5/9/09 - Long Pond - Harwich, MA - Avid Anglers Tourney
Had a club Tourney today, and weather was stange to say the least. Probably close to 60 degrees most of the day. Launched at 7am starting with rain and winds 10-15mph for about 3 hours, and off and on the rest of the tourney, with the sun peaking out about 2pm. Decent amount of beds as the spawn is getting going. First cast my partner lands a 2lb Smallie, then nothing for 5 hours...I worked my ass off and through everything, dropshots, senkos, spinnerbait, jigs, shakeyhead, multiple crankbaits, tubes, wacky rig worm, yum craw...and nothing. After 5 Hours of no bites at all, I tried my panic lure...a rooster tail...My partner ended the day with 3 smallies all on tubes, totaling over 6lbs with his lunker being 2 1/2lbs...I ended the day with 4 smallies all on the f-ing rooster tail, 12in, 12.25in, 12.5in, and my lunker being 15in 1-3/4lbs, and total weight being 4.76lbs. I finished 11th Place out of 22. I left feeling happy too catch 4 fish, but dumbfounded I couldnt get a bite on everything Ive been practicing. ***For the privacy of the other anglers spots, Im only going to post my catches at the launch ramp.***