Lake Champlain

                                                              Welcome back!!!!                                                                                        
 I am going to start this writing talking about the hours after my pre-tournament meeting and of course about my tournament.

   So, after my pre tournament meeting was over my girlfriend and I headed to Gander MT so I could get a reel that I had just purchased lined. Little did I know that over an hour and a half later I would still be there waiting for them to line my reel. Finally, my reel got lined and my girlfriend and I headed back to the hotel so I could get some sleep. The morning came and I was ready to fish. As usual, I met up with my boater and we waited for the tournament to begin. Around 6:30 am we were off to our first spot. Before I go any further, let me quickly tell you this.(The night before at the hotel I had rigged up some rods with the setups that I wanted to use, one of these setups would be attached to the reel that I had to wait an hour and a half to get lined which by the way, was also going to be the first setup that I was going to use in the morning). Now that I have you up to date lets continue with the tournament. My boater and I arrived at our first spot, and it was time to finally break the ice and catch some fish. I first took my vest off, and then I took the strap off my poles which prevents them from flying out of the boat while we are moving. With the strap being off I reached for the pole that I wanted use, and then it HAPPENED.

 My reel, it had no line, how could this be. I quickly ask my boater if he had mistakenly taken my rod and after a quick check he hadn't. Now, I was completely stumped. After about ten minutes my boater and I finally came to the realization that my reel which was a bait caster, had opened up while the boat was moving and spooled all of my line out. But, thankfully I always bring at least five poles with me so I was able to suck it up and keep on fishing. Which was great because at the end of the day I had finally broken the ice and I caught three fish weighing a total of 3 pounds 9 ounces.

Thanks for reading!

P.S. While I was getting on the boat that morning my jeans ripped for my back pocket all the way down to my knee.

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