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[bocabasser]

fished my club tourny yesterday out of clewiston and went north. fished cochrans and caught a dozen 11 inchers. went to the monkey box and caught first keeper at 3:30. a bunch of dinks for the next hour. we split, took the seven mile ditch and it was blown shut. turned around and went to sportsman channel, made it to the rim ditch, head south only to find a barrier just north of moore haven saying no boats. turned around and ran the lake back. got pounded, soaked, broken wishbone part of the lift assist on my partners trolling motor. made it to cochrans at 6. it started bucketing rain until 6:20. as soon as the rain came, so did the bite. instantly put 5 two pounders in the boat. i was throwing a trap and my partner was throwin the dipper. picked up my spro frog and caught a 6.13. after putting that fish in the well, my partner caught a  fat 3 pounder. caught at least 50 fish from 6:20 to seven. left at seven and made it to clewiston at 7:25.  weighed in 15.79. came in second with big fish. first place was 21 and change.

[gar-tracker]

Not a bad sack at all.

[South FLA]

Awesome, tell me about getting pounded on the Lake when the wind blows its no fun!  Spro always does it  ;D!

[GLADES]

Was the trolling motor strapped down? Velcro straps. That will help greatly in the chop. My outboard mechanic told me of an incident he had while pounding the waves at Istopoga. His trolling motor deployed at 30 mph. Ripped the motor right of the front of his hull. I put them on and they do help a lot in the chop. Sorry to hijack the thread, but I though it was worth mentioning.

Congrats on 2nd place and big fish Bruce.

[never enough]

Man ill tell you what...that bruce guy is something elsle... it aint even fair...he belongs over there "strokem" on the elite series... and they way he sips on those strawberry daiquiries afterwards...its just amazing...   mayb its because he owns a ranger

[bocabasser]

Man ill tell you what...that bruce guy is something elsle... it aint even fair...he belongs over there "strokem" on the elite series... and they way he sips on those strawberry daiquiries afterwards...its just amazing... mayb its because he owns a ranger

now that's funny kenny.

[never enough]

thought u would like that...ck ur pm bruce

[salmicropterus]

Good job of making lemonade out of lemons. Can you explain the 7 mile ditch being "blown shut" Debris? Wonder why the channel was shut near Moorehaven? Anyone know?  Good thing you had lots of fuel . I can confirm the help of the strap down on the TM.

[bocabasser]

we did have the tm strapped. after the lift assist part broke, we used rope to secure it as we ran. that lake can get nasty in a second.

the seven mile ditch was blocked by a 30 yard wide floating island. we thought about blasting through it, but it was too thick.

in the rim ditch about 2 miles south of the sportsman channel, there was barricade across the entire ditch. don't know why, but it sucked turning around and running the lake.

[Fishing Cowgirl]

"Good job of making lemonade out of lemons. "

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