Jordan Lake was the next up for me after I fished at Smith Mountain. I fished this tournament in the beginning of April and was hoping to at least catch a fish this time, unlike at Smith Mountain. So the Friday before my tournament, I headed down to Fuquay Varina, NC. The ride was long, but my girlfriend came with me so it wasn't to bad. That night at the pre-tournament meeting I met the guy that I would be fishing with the next day. He briefly discussed with me what we would be using and at what time to meet him at the launch site. We shook hands, and said see you in the morning.
The morning came,we met up,launched the boat,and waited for the tournament to start.
Around 6:30 we left the marina and went to our first spot. When we arrived to our spot my boater picked up his pole which he had rigged with a white spinner bait and on his first cast caught about a 4 pound large mouth. I netted his fish, and thought to myself, this is going to be a good day. Now all excited I picked up my pole which I had rigged the night before with a white spinner bait and started to fish. After a few casts I noticed I had something on my hooks. So after further investigation I realized that I had never taken off the the little pieces of safety plastic that they sometimes put on the hooks. Luckily after a little bit of encouragement from my pliers the plastic tubing came off pretty easily. Back to fishing I went and imagining that on every cast I was going to catch a monster. Unfortunately that monster ended up never coming that day neither did the monsters babies for that matter. But I did leave that day with more than I could ask for, knowledge. My boater taught me so many things that day and if he reads this I just want to say thank you for making me a better fisherman. And for all the guys/girls out there who read this and are thinking about fishing in the BFL give it a shot, because even if you catch nothing I guarantee you that you will leave with a little more information about fishing then you came with. THANKS
7 more tournaments to go. Stay tuned
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