cant wait to test it out!

[willyredeemed]

the macon tourney this past weekend was great, thru and thru. it was a first-time tourney for three of us and we had a very memorable time participating in the fun!

three of us made a float trip -- we put in around 6:15a-ish and got off the river around 3:00p. the water was clear and not as stained as i had expected, esp with the scattered t-storms the night before -- perhaps the storms didnt make it to that stretch of the river or maybe the oc clears up quicker than, say, the hooch?

i worked endlessly a weightless t-rig yamamoto senko against banks, underneath trees, infront of rapids, behind rapids, dead pools -- just letting it sink, working it slow and twitching it a few till i felt the tap-tap. i didnt catch anything significant seeing on here what big fish there are in that stretch of the river, but i continued to press on, paddle, fish, press on, paddle, fish...

i landed several dinks and a couple fair sizes, but the bite was tough all day for me and i just had to string anything over 10-inches. them dinks fight MEAN! i need me some gorilla glue to fix all my senkos they ripped apart

my top three came out at 15.25 + 14 + 13.5 = 42.75.

i was telling my wife & friends before the award ceremony that i was certain i didnt place. the river has some big fish and i was convinced my top 3 werent enough to make the cut. as drew moved into the casual div in his award presentation...what? my name on the screen? what? to my surpise i managed to place 2nd in the casual div -- thanks to my wife & friends for believing!

to drew, the team and volunteers that made this whole tournament possible, thank you for making this noob's first tournament a great and memorable one!

the three bass who succombed to the senko won me a goody bag and made me one of the first to win the much anticipated, much coveted RIVER BASSIN ROD! cant wait to test it out!

[FlySlingerCole]

Very cool, congrats on your finish!

[smiley]

Way to go man! It was nice meeting you and your friends. We fish the same part of that river, so we should definitely get together for a float! great job!

[Rivercrawler]

You best post us some photos of that thing in action, and i want to know how she handels! Congrats on the second place win.!

[Bruiser]

Sweet! I'm glad you had such a great experience! It was a tough day on the river, but you still put together an impressive stringer considering the conditions! We are glad to have you on board! Enjoy that Riverbassin' rod!

[Ocmulgee Adam]

man congrats on the win. cant wait to hear what you have to say about your new rod.

[willyredeemed]

thanks guys! taking it out tmrw if the hooch isnt too stained from this rain that we got here. i've got my cobalt blue j.morris elite reel on it w/ 10lbs line and ready for some shoalies!

[BasserDrew]

Great post and recap of the day!

It was awesome to meet you on Saturday and again, nice work out there on a tough tough day for all!

Let us know how you like the rod and don't forget everyone that you can get one too by simply going to the stickied post on the General Forum and calling Hal about it.

[basshead]

Congrats! The OC definitely clears up faster then the Hooch but the Hooc should be just fine today if they dont decide to release this morning.

[basshead]

Well, just checked the Hooch gauge and they are releasing. Not too heavy now but too high for me to wade. if you're floating, be careful.

[willyredeemed]

Way to go man! It was nice meeting you and your friends. We fish the same part of that river, so we should definitely get together for a float! great job!

for sure! will pm you and lowhybred09 sometime soon!

Well, just checked the Hooch gauge and they are releasing. Not too heavy now but too high for me to wade. if you're floating, be careful.

ah, was gonna go wading...looks like t-storms again tonight.

[Ocmulgee Adam]

thats a nice reel you got on it i have the same one and love it. i feel like I've said the exact same thing in another post but i cant remember where.lol

[LowHybred09]

Congrats on the second place finish man, you beat a lot of good fisherman. I knew i'd see you on stage when we had that double up of shoalies on the days prefishing before the tournament. If I'm not mistaken, that was you who when I stopped and started fishing from a rock, was wadding upriver throwing a spinnerbait? Right? We both hooked up with little shoal bass at the same time and joked about the double. Well I hope you enjoy the rod, let me know if I should get one made for myself. Congrats again on your great day when it was tough for most everyone. The river gods shinned on us this weekend....we have to be thankful. Definitely hit us up sometime so we can float that part of the river together. I can't gaurantee anytrhing, but Smiley and I should be able to show you were a few decent shoalies are hidding. Happy Fishing!

[waderjon]

Congrats on a fine finish..Thats a sweet rod you won and I hope you enjoy it..I am thinking about getting one myself so please let us know how it works for you..

[willyredeemed]

Congrats on the second place finish man, you beat a lot of good fisherman. I knew i'd see you on stage when we had that double up of shoalies on the days prefishing before the tournament. If I'm not mistaken, that was you who when I stopped and started fishing from a rock, was wadding upriver throwing a spinnerbait? Right? We both hooked up with little shoal bass at the same time and joked about the double. Well I hope you enjoy the rod, let me know if I should get one made for myself. Congrats again on your great day when it was tough for most everyone. The river gods shinned on us this weekend....we have to be thankful. Definitely hit us up sometime so we can float that part of the river together. I can't gaurantee anytrhing, but Smiley and I should be able to show you were a few decent shoalies are hidding. Happy Fishing!

lhb, i think you may be referring to my buddy, rokly (rocky ly). he mentioned to me about bumping into you on the river a couple weeks back and how you both hit a double . we'll def plan something together soon. we really enjoyed fishing the oc and are planning to make it back there shortly -- i gotta even out my tan