It was the clash of the Titans!! Bill in VA fishing his home turf against Carlos. Lots of trash talking had taken place prior to actually hitting the water. Bill was primed and ready to go - not willing to wait at the house, he was already idling his rig on the corner when we pulled in. Straight to the water and onto the launch. From the outset, it looked like Bill was going to be the easy winner. He had boated two along Dike 2 to Carlos' 1. Further on down into the first cooling lagoon he had a couple more - including this monster:
Bill got up to six (several decent size as well!) with Carlos not having had a bite since Dike 2. Then as the sun warmed up, and the temps rose, Carlos started pulling up. Switching tactics from shoreline and riprap, Carlos started fishing docks. Pitching his lures deep under the docks, Carlos started creeping up. First two, then two more. Not to be outdone, Bill got two more. Towards the end of the afternoon, Carlos switched tactics again to drop-shotting. A few hits more and Carlos edged just past Bill with a total of nine bass. Final score 9 to 8.
Mercifully, I was not participating in the contest. Although I had a few solid hits, I learned the hard way that buying bargain bin monofilament line at Walmart is a bad idea no matter how attractive the price!!
Thanks again to Bill and Carlos for a fun day nevertheless.
JC
Bill got up to six (several decent size as well!) with Carlos not having had a bite since Dike 2. Then as the sun warmed up, and the temps rose, Carlos started pulling up. Switching tactics from shoreline and riprap, Carlos started fishing docks. Pitching his lures deep under the docks, Carlos started creeping up. First two, then two more. Not to be outdone, Bill got two more. Towards the end of the afternoon, Carlos switched tactics again to drop-shotting. A few hits more and Carlos edged just past Bill with a total of nine bass. Final score 9 to 8.
Mercifully, I was not participating in the contest. Although I had a few solid hits, I learned the hard way that buying bargain bin monofilament line at Walmart is a bad idea no matter how attractive the price!!
Thanks again to Bill and Carlos for a fun day nevertheless.
JC