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- All right guys,
just finished up the fifth
and final stop of the year.
Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour here.
You know what, had a blast this week.
This event took place out of Sturgeon Bay,
north of Green Bay Wisconsin.
Let me tell you what,
this place is awesome.
Full of absolute giant, huge smallmouth.
Had a couple different patterns really.
You know the first day I fished this canal
that you see right behind me.
I fished this.
There was a lot of wind
out on the main lake
so there was a lot of
current coming through here.
Really really caught 'em good.
I caught 60 pounds, 11 ounces.
The second day, you know I
was in group B this week,
I took off, I was in the
top ten to start the day.
I took off.
Fished in here and never got a bite
and so I quickly made the adjustment
and ran out to the main lake.
It was flat calm.
I was fishing some of these big points,
these sand flats in that
really 7 to 12 foot range.
Caught a ton of fish.
Had 62 something pounds.
Knockout round.
Like I said I finished
up 18th place overall
in the knockout round, 20th place overall
because of the pre-qualifiers
for the top ten.
But 20th place overall.
So overall, really,
really good tournament.
Two baits I was throwing.
I caught the majority
of my fish this week.
Little Strike King bitsy tube.
This is a 2.75 inch tube,
green pumpkin-purple.
This was the money little
bait for me this week.
I was throwing that
on a little Owner ball-head, very small,
3/16ths ounce of a size.
You can see this tube, you know,
has got some wear marks on it,
but that was really the bait.
You know, I'd get around those sand spots,
I was popping it around, lot of bites,
and because of the size of this tube
they really get that bait.
As far as the rod and the reel,
you know I was throwing
a Daiwa Tatula Elite,
7 foot 4 versatile rod I designed.
You know, Ish Monroe, he's
throwing the same rod out there,
he's in the top ten.
But this was the rod.
You know, its got the AGS guides,
I was throwing a Daiwa Exist reel.
You know, this reel, the
drag is so phenomenal.
You know, I also threw some
Daiwa Tatula LT's in there,
but for this bait I
was throwing this reel.
Line was very important.
Daiwa J-Braid, 10 pound on the J-Braid,
x8 with the brand new fluorocarbon.
If you guys have not seen this mixture,
you guys check this out.
It's Daiwa J-Fluoro Samurai,
very high end fluorocarbon.
Really, really cool.
Also I was throwing a drop shot.
You know, with a lot of those fish
when you go in a couple of those areas
with that slime on the bottom
I was throwing a drop shot.
Little Strike King Dream Shot worm.
Four and 1/4 inches,
KVD magic was the color,
very translucent color.
Same rod, same reel, same line,
the only difference is
I was throwing this bait
on a little Owner Mosquito hook.
And then again, this
little Dream Shot worm,
deadly, deadly combination.
And also a Strike King 3/8ths of an ounce
Tungsten Tour Grade Drop Shot Weight.
You know with that wind and stuff,
but like I said, overall you guys,
caught a ton of fish this week.
Really hope I come back to Sturgeon Bay.
But anytime you're up north,
those two baits,
definitely gonna catch you
a lot of big smallmouth.
Like I said I finished 20th
place overall here this week
and I was really excited
about getting out there
and catching some big smallmouth.
