As reported in Rob LaMoy's head, or what's left of it!
Headline: Local angler nearly chokes to death on oversized chunk of crow!
The 7/12 Champlain BFL was both a tourney to remember and forget!
Tho his experience on Lake Champlain in rough water helped Rob LaMoy be one of the fortunate ones that brought his boat back in one piece, his limit did not. In fact for the first time in nearly a decade, the local angler was skunked while his co-angler boated 2 fish. That's right ladies and gents, Lake Champlain in all her splendor made the Miracle Mile look like a puddle run while she tossed around 21 foot bass boats like rag dolls. This tourney saw many co-anglers outfishing their pros while the pros did all they could to control the boats.
O.K., enough of myself in the 3rd person! LOL
That's right, I got shut out on my own water. I was on a topwater bite that disappeared under the 6 foot whitecaps. I spent half of my time running. Normally takes me 5-6 minutes to run to where I was fishing. In that water it took me about 45 minutes. One guy with a Procraft sank his boat at the ramp having nearly snapped his boat in two taking from the seats back off. Once he came off plane the crack opened up and the boat sank right at the ramp in 8 feet of water. Another guy took his windshield off and it hit his co-angler in the face, not pretty. Another guy in a Ranger took the whole rub rail off and a bunch of his gel coat. Poor Mark Kurtzner blew his new efi. Somewhere in the bottom of the inlet of Maquam bay is a 200 efi cowling. So yeah, everyone is good for one bad tourney and this one was mine. Only took 16 lbs to win it. I was so upset with myself I went back out yesterday to prove it was a fluke. It WAS. I boated some nice 4 lbers! Dang it. I didn't execute well on Saturday. Broke off 3 nice fish. Those were the only 3 quality bites I had all day. Did catch 2 non keepers and that's it in a nutshell. I must have took on over 500 gallons of water throughout the day, bilge worked overtime all day. So I WILL be doing better in the LCI and Everstart tourneys coming up.
So go ahead, those of you who have NEVER had a bad tourney, let me have it. That ought to narrow it down to those who haven't fished tourneys! LOL
Headline: Local angler nearly chokes to death on oversized chunk of crow!
The 7/12 Champlain BFL was both a tourney to remember and forget!
Tho his experience on Lake Champlain in rough water helped Rob LaMoy be one of the fortunate ones that brought his boat back in one piece, his limit did not. In fact for the first time in nearly a decade, the local angler was skunked while his co-angler boated 2 fish. That's right ladies and gents, Lake Champlain in all her splendor made the Miracle Mile look like a puddle run while she tossed around 21 foot bass boats like rag dolls. This tourney saw many co-anglers outfishing their pros while the pros did all they could to control the boats.
O.K., enough of myself in the 3rd person! LOL
That's right, I got shut out on my own water. I was on a topwater bite that disappeared under the 6 foot whitecaps. I spent half of my time running. Normally takes me 5-6 minutes to run to where I was fishing. In that water it took me about 45 minutes. One guy with a Procraft sank his boat at the ramp having nearly snapped his boat in two taking from the seats back off. Once he came off plane the crack opened up and the boat sank right at the ramp in 8 feet of water. Another guy took his windshield off and it hit his co-angler in the face, not pretty. Another guy in a Ranger took the whole rub rail off and a bunch of his gel coat. Poor Mark Kurtzner blew his new efi. Somewhere in the bottom of the inlet of Maquam bay is a 200 efi cowling. So yeah, everyone is good for one bad tourney and this one was mine. Only took 16 lbs to win it. I was so upset with myself I went back out yesterday to prove it was a fluke. It WAS. I boated some nice 4 lbers! Dang it. I didn't execute well on Saturday. Broke off 3 nice fish. Those were the only 3 quality bites I had all day. Did catch 2 non keepers and that's it in a nutshell. I must have took on over 500 gallons of water throughout the day, bilge worked overtime all day. So I WILL be doing better in the LCI and Everstart tourneys coming up.
So go ahead, those of you who have NEVER had a bad tourney, let me have it. That ought to narrow it down to those who haven't fished tourneys! LOL
