First tournament, swing and a miss

[NHBull]

First tournament today.

Water temp high was 44 and it was a long 8 hours.

Only caught lake trout on blades at 45 feet.

The only thing that made us feel better was that 6 out of 29 teams were also shut out.

 

Oh well, there is always next month

[Catt]

So what did the top 10 teams do as far as techniques?

[riverbasser]

Same thing happened to me my first tourney. It was just another day of fishing, shake it off and go again. 

 

In tourney fishing somebody always catches em. Sometimes your the guy and sometimes your not.

[ohboyitsrobby]

Part of it. Keep your head up. Yesterday we weighed in 15.86 lost a 4+ and a 5+. Had to weigh in a 2 and a 2.5. 19.82 won. What was at stake?? A 2018 ranger z518 with an evinrude 150.?? had to settle for 7th and a $1500 check. Could've been worse but we know and it stings a little.

[Catt]

10 hours ago, NHBull said:

The only thing that made us feel better was that 6 out of 29 teams were also shut out

 

That also means 23 teams weighed bass!

 

I would look at the top 10 teams, find out where, when, & on what!

 

Were y'all totally off with your assessment of conditions!

 

Was it a timing thing?

Was it a location thing?

 

Ya got first hand knowledge of what worked...use it!

[NHBull]

20 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

That also means 23 teams weighed bass!

 

I would look at the top 10 teams, find out where, when, & on what!

 

Were y'all totally off with your assessment of conditions!

 

Was it a timing thing?

Was it a location thing?

 

Ya got first hand knowledge of what worked...use it!

Having beers today with 2 teams to have the that very discussion.  Other teams also had the same issue marking trout in traditional bass areas

[Catt]

28 minutes ago, NHBull said:

Having beers today with 2 teams to have the that very discussion.  Other teams also had the same issue marking trout in traditional bass areas

 

One of the great things about tournaments... sharing information!

[SDoolittle]

You got to lose to know how to win. ~ Aerosmith

[All about da bass]

Everybody has one of those days. My first tournament, we won it by a landslide(luck). The next tournament, we were boat forty outta 125. Winning that first tournament ruined my mind set on them and gave me to much confidence in winning. That's just me though. We didn't do great the rest of that year. This year we started off strong and we are hopefully gonna end the year strong at the championship. Good luck on your tournaments.

[scaleface]

I like the tourneys where  I stunk  but come to find out the winning team was doing the same thing I was .?