Wow what a
tournament! I always have so much fun in Kingston. Let me first tell you how my
pre-fish went. The weather wasn’t always cooperating so I had to launch the
boat from a different place every day close to where ever I was planning to
fish that day. My fish where exactly where I left them last year and I notice
that some bigger fish had moved in including some smallmouth! My problem was
that there’s so many fish there that I was going to be culling all day. But
what was bothering me the most was all the giant pike that I was seeing. On
average I was catching about 6 to 8 pike a day and 2 or 3 of them were over 40”.
Come day 1 I was
feeling great, I knew my fish were there and all I had to do was get through
enough of them every day to bring in 20 lbs a day which I thought would cut me
a check. But first I had one stop to make, and that was to some secluded cane I
found in a foot of water that was holding a few big largies. Well with a cold
front that moved in overnight we were only able to pull two keepers and a 3.55
out flipping. So off to my deep grass drop shotting for largies. That’s right I
dropshot largemouth in 18 to 25 feet of water over grass beds. I did this all
three days and slammed them. Besides catching the odd toothy critter it was
none stop action! Oh yeah there’s a pike out there with $500.00 of equipment in
its mouth! It grabbed my bait from the side of the boat and took off with my
rod! Lol! Yes I can laugh now but not yesterday morning, I knew that if I
couldn’t move past it I might as well put my boat on the trailer.
Well at the end of it
all I was pretty consistent weighting in 15 to 16 pounds every day and having a
blast doing it. I look forward to this tournament every year; I love Kingston
and its people. I have so much fun hanging out with all the other anglers and
meeting so many new people and making friends. The CSFL works so hard and does
such a great job of everything it run so smooth. I would also like to thank
Shimano for all they do to make this event possible and run so smoothly. Their live
release boats are a great asset to the tournament industry here in Canada. So I
ended up in 34th fishing against the biggest names and the best
sticks in Canada and I’m more than happy with that.
I would like to thank
Russell Peters for his endless support, CPI Pictures and Management for
everything they do with my career and the show. JB’s Fishing Depot, VIA Rail,
Bay Marine, Xzone Baits, Sirius Satellite Radio. My St. Croix dropshot was
great all the way till the pike stole it, and my BRP Evinrude never gave up in
those giant swells bring me home safely every day.
Tight lines everyone.
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