10/16/2024
Went down to Alabama last week to fish the Kayak Bass Fishing Trail Series Championships and what a week of fishing it was. Pre fishing went better than expected. I fished some history, checked out some new stuff and found two areas holding a bunch of fish. The beautiful part of it was the bite windows were at two completely different times of day. Going into day 1, I was able to get a limit in the first hour to hour and a half and was able to cull a couple of times before the bite started to slow down. Made a move to the second spot and within a half an hour found the fish and started catching again. Trading the lead back and forth a few times with Jimmy McClurkan was exciting. I was sitting at 92β with 30 minutes to go when I got a 19.75β and 20β bass on back to back cast to end day 1 with 96.25β.
If it aint broke, donβt fix it. So on day 2, I went back to the same area and the bite started an hour later than day 1, but it didnβt disappoint. It took some time but by 9 am I had 4 fish and then it happened again back to back fish going 18.75β and 21.25β. I could barely contain my excitement at this point. I caught one more upgrade before leaving and headed to the next spot. I caught a bunch of fish in the 15-17β range culling a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch at a time before landing my last upgrade and finishing the day at 93.50β for a 2 day total of 189.75β and winning the tournament and finishing in 2nd place in the Angler of the Year race. Everything came together, fished clean for the most part and had the best tournament and time of my life chasing the green fish! I think I wore the Cashion chattergrass rod out last week but it put in the work and did what it was designed to do. Huge thank you to Doug White at Townscapes Commercial Landscaping for sponsoring me this year and for being a great friend for the last 10+ years. Thanks to Chad Hoover Austin, Joe for everything and hope to see everyone next year at the NC!