04-20-2009, 09:00 AM
PaulJ and I fished the CBA with the rest of the fleet. I am not sure how many boats that was but it looked to be over 100. emoEek Since Paul is my sponcer and it is his check that pays the bill I normally go along for the ride. We went down river to hit his fish and his areas that usually pay off for him this time of year. Right off he puts a three pounder in the boat on a blade so we think we are on something. Next two were spots off a spook by me but try as I may no good ones would come up. emoMad Paul has a couple more slam his blade that miss it and then he catches another that is just shy of 15 inches. emoScratch As usual for us on these CBAs we are struggling finding big ones. We hit another of his spots and we boat about six or seven shorts with only one more keeper off plastic that I could just make go over the mark. This is getting frustrating on the size. Two more of his spots and one more keeper again just over I got on plastic. Around eleven he gives up and say lets try my areas. We head for some of my pets and they were there but very slow. Sun up high and blue bird sky. emoDoh We start hitting transition areas and find some better ones. emoThumbsup Nothing huge but some decent ones. Both of us were using plastics now, bass had shut off chasing. I add a three and Paul adds one right at four. I add another just barely bigger to upgrade an oz or two. Cull twice more, but only ozes. and that was it. We knew we had about 14 or so but one of our threes had been gill hooked bad and before the weigh in it passed. emoAngry We ended up with 14.74 so we were a little better then we thought. We left not knowing just how low the average was and later Churly calls me to tell me we had placed in the prizes but we lost it since we had left. emoBang Went to the next place down.<br /><br />Still it was a great day to be out. Saw a lot of my bass buddies and got to stretch a line. We boated about twenty or so bass with eight or nine that would keep. Never got that kicker that would have got us in the money. We almost got a check without one but needed one more four to upgrade. In all not a bad day, God has blessed me with great friends. emoAngel It was good to be out there with all of you who were out there as well. emoGrouphug <br /><br />Water temp was about 63 in most of the areas we fished. We caught fish on blades, hogs, shakey heads and finess baits. Bass came from two foot to 20 foot. Congrats to all the winners and thanks for putting them on guys.<br /><br />C-ya on the water. emoAngler Jmax