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The U.S. OPEN officially kicks off today.
September 9-11.
One of our former Striper Club Juniors is fishing at just 14 years old.
[url "http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/ron-kantowski/ace-fisherman-14-ready-cast-lot-us-open"][/url]http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/ron-kantowski/ace-fisherman-14-ready-cast-lot-us-open[/url]
Good Luck to Zack Holt.
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Good luck to all the locals!
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Costa Live Webcast Schedule:
Mon, Tue, Wed- Live Updates 8, 9, 10 and 11 AM.
2PM live weigh-in and a 6pm Post-game show.
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I went out there to check it out today. Launched the boat about noon, fished til about 1:30 and then went in to watch the weigh in. I brought my little daughter with me, and she got bored quick, so we didnt stay for too long.
General consensus was that the fishing was really tough. Many guys didn't have a limit, and many who did were weighing in fish that barely touched a pound.
I got to talk to Aaron Martens for a minute. His weight was somewhere in the 7 pound range. Super cool guy.
It was a bluebird day out there following a few stormy days. That must have contributed to the low weights. Anglers are hoping for some cloud cover tomorrow.
I caught 3 keeper smallies while I was on the water. One on a drop shot, one on a square bill and one on a 3xd crank. All squeaker fish, but they all measured.
Good luck to all the guys fishing, hopefully the weather cooperates tomorrow and these guys can get some quality bags.
I think the top weight today was in the 13 pound range. I haven't looked at the score sheet yet.
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Only 11 teams weighed in over 10 pounds. 13.22lb was the biggest bag. 5.08lb took big fish for the day.
Day 1 Pro side:
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And the AAA side:
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Well, the clouds are here. There will be more muddy water from last-night's rain for the guys who wanted to run into the river mouths, and the top-water bite should be on fire today. I expect to see some better bags coming in for day two.
It's interesting to see Shaun Bailey up near the top again. He is a total big-swimbait guy. Everyone else throws regular stuff, but when he comes to Mead for the Open each year, he throws big swimbaits. And if you look at results from years past, he does well with them.
I haven't heard whether or not he is tossing his big baits this year, but it makes me think...
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I have had more or less zero luck tossing swimbaits. Maybe I just don't put enough time in to reallly learn them...
I see one of the Pros got his weight DQ'd yesterday. The AAA backseater didn't have a fishing license. At least that is what I caught on the chat.
I'd love to be out there with the weather that has been around the last few days... Certainly better than it has been the last several weeks.
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