Let's Talk Fantasy Lineup For The Chesapeake Bay

[danno054]

So the weights are a little higher but check this out vs. the Delaware River. 

Last year day 1 at the Delaware River

6 guys caught 0

20 guys caught 1 

This year day 1 at Chesapeake Bay

10 guys caught 0

16 guys caught 1 

[Senko lover]

Well, dropped back to 96% today.....Things went a little too close for my comfort. Boom Boom and Cliff Prince are out, and get this: Jacob Powroznik and Bill Lowen made 50th and 51st places, respectively. WHEW! Three of my guys fishing tomorrow. Bill Lowen is in 6th place, he made up some good ground. Hoping he'll get in the top twelve. 

[Montanaro]

This is a very difficult tournament for many fishermen. If you are on fish you can lose em. If you never found them you can find them and if you can't find them you'll never find them.

Fickle chesapeake.

[Senko lover]

Well, I was mistaken. DUH, if an angler gets 51st, he doesn't fish the top 50 cut. So Ken, Cliff, and Freddy were out for today. Regardless, JPow and particularly Bill Lowen killed it for me today, good for a slight bump in standing from 96.3% to 96.9%. Lowen is fishing tomorrow in 2nd place! Been two (?) tournaments I think since one of mine got into the top twelve. 

[Jrob78]

I didn't have a great tournament but none of my guys finished below 69th, which actually raised my standings.  I'm ranked in the high 300's, hopefully I will finish the season well.

[Turkey sandwich]

d**n! This is crazy. I was thinking that if conditions got tough, he odds of seeing guys run the river for smallmouth would be higher for the sake of just grabbing numbers. I was not predicting Ike getting skunked on a familiar tidal river/bay.

[Jrob78]

Man, Bassmaster Live on day 4 is greatness.  

[Turkey sandwich]

I would not have picked Aaron Martens to put up a day like today on the Chesapeake. Man, that dude can pick water apart anywhere.

[Montanaro]

Amart and e^2 both doubled this year...ridiculous.

[Senko lover]

Ended up gaining two valuable points, from 94% to 96%. Not a phenomenal tournament, but I had a guy in the top twelve. Bill Lowen made an impressive charge! I'll take the improvement, and hope I can finish the season well at the St. Clair!

[Jrob78]

I felt bad for Lowen today.  He smashed them but Martens is just fishing out of his mind right now.  This was about as dominating a victory as you will see.

[Logan S]

I was surprised that the Middle River was the winning location, many other local guys are too...I've heard it's making a comeback, but the past several years its basically been written off.  I was right on with my prediction of one 20+ day with the rest being 15-18 for the winner ...To bad I don't get anything for that!

 

They mentioned that the Elites were coming back to MD next year and not the Bay again, which could only mean the Potomac.  Now it makes more sense that we saw a lot of Elite pros fishing the Potomac in the time between the last tournament and this one (still not 'official' but there are no other places in MD that could host a pro event).  Hopefully the river rebounds a little next year because this year has been tough!  The past several years have been a downswing, but this year is the worst I've seen since I started fishing it regularly in 2001.  Either way, I'll be out there watching them!