that was a fun weekend, especially fishing with john, dan and chris saturday then camping out. i found some fish on saturday and my best five went 10 lbs and that was with a small fish. john saved the day making a nice 3.5 lb tri tip, and not only can he yo-yo good, but he can fire up a piece of meat just as good.

my tournament day started off with everything going wrong, i was runnin all over the place figuring out how to get to spanish flat and get all my gear together and all that fun stuff at 5 in the morning. i got a ride to spanish flat with todd and planned on rowing back to cappell. Right at first light i hit my first point and on my 3rd cast i cranked a 1 1/2 largemouth and thought i was in for a good day. wrong, the next 6 hours i hit everyone of the spots i found in prefish and about 5 more, only to put a small largemouth and 2 smallies that may not have even squeeked. I knew i had to figure out something, so i decided i was going to fish that first point then work my way down the bank inbetween spanish flat and cappell flippin and draggin a yabbie. my first cast onto the point i caught my first fish at i got another 1 3/4 largemouth, that felt good to make a good decision. i flipped every bush, and dragged that yabby across every point to cappell only to get one smallie about 1.5 lbs and miss 2 others. right when i got into cappell i started dropshotting a point then came all the way out and bumped into another point. it had a good drop on one side and at where the 2 points met i marked a fish on my fishin buddy and without thinking about actually catchin it i dragged my dropshot over it and tap tap, 2 lb smally. next hit a rock bluff that dropped right off into 20 ft. of water, lost a fish on the way up, then caught a 2 lb spot. ok now all my dinks are gone, fished hard the rest of the tournament and about 3:25 i decided to flip 2 piles of wood and a pine tree right across from the launch. on my last flip of the tournament, i pulled a 1.5 lb spot straight up 10 ft. out of the pine tree. ended up 6th with 8 1/2 lbs. i was relieved just to end up with what i did after the way the day started. congrats to all the guys fishin it and to joe for comin all the way to berryessa and winning it. and thanks dan for taking me up!