Super User slonezp Posted March 10, 2012 Super User Posted March 10, 2012 First, Let me thank Brandon (zip pow) for all his help. He couldn't have been a nicer more helpful guy. Even though we wern't able to get on the big ones due to extenuating circumstances, he pointed me in the right direction. What I learned: -If the wind is blowing out of the north at 30mph, don't worry, tomorrow it will be blowing out of the south at 40mph. Don't worry about that, because the next day it will be blowing out of the north again at 30mph, and the following day...you guessed it...out of the south at 30mph. -If 50 degrees is too cold for you, don't worry, tomorrow it will be 70. If 70 is too warm for you, don't worry, the next day it will be 40. If 40 is too cold for you, don't worry, the next day will be 50, then 70, then 30...and so on. -If you don't have a good navigational map, get one. The river can go from 30ft to 6" in seconds. -When you install your trolling motor batteries, make sure the connectors are free of corrosion...or the motor won't work, and then you have to leave your son in the boat at the dock and drive to Wal mart to get a meter, sand paper and crimp connectors, from a check out girl with a name tattooed on her neck that doesn't match her name tag... Maybe she's incognito. -The hand controller for an iPilot only lasts 3 years and then when the buttons push thru, and no one has a controller within 150 miles, you need to get one overnighted.(Thanks Dawson Boat) -The lake has huge bass -The lake has huge catfish -When someone says "crappy" and "fishing" in the same sentence, they are referring to "crappie" -"Crappy" or "crappie" fishermen as they are called, don't care much for bass fishermen -Transducers and stumps don't mix. -Western Sizzilin has a great buffet. -Fishing 10 hours a day, for 6 days in a row, is not as fun as it may seem. -Fishing crankbaits for 10 hours a day, 6 days in a row, makes it even less enjoyable. What I will never understand: -The things that go on at 4:30am at truck stops in Murphysboro TN. -Why people(non fishermen) walk around the hotel in their drawers like it's Sunday morning in their living room -Why locals honk their horns at the fishermen, while they are driving over the creek brigdes.(at one point in time we were serenaded with the car horn version of "Jingle Bells") -30 or so boats fishing either side of the creek bridges with Alabama Rigs for 8-10 hours straight. If you're going to do that, stop fishing for bass and enter walleye tournaments. Long story short. Fished my clubs TOC. Had crappy(not crappie)conditions and a # of trolling motor problems. During prefish, I hooked into a 50lb +/- catfish. Lots of cookie cutter bass. Wasn't able to fish the main river due to weather conditions in my little boat on day one, Weighed in a limit, 14 and change on day one. Day 2 Fished the main river, broke the transducer off at 8:00am, and couldn't fish the river any more without electronics. Weighed in 1 fish and ended up in the top 60% out of 194 boats. Day one winning bag was 35.9lbs. Fish were caught on the river and these guys were back at the ramp at 10:30am after culling 27lbs. WOW!(I will post pics when they are posted) Didn't take many pics because all bass were between 2.5-4.5lbs. Here's a few EDIT Here's what a 35.9 bag looks like 1 Quote
Super User Long Mike Posted March 11, 2012 Super User Posted March 11, 2012 Great post! LMAO! 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted March 11, 2012 Author Super User Posted March 11, 2012 How many of the top guys threw "the rig"? Guys were catching fish on "the rig" but at the weigh-in most said traps and jigs. We got ours on chrome and black traps, crawfish traps, jigs, jerkbaits, and Northstar swimjigs with paddletail trailers. I only saw smaller fish caught on "the rig" The lake fished small because of the weather. 200 boats from our club and a B.A.S.S. college tourney going on at the same time along with the high winds had the protected areas packed. Also what happened to us, is once we harvested the bass, our spots never replenished themselves. I have alot to learn about fishing a resivoir like Guntersville. Maybe next year... Quote
bama_bassin Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 That's sounds like quite the trip. I am heading up to the G this weekend. Hope to catch a bag like that one! Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 19, 2012 Super User Posted March 19, 2012 Really looking forward to getting down to getting down to Guntersville next month. I hope some of our guys have 36 lb days! Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted March 19, 2012 Super User Posted March 19, 2012 Sounds like you had a real week of learning. Sorry about the weather & mechnical issues. Your due for a really good trip next time! Quote
scrutch Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Great info. Thanks for this post. If fishing doesn't work out, you could always write! You definitely have a "Barone" style! . Funny stuff! Quote
Sfritr Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Great Post!! Hilarious..... BTW, that picture of the two guys holding a bunch a pigs made me feel funny... Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.