8/21/11 - M.A.F.F. @ The Nashua River Groton, MA
Well, after still feeling great from the Dudley Pond Tournament, this place knocked me down a peg on two. Im thankful Ive had very few days like this is 2011. It was a helpless/lost feeling that set in after about an hour or so into the tourney, and we just flat-out struggled to put anything together. With frustration riding high, decided to pack it up a little early to get out of the way for the potentail chaos at the ramp lot after the tourney. Id love know what was working for everyone, cause we frogged, Flipped wood/weeds, Jigs to everything, Tubes, Shakeyhead, I tried Poppers, Vinny tried Crankin' which got a couple pickerel, and a perch, I dropshotted everything again getting pickerel, and a perch, senkos only got me one 8" Bass. I just dont get it, we were throwing to those "nasty areas", definitely lost some tackle because of it. We could barely move in shallow coves because of the growth. Kudos to Team Boom on a 1st place finish, and Ed on the lunker, and everyone who caught them. And what a turnout, was it 17-18 teams, That shows you what a good job Johnny and Smoke do with these, bravo Gents!
Bummer, dude. If it's any consolation, that downed tree in Brighton took my 15th jitterbug last night. I missed each of the three hits I got.
There's always next time.