So how was the fishing?How many guys?Who did what and what were the weights?And what was the lure or lures of the day?Wish I coulda been there but the old man was here from Florida.Bill

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Top 3 for the day were:

Steve Wilson - 5 fish 12.33 lbs.
Todd Iwamoto - 5 fish 10.26 lbs.
Jeff Andress - 4 fish 9.24 lbs.

Big Fish - Rich Caro - 5.30 lbs.

You can ask Jeff and Kevin about their stories since there was a good chance they should have hit the top two with limits each but I'll let them tell their story ;-)

We had a record low turnout for the past three years with only 14 people showing up. It was also a day for dinkville with several guys catching 20-40 undersized fish (4" to 12 3/4") including myself. The bigger girls were a little on the elusive side although I did witness Travis losing one that was probably over 5lbs.

Oh, fish were caught on virtually everything. I know I caught them on senkos, baby brushhogs, brushhogs, ikas, crankbaits and other lures and know people also caught fish on spinnerbaits and buzzbaits.

Here are the pics:

Steve:
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3d6a78b670643244.jpg

Todd:
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3d6a78d070d4ae2a.jpg

Jeff:
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3d6a78ed74b80204.jpg

Rich:
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3d6a7910006b82e2.jpg

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Dang I donated 2 bucks for the side bet. Check your mail it should be there today.

Good job Steve, Jeff, Todd and Rich....damn K Dog I was pull'n for ya

Don't tell me K-dog helped Jeff with the livewell again (like at the Open in 2001). Sorry, K-dog (hee hee). Psyched you out at the last meeting when I told you I was going to gain points on you, even though I wasn't fishing, didn't I? That's the benefit of age, son - we like to trick you youngstahs.

Good job guys.Rich,did ya get your big one flipping the junebug brushhog?

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WEll, i started off int he morning by kicking across the lower blue lake, and started heading east, just basically stopping and flipping holes that have been productive for myself in the past. i was flipping Motoroil senkos, just cus thats the only color i had on me. i didnt prefish or prepare for this tournament, what i had left in my boat is what i had at the last tournament. So just flipped the senkos selectively heading east and first fish, slammed it, was about a 3 pounder, a little further, flipped up in about 2 feet of water, got hit again another 2.5 pounder, a little ways further flipped a submerged tree, pulled a 2#er out of there, and eventually by 745am i had caught 5 decent fish, in the 15 pound total range, one was about 4.5 pounds. then i got to the end near the tules, kicked over there, kicked around deren Kozenko who was flipping every pocket in the tules, and was talking to him, and my second flip pulled out a little dink, then three flips later pulled out a 3 pounder, went to cull it and pulled my basket up and no fish! there was a hole in the bottom about 6 inches long! i couldnt beleive i had no fish. so with my legs holding onto my fish, i cut off some line of a rod i wasnt using, and tied my bag back up. then proceded to fish again, not so happy about the situation. so kicked back across to where i had fished a little earlier, and caught a crappie, as i was holding the crappie up to show someone, my rod started pulling into the water, i threw the crappie and grabbed my rod, set the hook, and there was a 2.5 pounder. fished a little further and caught another one about 2 pounds a little later, and one more 1.5 pounder or so by 10 am, after that, i couldnt catch another keeper, but caught about 20+ fish all day, 9 keepers. luckily ended up in 3rd places, had a great time, love fishing blue lakes, minus holes in the livewells! thanks everyone who showed up for a fun tournament, Congrats to Steve Wilson, Todd, and Mike bogges, all who finished in the top.

Jeff

No, it was on a red with red flake brush hog. I fished the upper clearer lake due to Mr Kevins very large fish he caught last year. I went there only to through a swim bait until the sun came up. It was a disaster due to rat nests. The worst I have ever had. I had to totally cut out a full spool of 25lb maxima big game on my big swim bait rod and respool it. Then after about 12 casts with a freshly spooled 12 lb cranking rod, I got another major backlash. Of cource I triied like hell to undo them without cutting any line and I waisted alot of safe light casting time. When the sun finally came up I realised how Gin clear that water was. While paddling back in I managed to hook a keeper on a blade only to lose it at my tube. Oh well, I was on the water at the mudd lake by around 9:00.
I through every thing and I caught a dink or two and was peppered by them while worming. Then at around 1:30 I flipped into a tree that was probably hammered and as luck would have it, SLAMMMO WAMMO, 5+ pounds of fish was triing to eat my bait. After that, nothing, not even a nibble. I had a blast and was able to get back into the swing of things. There where only 14 of us which was kinda nice. We where spread out and not ontop of each other like we usually are. I missed having you up there, hope to see you at Sprung Leak.

P.S. Todd, I found the original sponcer sheets for the Make A Wish tourney. If any one needs some please contact Rich Caro.

Rich

as a matter of fact andy i actually gained one point on ya, so nananananana you S.O.B. 3 tourneys left youll see the wrath of Thr marcheschi dynasty

KMVP

Nice try, Homewood, but don't even TRY to outfox the Grey Fox. Going in, you were 5 back & now you're 6. Now, I ain't no math whiz, but that's not what I call gaining ground.

Heck, I may sit out Spring Lake just to gain even more points on you.

By the way, what was Todd referring to? What the heck was going on out there?

Well, anywho - heh, heh - nice try, kid. Give it a few more years & you'll be a wily veteran like me, playing mind games on the youngstahs & psyching them out.

You crack me up Andy. Its been a long time since we have had the chance to fish together I am looking forward to the Invite big time :)

BTW: Isnt the Red Fox the shiftier of the 2 I allways heard the Grey fox was a not as smart or fast....just something I had to mention. Dont be beat'n up the young'ns to bad.

Right on! The Invitational should be fun.

Come to think of it, you're right about the grey v. red fox. Of course, I'm not as smart or fast as most of these guys, especially K-dog - just wilier.

wilier? More like a coyote? Doesnt the "faster" roadrunner out fox the coyote, but now who can out fox the fox? lol

I'll just stick to being the samurai and slice all of you! LOL

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just remember who I am everyone should be kind to the Lake or the Lake wont be kind to them come invite day :)

actually andy, i met up with jeff earl in the am near the tule end, and jeff had lost 4 fish of his limit or 5 cant remember, and i had 3 fish, 1 that was 2.5, and the other two were easy 4 and quarter, then i landed one not to long after that. and that was 4, i seen todd and bogges a few minutes later, and told them i had a limit, i was one away so technically i lied, but knew i would catch one by the end of the day. i was hangin out with jeff for a while then he asked me to go get soem drinks so i took his truck down to the store and came back, like hmm i dont know 20 minutes later, and got down to my boat, i wa slook at my basket and noticed it looked not very full. i looked inside to find 1 2.5er, i was like what teh #####, adn i checked teh basket, and found 2 small holes, thinking there was no way for thso ebigger fish to get out, and was thinkin someone jacked my fish, i was pretty unhappy but i was like whatevr, and talekd to jeff for a bit,not knowing how they got out. so i had one fish, and the started throwin a trap til the end of the tournament. hooked up with 4 fish on it, landed 2 of them, so now i have 3, feeling a little bit better, i head to weighin and staretd to get my fish out, and noticed i had only one fish again, and it was halfway stuck in the hole, so
that how they got out i guess, so i figured i would have had around
14.5 pounds so anyway thats alway my story, how somethign goes wrong and i lose fish but hey, im begging to not care anymore lol. it all started back in the first open me and jeff fished at teh keys.

so hopefully it will be better form now on

KMVP

That's a bummer. Sam R. I. got lucky again, but he won't be so lucky at Spring Lake & Clear Lake when we all hammer him with heavy jungle karma.

Actually, something similar happened to me when I fished Blue Lakes in '99 with Jay as my partner. I got a hole in my basket & ended up with 2 fish instead of 5. They were small fish & we wouldn't have finished in the $, but it was still a downer.

Well, it could have been worse. You could have stuck two treble barbs in one hand like I did at Blue Lakes back in 2000.

Let me know if you & Jeffrey want to join me @ the Gravel Pits this weekend.

Reading 2 guys had livewell issues sounds like someone needs to build a extra strong livewell for you guys.

Sounds like someone from PETA was running around with wire-cutters...

the godfather

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- jeff

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Hey Todd, I just looked at the scoreboard for Blue Lakes, and noticed I got hit with a penalty. Uh, I don't quite understand what it's for, unless it was for losing big fish in front of witnesses. Where is the penalty coming from? My fish was legal, and quite alive. Just looking to rectify what I believe to be a mistake. It is not that it will make a huge difference, but it should be correct at least.

Travis

Travis,

Hey, sorry about the penalty but it was due to you being late. I wish I didn't have to assess it (since you ended up helping that guy) but that's the reason. We assessed three people penalties for being late and two more for dead fish (no guys it wasn't our more famous person).

E-mail me if you have anything else: tiwamoto@ups.com

Todd

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OK, I can see that. I was thinking it was for dead fish or something. I didn't even think about it being for tardiness since I was at the blast off. Thanks for clarifying dude.