First Tournament

[fishfearme]

I just want to see how everyones very first tournament was for them. Mine, we caught our limit and finished probly about 30th out of 90 boats

[jrhennecke]

Congratulations.  Mine first one isn't until the 16th.

[fishfearme]

I'm talking about your first tournament of your life not the year

[FD.]

Mine was a year ago....3 large mudfish and a wealth of experience.  Finished tied for last out of 80 boats....Last month we finished 11 out of 76...we are headed in the right direction..

[CJ]

30th out of 90! That's a great start!

We had this topic going on another thread just a few days ago. You should check it out.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1204054983/0

[GobbleDog]

My first tournament ever was about 9 years ago in a weekly tournament with only about 15 boats.  I have no idea, but I'd guess we got skunked.

[David P]

My first tournament was a club tournament with only about 10 boats. I won big fish of the tournament 7lbs2oz ;D

[Infidel.]

I won big fish of the tournament

Nice!

My partner and I ended up 62nd out of 86 teams.  

[sodaksker]

my first team tourney we were tied for last out of about 30 boats.  My first individual tourney I was dead last out of 16 boats.  I did weigh 1 fish though (moral victory for me).

[mynameis....andimabassaholic]

my first tournament with a buddy finished 2nd in a club open tournament, about 30 boats

[stoobie]

My first tourney was about 5 years ago and about 3 weeks after I bought my first boat. We finished 6th out of about 25 boats at a weekly open. I haven't fished a tourney in about 2 years, and was becoming a threat every outing. My son was born and the ex put an end to the tourney fishing. Now my new job keeps me from the tournies(note to self- find new job ;D).

[ba7ss3in]

Mine was a club tourney and came in 4th or 5th out of 14 to 16 boats.

[alger319]

my first touney i finish 11th out of 75. it was a dreadful lake but pulled a 6lb kicker.

[Mottfia]

I remember my first tournament like it was yesterday. I was 14 and My dad and I were fishing out of Swift Creek ( in the Pratteville, Al area). There were 27 boats and we were teh last to blast off. We caught fish all day . My dad whipped my tail the whole day. He had caught a 14 pound stringer nearly by himself. 1 pm came around a my dad missed a good one on a tree that held a 2 pounder earlier that day. While he was doing that I had gotten tired of getting beaten by my old man and sat down for a snack. He makes a few more casts before I started talking some trash about how it takes a real man to catch that fish. He just grins at me and tells me to see if I'm man enough for it. I threw my spinnerbait in the perfect spot (which to this day I swear was luck) and some how got that fish's attention and caught her. She ended up being the big fish of the tournament and we finished First with 17lbs 4oz. I've been hooked ever since.  

[CJ]

Mottfia, sounds like it was a great day!

[dumb_dog11]

Mottfia, sounds like it was a great day!

no kidding

my partner and i finished ninthout of fourteen, it was just a few weeks ago in Feb and it was a tough bite but we each got one on the dropshot for a total of 3.03 lbs. i still had a great time and i learned a bunch

dd11

[tkite16]

My first tournamet was a work tournament in 91 or 92 .  We fished all night.Me and partner weighed 5 fish and I caught all of them . WE won the tournament  and i won big bass with a 3lber.

WE thought we were ready for the pros.  We joined a club and fished 3  tournaments and didnt catch a fish in any of them.  That was the end of our tournament fishing.

Using this year to learn lakes around here better and plan to join a club next year.

[Korea_Bassin]

I have two "first" stories if that is possible.

My absolute first tournament here in Korea, I fished in the "amateur" category which NOW I know means that you fish from the bank.  Well, then I didn't know that!  I thought..."Wow..I'm a lock in...I'm the only amateur with a boat (inflatable though it was).  Well, several hours later with iced over eylets and zero fish, I learn that out of somewhere around 200 fisher-people, there were a total of around 15 fish caught...none by me.  Then I discover that even had I caught a five fish limit, I was illegal, because I fished from a boat.  Now I know...never just show up for a tourney.

My other story comes from my first pro-am tournament.  Here in Korea, pro-am tournaments are fished as a team...so the pro does care about the amateur he draws.  Well, it being my first tournament, I'm feeling pretty good about myself.  I had all the right equipment etc.  I LOOKED like a fisherman.  Then I broke off the fish that would have put us in the top five (we finished 7th) (top five = prize money...anything else=fun)  That's the only Korean I've ever fished with who didn't invite me to fish again later.

[Tin]

The first tourney I finished 2nd out of 11 boats. Lost by .22  >

[LAbail]

My first tournament was just short of a year ago... It was team i was with my dad. We were fishing lake Veret in LA which since Hurricane Katrina hasn't been to good. Anyway out of 15 boats we finished 2nd and had Big fish award. we caught the 5lb big fish in the first 15 minutes of that day  ;D that was a good way to kick off my first tournament

[NE_fishr]

My first tourny was last fathers day, we only caught 1 fish and had to leave 2 hours before weigh-in cuz my father inlaw hooked his hand trying to take the fish off and i had to bring him to the E.R.

[fishizzle]

I finished forth last year in my first tourney in my club out of 13 boats

As it turns out, I score best in the second half: it takes me 4 hrs. to warm up

The end of my rookie year, I finished 2nd in points.

I only got 3rd twice and the rest were forths and fifths.

I got my limit almost every time throwing senkos.

[Bassnbrett101]

I think in my first tournament i didnt catch any at lake erie... but my 2nd tourny i won! lol I was 15 at the time.  I'm glad to say this past year i never zeroed for a tournament

[pointer]

I hope i have the same luck.  I'm hitting up my first one ever the first week in Apr.  I know the lake pretty well and want to have a fun/learning experience, but my competitive streak is already kicking in.  Will have to see what happens.