April's Fishing

   Let's do a little catching up,  fished a LBL Div. BFL on April 16th. I drew a man from Ohio, a Retired Army Major and Vietnam Vet. It was a real honor to fish with him. For those of you who don't know, I am a Army/Desert Storm Vet. He told me he is 72 years old, and for 6 months during the war he was blind and completely paralyzed. He had jumped out of a helicopter into a hot landing zone. When his squad hit the ground they landed in a un-marked mine field. He was the only survivor. A true HERO !! I did catch 2 fish this day for some good points. It moved me up to 25th place in the standings. The wind did howl from the SSW with gust up to 30-35 mph.  CONGRATS TO MY BUDDY AND FISHING PARTNER JOEL TROVILLION on his 1st place BFL finish with 18lbs 3oz.

   On April 23rd, my partner Joel and I fished the 23rd Jet A Marina Classic on Ky Lake out of Ky Dam Marina. There was 312 boats in the field. Joel and I were able to catch 20lbs 14oz, good enough for 4th place and $1250. We caught our fish on crankbaits using POWELL Endurance and Max Series rods.

 

Vacation is Over !!

I took a little time off from work in the end of March to fish a couple of FLW Outdoors events. The first was a LBL Div. BFL on March 26th, in which I drew a boater partner that i have fished with last year. And again had a good time fishing with Mike McAtee. I was able to catch a couple of keepers for some good points that has moved me into the top 40 in standings so far towards qualifying for the regional. We went to Lake Barkley to fish this event. The event took off out of the Ky Dam Marina. We concentrated mostly on main lake points. I would like to again say " Congrats!!" to my buddy Duke Jenkel for winning this event. Oh and "thanks again Duke !!" for the Steak dinner.(rode rules did apply)
I also fished the 2nd stop of the FLW Everstart series on Ky Lake on March 31, April 1st & 2nd at Moors Marina. My 1st day partner I drew FLW Pro Roy Hawk a great person and angler. We ran to Barkley Lake and also concentrated mostly on main lake points. I did manage to catch 3 solid keepers for 7lbs 13oz that put me in 24th place after day 1.
Day 2, I drew Brian Hensley from Michigan. Brian was another incredible draw. Brian told me he wasn't on much of a pattern, but did his best to try and get us on some fish. We concentrated mostly on secondary points on Barkley Lake and I did manage to catch 1 keeper for 2lbs 6 oz for a 2 day total of 10lbs 3 oz and good enough for 36th place and $476. I mostly threw crankbaits, but also threw Slong's fishing lures jigs and spinnerbaits to catch fish during these tournaments. I was using Powell Rods Max Series and Endurance Series Rods. "Congrats" to Harold Buchmeier on his 20th place finish in the Everstart.



6lb 8oz caught in practice for Everstart