As a follow up tournament for the state challenge, KBF held
a set of regionals California was its own region. I was ready and this was, as
an opportunity to extend my 2015 fishing season. The event was hosted by
TournyX. I put in two, five hours days
on the water at Rancho Seco, looking to a few giant bass to see if I can boost
my chances on qualifying for the National championship in 2016 on Kentucky Lake
TN. On my first day I landed three fish.
My fish came on the S waver, and dropshot. My last fish was a little
12.75 and I almost did not photo graph it thinking that I would most surely
will be upgrade that fish that day but no more bites. I finished the day with
42.75.
I waited until the new moon and
it was also a few days after a few nights of frost. I was hopeful the bite
would be good, and on my second cast, I set the hook and I could tell it was a
good fish, I landed the fish shortly and my great day of fishing started, as I
put it on the hawg trough it went 21.25. I continued to work a weed line as I
made my way out to the main body of the lake. I was watching my graph and saw a
nice arch suspended in 12 feet of water I quickly make a toss behind the boat,
and as the boat costed pass the line and rod loaded up and I set the look it
felt like another solid fish, it spun the boat around and pulled drag I began
to back reel the fish until I could get the boat in the correct position. As it came up I grabbed the net and landed my
second fish on my seventh cast and another 20”+ fish this one went 20.5”. Wow! I have never had over 40” for two fish,
could this be the day to get to 60”? I continued fishing the same bait, as I
was working my way out to some offshore structure. I hooked up on a small fish
and as it jumped the hook came out. Not
the size of fish I was hoping for, I position the boat on top of a rise I
casted it deep and let it sink down to about 18’ before I began the retrieve.
With about 10 rotations of the reel, I was setting on another fish. This could
be the one to get me to 60, I was thinking it was fighting much more than the
other two, and it had the advantage he took me into the weeds. I could feel my
line rubbing against them and I could not fell the fish fighting any longer. I used
the rod, reel to get over the fish and as I gave just a little bit of slack hoping
the fish would free its self. Nope no pull back, it must have gotten off and my
hook must have stuck in the weeds. I put my hand on the spool and began lifting
the rod, I expected the line to brake but as the rod bent over, it came free, I
was pulling up a big pile of weeds from the bottom as it came up slow I would
pump the rod and reel down. When the weed were just visible I saw just a little
white from the fish is lower jaw. I kept moving the weeds and fish up to the
edge of the boat and netted the whole mess as I pulled the weed free, I was
almost in shock that the line did not break. I put this fish on the board and
20” on the dot. I got to 60” for the
first time ever and it was in a tournament. I continued fishing, and has three
more fish two 17” and a 15”. I went home an culled all the fish on TourneyX and
posted these three to take the lead in the tournament and eventually win,
clinching a sport in the Kayak Bass Fishing 2016 National Championship.
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