steverowbotham Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 He all,With a promotion at work and the baby born this year, I haven't had much opportunity to get out and do some tournaments. I've been out fishing when possible, but it's been difficult to coordinate prefish and tournament days. I fished a small 30 man field tournament earlier in the year and placed 3rd. I was happy with that. Yesterday, Imperium Baits hosted an open tournament on Lake Simcoe. It's my favourite lake, and despite the fact that I had no time to pre-fish, I had to do this tourney. There was an itch that needed to be scratched. There was some good sticks that showed up and I had butterflies. I had done so many tournaments in previous years that it became all too routine. I never felt those nervous, anxious feelings anymore. This time was different, and I felt reinvigorated. We headed out to a sand flat with a small weedline that has produced well for us in the past. I was slow rolling a spinnerbait in about 15 feet and put a small keeper in the box on my second cast. Had another fish bump the blades, but no hook up. We decided to move deeper into 35 feet and slow roll swimbaits. I hooked up to a 4 pounder pretty quick and in the box she went. It slowed right down. Over the course of the day we were faced with flat calm water and high sun. Fish were spooky at best, and we had to work very hard for our bites. We only lost one fish all day, and it likely wouldnt have made a difference. Ended up weighing 25.45lbs of smallies for a 2nd place finish, anchored by a 6.20lbs smallie. Winners had a hair over 27lbs. Fun day out, cashed a cheque and scratched the itch! 2 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted September 29, 2014 Super User Posted September 29, 2014 Congrats, and some great looking smallies there! Quote
Super User Felix77 Posted September 29, 2014 Super User Posted September 29, 2014 Congrats! Awesome job Quote
EmersonFish Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Good job. Don't wait too long to get back out there again. You got a 3rd, then a 2nd. You know what that means for next time? 1st place! Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted October 2, 2014 Global Moderator Posted October 2, 2014 Good for you!! Word of caution....It can get addicting. Mike Quote
Super User Lund Explorer Posted October 5, 2014 Super User Posted October 5, 2014 Great Job! To most of the guys I know, Simcoe is a place to go to pound jumbo perch through the ice each winter. Here's to hoping that you aren't now going to get swamped with Yankees during the soft water season too! Quote
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