My first tournament goal has been achieved! I’ve submitted 5 fish to the Mo-Yak April Online Challenge! All in I have submitted 7 fish. There were 4 I didn’t submit because they were small. One darted around a stump and broke my line. And another (18″ of course) that I lost. I wasn’t prepared and…
First Bass Fishing Tournaments!
While the April Online tournament is technically my first tournament, May 8th at Lake of the Ozarks will be my first real, 1-day tournament. The links will take you to the leaderboard if you’re interested in following along. Entry is paid. Hotel is booked. I’ve been scouting launch areas and mentally planning my day. I’m…
Back … to the Office!
Thanks to zero competition for broadband internet, I made the trek to the office today. My last time in the office to work was March 6th, 2020. The week after that I was in San Diego and was in the air on the way home when California and New York started shutting down. I didn’t…
Fishing Report – Lake Remembrance
This evening was the best evening for me to get out on the kayak and get some bass on the bump board! This started miserably. It was raining steadily, windy. I left my fish finder in the truck and just paddled along the bank to the north, then along the dam. Nothing. I was throwing…
Fishing Report – Lake Jacomo
This trip was on April 3rd, 2021. I’m signed up the for April Online Tournament through the Mo-Yak Fishing Series. I’m taking every chance I can get the the kayak on the water and get some bass on the board. I set out late in the afternoon, around 6 p.m. and went to a cove…
Fishing Report – Bennet Spring, Truman, Lone Jack Lake
This trip was on April 2nd. My friend invited me to go fishing down at Bennet Spring and offered up his travel trailer so we could stay the night before. I drove down the afternoon of the 1st. We drove around the campground in his golf cart, hung out with some people, drank some beer…
There’s always something.
I was really happy about the reasonably easy install of the new dishwasher. I was celebrating too soon. Somehow (and this might be from some movement after the first run) every single joint that had water in it started leaking. The worst was the elbow that goes right into the dishwasher. There was a trickle…
New Dishwasher Day
A dishwasher replacement should be pretty straight forward. They’re the same size, they need the same things, from the outside all looks pretty standard. I should know by now that nothing in this house is standard. Getting the old one out was hang up number one. The tile flooring was put in after the dishwasher….
Fishing Report – Watkins Mill Lake
The participants in the Mo-Yak Tournament Fishing Series seem to be mostly south of KC. On the tournament’s Discord server, Austin asked if anyone else was from KC and I responded. We chatted a little and met up at Watkins Mill Lake on Saturday, March 20th. I downloaded a map from Genesis Maps and sent…
Used this bait wrong …
The water’s cold and I’ve been struggling getting bits. I tied on this cheap Ozark Trail (Walmart brand) jerkbait to coax out any bass that might be suspended. I couldn’t really tell how deep it was diving down, so I threw it close enough to see it in the water and just started cranking. It…