District 3 results - Gunpowder River

[Pillager]

Results posted from the District 3 tournament, Gunpowder River.

Congratulations to Jimmy-Jeff who finished 4th in the angler division.  Some good weights!
http://www.pabass.com/tournaments/2011-season/district-tournaments/d-3-gunpowder.aspx

[dan61psu]

Good number of dead fish...livewell issues?

[Pillager]

post spawn exhausted fish in fuller live wells for the most part I think.

[dan61psu]

wow...surprising...but a decent set of catches for sure

[fishinjim]

post spawn exhausted fish in fuller live wells for the most part I think.

Seemed to be the consensus.  Most all of the bigger fish weighed in looked to be spawned out.

[zweimar]

Jimmy-Jeff congrats on getting 4th and it looks like you had a nice bag... Must have been some fun.

[fishinjim]

Jimmy-Jeff congrats on getting 4th and it looks like you had a nice bag... Must have been some fun.

Thanks Z. 
There was some fun throughout the day.  Not all fun, but some. lol. 

[dan61psu]

uh oh whats that mean.  did you get those coils replaced BTW?

[fishinjim]

uh oh whats that mean.  did you get those coils replaced BTW?

Doesn't mean all that much.
Mostly means that I didn't manage my time and spots the way I wanted to and it bit me in the ass.  Not complaining, but I should have had a limit. 
Also broke off a couple of fish.
Also sat in the marina a couple hours on saturday trying to figure out why the motor wouldn't start... luckily, my rider for sunday happened along and noticed a couple wires that weren't attached.
Also have some fiberglass damage to the bottom of the boat... which will happen when you have a cable hanging off of your bow hook.

Anyway, coils are replaced and boats back to running on six cylinders.  On plane in 30 feet instead of 300 yards. lol.

[Xm Sean]

Nice work Jimmy!! Sorry to hear about your issues. I always look forward to the time the issues are fixed....

As far as breaking off the fish.... Did they break you off a the knot  or get you wrapped around something... My thinking about this is directly related to the good one I caught on the Nanticoke... I knew I had a good chance of loosing or breaking off that fish because of how gnarly the spot was I was throwing into but I felt if I did not throw in there my chances of catching a fish was 0%..... At least you give yourself a chance to catch the fish....

If it was line related I guess check your line more or check your knot strength after every knot tied...

[fishinjim]

I think it was my own fault for not checking my line often enough.
I was due for a retie before it happened both times.

[Xm Sean]

 )

I think it was my own fault for not checking my line often enough.
I was due for a retie before it happened both times.

I am sure many of us are guilty of the same thing........ we live and learn(I know I do.. :-\)

[bfitch]

i like how the pics from sunday are already up, but the ones from Mr Bass over a month ago still arent.

[bfitch]

o and JJ has a good pic up there. its just weird seeing all of him instead of half of his face and 3/4 of the fish  ;D

[Pillager]

i like how the pics from sunday are already up, but the ones from Mr Bass over a month ago still arent.

That's because I didn't have the pics from Mr Bass....