Rockport Trout Tournament

[RedNekFishR]

Was absolutely stoked to take 1st place in the rockport tournament today only to be disqualified on a technicality. Apparently you have to have the monster trout to turn in for measurement it doesn’t actually count if it’s pulling your brand new fishing pole around at the bottom of the lake! Anywho, I took my 4 seat razor for the trip and made it onto the ice just fine despite the weight had no issues and had no need to call Jake from State Farm as I kept the thing above ice which is always a blessing! Fishing was rather slow for my buddy and I we arrived at 5am along with 100 other folks in the dark, one fisherman was so excited for the tourney he missed the hard right turn going into the park and ended up in the river! Hope he got towed out and was still able to get some fishing in. We fished in 25 FOW to 35 FOW catching about 15 perch between the 2 of us but while I was away from my pole a monster probably 30-77 inches or so ripped my pole into the abyss and was never seen again. When I got back to my hole I was scratching my head a bit as I was mostly certain there was a fishing pole there when I left. I put another in its place and pretty soon I was pulling in a healthy 18” rainbow! I cruised him over to the weigh in tent only barely missing 1st place by 4 3/4 inches! Overall we had a great time in the contest and the fish came home for dinner. Cajun perch tacos and lemon pepper trout! 

Two weeks ago I had the same thing happen at Strawberry. I walked 30 feet away to drill a new hole, came back and my rod and holder were both gone. I was sick it was brand new tickle stick and freefall ghost.  After 15 minutes of bouncing a tube jig on the bottom I felt the hook set in something.