Jerbs got second with the big fish and I placed 4th. Best part about it is, Jerbs got second to a 20 pound bag with one fish weighing 13.54 pounds! Total payout for him was $540.00! Congrats Jerbs on your first tourney. Way to rep the Crew.

It was a long 8 hours on the water and the fishing was tough. Every one I talked to said they were having a slow day. It looked as if everyone was drop shotting, trying to get some fish in the bags. I didn’t get bit until the last 2 hours of the tourney. I was stressing real hard that I was going to show up empty handed. Mario Mas would have been there with us too, he lost a monster on a Huddie that came unbuttoned after it was on the hook for only a few seconds. I think that was his only bite all day. Same for me too, one bite, 8.8lbs. It was followed up by another fish on the next cast that was probably a 6 or 7 pounder that came unbuttoned right at the pontoon. That fish would have put me in second! Guess it’d be a good idea to put trap hooks on swimbaits while fishing in a tourney.

Denise form Coyote Bait and Tackle did sponsor the event which was cool and she did also provide a very generous raffle at the end of the event. I came away with some sweet 3:16 frogs and Jerbs got a BBZ floater. Mario Mas scored some Bassaholics gear which will soon be replaced by some BassTurd gear which I am currently working on now.

So check the Results here(they spelled my name wrong) and feel free to stop by the Bass-n-Tubes website to check for future Opens.

Now go buy some tackle!