Scott Hammer TOXIC
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Well, my partner and I fished the NBC Pro-Series Regional Championship this weekend in 35 sustained and up to 40 mph gusts. First time I have ever seen the leaves come off the trees and go straight up!! They never touched the ground!! Looked like flocks of birds taking flight!! Long story short, we finished 8th collected our check and qualified for the National Championship on Lake Norman, NC in to weeks. Here are a couple of pics.....
4 of our 5 from the 1st day.
And this is the kicker fish I caught on day 2 to cull a dink and keep us in contension, we missed 2 fish, 1 at the boat that was 3lbs and 1 that broke me off because I had to scale my senko outfit back to 6lb test to fish weightless in the wind.
Now the question......If you were in my shoes would you take the time and expense to go to Norman and fish for 25 grand??? Considering I have never fished there and I am going to have to go up against the likes of Jason Quinn (he actually guides on Norman also) and some other good local sticks that fish that trail?!?!? Now I don't doubt my ability to catch fish and my ability to compete with anybody BUT.......prize $$ drops like a rock after 3rd. I'm playing the odds here. What say you?
TOXIC
4 of our 5 from the 1st day.
And this is the kicker fish I caught on day 2 to cull a dink and keep us in contension, we missed 2 fish, 1 at the boat that was 3lbs and 1 that broke me off because I had to scale my senko outfit back to 6lb test to fish weightless in the wind.
Now the question......If you were in my shoes would you take the time and expense to go to Norman and fish for 25 grand??? Considering I have never fished there and I am going to have to go up against the likes of Jason Quinn (he actually guides on Norman also) and some other good local sticks that fish that trail?!?!? Now I don't doubt my ability to catch fish and my ability to compete with anybody BUT.......prize $$ drops like a rock after 3rd. I'm playing the odds here. What say you?
TOXIC