2012 CSFL Casey Cup

 Wow what a day! As you all know I hate lake Simcoe and it hates me, lol. So why do I fish this event?, I'll tell you why. Because its great! Its for a good cause and that lake is so wild anything could happen, plus the smallies that are caught have to be seen to believe. Now saying all that I didn't leave Couchiching lol. My co-angler Nelson Oliveira and I spent the whole day in 3 spots about a mile from the boat ramp. We weighted in 17.50 lbs and spent less than $10 in gas. As good as that sounds it took 20 lbs plus just to break the top 20! So 17.50 put us in 43rd. I was hoping to finish better but Simcoe really gave it up. But I had fun and caught fish all day long, we were culling by 9:30 and having a blast. The day was not so smooth as it sounds though as I had to replace a live well pump, the trolling motor release rope and the batteries were dead in both my weight scales so we were kicking it old school with the balance beam.

 Xzone Slammers ruled the day as dropshotting was the way to go to get those smallies up from the deep. There is no better bait to use if your dropshotting! And for my largemouth the Xzone Swammer was the ticket. The sensitivity and strength of my St. Croix Legend Tournament dropshot rod can not be match, it preformed perfectly allowing me to set the hook and fight those smallies using light line.

 I would to thank the whole gang at the CSFL for doing a great job as always running this event. Well I'm off to make repairs and prep for my next tournament. Tight lines and take care everyone.

 

Everstart on Kerr Lake

 Wow what a tough lake! I'm so happy that its done. When I got there and found out that a local tournament was won with 12 lbs the week before I was worried. Then when I got on the water it was even tougher than I thought. I went 2 days without catching a keeper at one point. But slowly it started coming together, very slowly lol. It would take months for me to learn that lake and I'm not willing to put that kind of time in on a body of water that I might not have to fish for a few more years.
 Well onward and up ward, This weekend is my first Canadian tournament of the year. The Casey Cup is a main stay for a lot us and it's always a fun time.
 Good luck everyone and tight lines.

North For The Summer

 I'm starting my northern tournaments this month and you can't believe the difference. I have to change out some rods and a lot of tackle. The northern strain of largemouth is so different than the Florida strain that I can get away with lighter tackle up north cause the cover is lighter and the structure is more open.
 This year I'm fishing the Northern FLW Everstarts as well as Bass Renegade and some CSFL's and believe it or not I'm fishing less lol. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done during the summer months, so I decided to slow things down this year and concentrated on bodies of water that I know I can produce on. In the last few years I have been fishing everything on one circuit's schedule and I have found that there were lakes that just weren't suited to my style of fishing and so produced poor results. Now I know what your thinking I'm just gonna fish lakes that I like to fish or that I know I can cash a check on. That's not it, there are some waters that are still tough for me but I'm fishing them cause they match my style. There is also the Renegades, I have not fished a lot of that water so that will be new to me this year. But with all of this I should still have time to get things done and work on a special project that I have had to keep on the back burner.
 So far this year has been great and I finished higher in the FLW Everstart southeast division than I have ever. And I never would have been able to do that with out sponsors like Evinrude, St. Croix Rods, Xzone Baits, JB's Fishing Depot, Sirius Satellite Radio, VIA Rail, Bay Marine, and the whole gang at CPI Pictures and Management. And of course none of this would be possible without the funniest man alive Russell Peters. 
 I'll keep you posted on my pre-fish on Kerr next week. Take care everyone and tight lines!