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Mike Matkowski and I fished the Columbia Basin October Open and the fishing was absolutely amazing! Props to Jeff McBroom and Loren English for weighing in two freakin' giant bags both days, with a total weight of over 40lbs! Also, Frank Yarger caught a 7.14 pound smallmouth and won big fish! The weather was pretty horrible on day one with 40 mph winds and dust storms, but a few teams managed to get over 30lbs cumulative weight for both days! As for Mike and myself, we fished hard through the brutal weather on day 1 and managed to get about 17 pounds fishing crankbaits, leadhead, jerkbaits, and drop shots, anywhere from 8 to 30 feet. The fishing on Saturday was just brutal with the wind... On day two, Mike freakin' put on a clinic and cooned MULTIPLE four's and one over five. I struggled a bit early and Mike picked up the slack big time! Later in the day, we ran all of our big fish spots and worked down into the gorge, primarily fishing rockpiles in 15 to 25 feet with various drop shot baits. I managed to contribute with a 6.30 smallmouth and one well over four, and we both caught many over three that were culled. We ended up with over 23lbs on day two... We both had just had an amazing day. I think, with the number of 2-day bags over 30 lbs, it just goes to show how AWESOME the Columbia River can be. Thanks Rick Dobke and Columbia Basin Bass Club for putting on an upstanding October open event....Mike and I won with a cumulative two-day total of 41.14lbs....We nudged the Northwest Bass Anglers of the Year Jeff McBrooom and Loren English by less than a pound! Those guys are good!...I feel fortunate to have fished against and with such quality anglers.
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Permalink Reply by Jake Anderson on
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Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:I forgot about that, yes we had all Smallmouth. -
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Berto Stache: Fall of '14 edition.
Nick Berto said:Hey Ron, didn't you and Mike weigh a 23.20 bag of all smallmouth earlier this year?
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Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on
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Jake you are awesome, Bess you are mildly entertaining at best, truthfully I did forget I was thinking of records I have never been close to a record, oh wait I forgot lol I caught an 8 pound 10 oz smallmouth 2 ounces under the state record....LMAO.... Damn I need medicine. Maybe you guys can help me write a post how more awesome I am than everybody else. Jake is photo editor, Potter is editor, Bess you can be consultant, due to lack of any original ideas!
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Permalink Reply by Mike Wolsky on
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I don't think you need any help writing a post Ron. You're doing a pretty good job on your own.
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Permalink Reply by Zach Chandler on
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I wonder if God reacted like this when science first began to promote doubt in the bible?
Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:Jake you are awesome, Bess you are mildly entertaining at best, truthfully I did forget I was thinking of records I have never been close to a record, oh wait I forgot lol I caught an 8 pound 10 oz smallmouth 2 ounces under the state record....LMAO.... Damn I need medicine. Maybe you guys can help me write a post how more awesome I am than everybody else. Jake is photo editor, Potter is editor, Bess you can be consultant, due to lack of any original ideas! -
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Permalink Reply by Marc Marcantonio on
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Nice job Ben and Mike; you are really making me miss the river and the big smallies!
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Seriously it's all in good fun this post has gone sideways!
I am an arrogant punk and everyone that doesn't know me knows it! -
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That's all I've heard...but I've never met your whiny/punk ass.
Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:Seriously it's all in good fun this post has gone sideways!
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Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on
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It was all in good fun. It's the first time I have been on here more than once a month in 2 years.
Ron truly is a great guy!
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Liar
Josh Potter said:It was all in good fun. It's the first time I have been on here more than once a month in 2 years.
Ron truly is a great guy!
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