Moncove Audible - September 23rd, 2020

Started off on beaver dam at Moncove at daybreak. Worked all the usual haunts and found nothing but grass and sticks. Loaded the boat up and went to Bull Falls at Bluestone, got there by 10:00am. Landed four and had three more chase with 15 minutes. Went on to catch 10 with a couple better fish. Had a big one hit and miss the fluke. The fish where in the middle of the river mostly, there and edges. I also had a small musky chase. We shoulda came here first thing this morning. Bull falls was clear and lower lake was stained and down, kinda strange. 

Battle of Bluestone Day 2 - September 13th, 2020

I started off the day back in 14th place out of 60 anglers. I knew I needed to fish clean, fast, and hard to move up into the top 6 in the money. I stayed with my fluke bite where I left off yesterday. I caught 21 fish from 7am to 8am. I was catching a ton of short fish but eventually I started weeding them out and catching some bigger ones. I got a 16.0” and then four 13” fish to go with it. I had the best limit for day two and moved up to finish in the money in 4th place. Jared and I finished in 4th place team. I ended up catching 67 fish this day, bringing my two day tournament fish total to 104 fish in under 13 hours of fishing with an average fish per minute of 7.5. At the end of it all the couple quality fish I missed hurt my chances of winning. I ended up 4.5” back of Blaine Winters who won on the back of a 19” largemouth he caught on day one on the New River. 

Battle of the Bluestone Day 1 - September 12th, 2020

Day one of the two day Battle of Bluestone was held on the New River. Water and weather was fabulous for September. Jared Meadows and I fished the two man team division together. We floated from upper Shanklins down to the Mouth of Indian Creek. The plopper bite was off in clear water but the fluke bite was on. I landed an 18.25” and a 14” and a 13” but I had two elevens that I could not cull. I had a 14” break me off and had another 16” hit but not yet cooked. I saw a huge smallie look and chase but not take. After day one I was in 14th place and Jared and I were in 6th place teams. Fun day that I caught 37 fish on but just could not cull those two 11” fish. 

Humid and Hot on Claytor - September 2nd, 2020

Caught a few early before it got hot on a fluke. Then things got really tough on this hit and humid day.