Ok here's the full uncut story.
Day 1
I hadr a hard time convincing my non-boater to fish my spot because he had qualified to make the STATE TEAM last time we had our fish offs here. I told him just give me an hour and if we didn't have fishI'd run right to his spot. We blasted 3rd got down to the area. I started with a buzz bait and he threw a rat. Well in 10 minutes a had a limit and culled my first fish not big but it was a limit. I continued to throw the buzz bait for another 30 hour caught more fish and culled a few. The I switched to a senko and absolutely murdered them. We made one trip down each of the area's I found with my Uncle on Thursday and caught a lot of fish. I had to get at least 6 limits there. My partner had a limit to. I ask if he wanted to stay or go to
his spot. he wanted to stay. We even fish a few areas I hadn't fished and got fish. I left and we went to his spot at 11:30. Going to his spot I saw my uncle and his partner. My uncle was a non boater and they had ben on this guys smallie spot. They were headed to where we had just left and told him they were there. Fished my non-boaters spot for the rest of the day got a lot of fish there, but they were all small. We were in the first flight so we had to weigh in for 2:00pm. We weighed in and when all was said and done I was in second place with 5 large motuh for a weight of 14.15.
Day 2
After a sleepless night we got up a 4:15 to get ready. I had to drop my uncle off at a nearby hotel to meet his partner and pick up mine. Well this is where the disaster starts. we had unhitched the truck to go eat the night before. We I pulled out Saturday morning a heard a dragging noise. Well my I had backed the truck up the night before and my Uncle directed me because it was dark. He hitched it all up and didn't raise the trailer tongue jack. well no its all bent it wont' raise or lower. Fortunately it swung up. Get to ramp wait to launch in the second flight and we were third from last leave. Now I'm worried about some else being down where I was yesterday. It was about a 20 mile run. We get about half way there and we just about stop dead. The motor is still running, prop turning but going now where. Well i was hoping it was just the prop and not the motor so i go over to 2 boats that were fishing our tournamnet and ask them to witness that I was getting out of the boat to change a prop. The weren't happy but they saw the problem and hung around to watch. I get in the water with my non boater( a great guy I might add, he didn't have to help) and we change the prop in about waist deep water. Well i drop the carter pin for the prop shaft. We get it all change and hoping it was the prop we try it. Its ok. But I still don't know if its the prop or the motor. We slowly make out way towards the are to fish and anotherguy that fished around there all week hurries up takes off and goes there. We get there go past him a few hunderd yards, start fishing and i get one right away with a buzz bait about 2 pounds. Then one around 5lbs hits the buzz bait but gets off. The I lose a 3lber. Then nothing for an hour. I decided to moce up to where the other guy ran to on the area. And start fishing it. Well my partner cast out a little deeper and catches a short. Another boat comes by stops to talk and says boy slow compared to yesterday. I said sure is. I told him waht happened on the way down and he tells me that if I get 10lbs I should make the team and as soon as I get it it might be a good idea to head back incase I have any more trouble at least I should be able to get a tow and be in time for the weigh in. He leaves, my partner for the day catches 2 more shorts. i make a cast to deeper water and catch a short. A make another cast and get a short. Next cast just a keeper. Next cast nothing. In the next 9 cast I catch 7 fish all large mouth. All of them very good fish and theywould<
