Hey everyone,
It was good to get back on the water and see a bunch of old and new faces. Like it always does, everything ran smoothly and the tourney was a lot of fun. Got to say congrats to Taylor for that giant he caught crankin and Dan for puttin on a show punchin. I fished a lot of the same water as Dan and got a first hand look at him givin it to those fish with a punchin rod......except the one that won the battle and blew up his rod. Thanks again for a smooth event, look forward to gettin on the water with everyone at the upcoming events.
Nate


My middle river report
Being out of the game for several years, I just wanted to get on the water, catch a few fish, and catch up with the guys. I made up my mind that I would fish the east end of the island before the barrier until the water was flowing over the barrier. I had caught good fish in a certain spot of the island in previous years and my goal was to have 2 keepers in the box before crossing and hittin up the meat wall.

I started flippin a power drop shot along the deep edges of cover. I fished super slow and stayed in one spot for about in hour and a half. I strictly fished a drop off that was right on the deep side of thick cover in super shallow water. I picked up two fish close to two pounds right away ( they both were super fat to start but coughed up a bunch or whole craws and a ton of body parts in the livewell). After fishing the deep side, I began to flip the mat in the same spot. Lost a decent fish, and caught a 3+. I gave up on punchin since all I had were .5 oz weights and nothing to peg my weight with. I picked up one squeaker on the drop shot then headed to the barrier. Around 6pm I picked up another 3+ On the power drop shot on a deeper isolated grass clump. I felt ok about my limit but wanted to cull out the 1lber in the box. I crossed the barrier and first cast I get a 14 incher......culls my 13.5 incher.....great. Bout 5 flips later, catch another one around 3, great cull. Never caught a keeper after that, and didn't get a bite after 715. Ended up with 13.37, good enough for third and never made it up the meat wall.......thanks again B-N-T, for a great time and great event.