My First Win!
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psuangler91
, Jun 25 2012 09:47 PM
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Posted June 25 2012 - 09:47 PM
This weekend we had a club tournament on the Potomac nothing big only 12 guys but I got my first win and I'm pretty pleased because this was only my 3rd tournament. I caught 3 on frogs in the morning and filled my limit and got a nice cull on senkos later in the day. On the down side I'm sure I could have had at least a fifteen pound bag but I lost a ton of fish. 2 because I pulled the frog away from them, 2 got off the frog after they'd been on for a few seconds but that's the downside of froggin. Then I had one about 2.5 shake my senko, and I lost what probably would have been the biggest fish of my life due to poor equipment selection. I was fishing the senkos in thick weeds on a medium spinning rod with 12 pound mono when I set the hook on a monster. He came toward me for a second then ripped drag back into the weeds and I kept steady pressure but couldn't horse him out a few seconds later my line went dead. I was sick about losing that one. Other than the weight i left in the water it was a good day because I still ended up winning with 10.62 pounds.
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Posted June 25 2012 - 09:53 PM
Congrats on the win
a hook's well lost to catch a Bass.
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Posted June 25 2012 - 10:15 PM
Congrats.
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Posted June 25 2012 - 10:26 PM
Congrats on the win
x2.
Regarding equipment, I caught my PB this past spring on a MH Falcon Original/ STX-L with 40 lb. Sufix Performance braid combo. At one point when the fish had me stuck in the weeds, I thumbed the spool and pulled like I was trying to pull stumps out of the ground. My other rod had 12 mono. Don't think I would have landed the fish with that.
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Posted June 25 2012 - 10:54 PM
right on!
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Posted June 25 2012 - 11:16 PM
Congrats.
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Posted June 25 2012 - 11:25 PM
WTG!! 
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Posted June 26 2012 - 06:03 AM
Nice job!!!!
Out of curiousity where did you do your tourney at? The weekend series and my club went out of Smallwood on saturday.
Out of curiousity where did you do your tourney at? The weekend series and my club went out of Smallwood on saturday.
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Posted June 26 2012 - 07:22 AM
Congrats!
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Posted June 26 2012 - 07:33 AM
Really great job and congrats !!!
Fishing is my idea of a good lip piercing!
I have also found that when it comes to friends, a good friend will come and bail you out of jail, but best friends will be right there beside you saying d**n that was fun !!!
I have also found that when it comes to friends, a good friend will come and bail you out of jail, but best friends will be right there beside you saying d**n that was fun !!!
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Posted June 26 2012 - 08:50 AM
Congrats on the first win.
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Posted June 26 2012 - 08:52 AM
Congrats. May this be the first of many.
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Posted June 26 2012 - 01:01 PM
Nice job!!!!
Out of curiousity where did you do your tourney at? The weekend series and my club went out of Smallwood on saturday.
We launched from smallwood too about 5:30 and reported back at 2:00. I caught my frog fish in that cove across from the launch my boater called "marsh island" and the rest at the mouth of Aquia.
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Posted June 26 2012 - 02:48 PM
Nice work, our club got pushed to launch at 8am, fished until 4
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