Hello,
Well I decided not to prefish this tournament because I put any free time into the Le Homme Dieu chain Weekend Series the week before and this was just a club tournament don't get me wrong the competition is fierce, everyone is trying to get better and advance thru the ranks but there is not much money invested in a club tournament compared to a money tournament. I was supposed to fish with Seth Paycga and was hoping he was on some fish, but found out tournament morning that he had to work so I would just go out and wing it.
     While waiting for take off I get a call from Mike Juskiewicz Sr. he is a non-boater in our club (www.goldenhookbassers.com) and he cannot find the landing so I told everyone to just takeoff in order and I would stay close and pick him up when he got there and just fish with him. I ended up telling him how to get to the landing by zooming out on my GPS unit and giving him directions, Mike shows up and he hurries down to the dock with all his stuff flailing around and he jumps in and off we go to a main lake weedbed and start throwing a rattletrap to try and pick up a fast limit while I am chunking the trap Mike throws out a Texas rigged creature bait and starts to tie up another rod and bam he hooks up with a 2lb'er and I net it, unbelievable he is still breathing heavy from jumping in the boat, I caught a couple of 14"ers and that was it so we moved to large weedline in front of a bay and I start with a crankbait probing along the 10ft depth and I catch three in the 14"- 16" range and Mike picks up a fish here and there and fills his limit, he tells me that is only his second 5 fish limit in competition and is ecstatic which makes me feel good for him, we continue to catch fish but know quality ones,Mike and I are having such a good time Laughing are butts off and realized it was time to go in and weigh our fish I'm thinking we are going to get stomped because Waconia is such a big bag lake most of the time and the results were very surprising to say the least.
    First place was Pat Corrigan with 14.73lb's(congrats) and Mike came in seventh with 9.25lb's and I was eighth place with 8.66