2011 Bob Mickelsen Memorial

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Permalink Reply by BigBass Dez on October 6, 2011 at 10:27am

This is gonna be yet another fun day on my favorite lake , nothing like a day filled with  RAIN , WIND , and chilly conditions ..tourney fishing 101 ~ Go Hard or Go Home !! :-)

 

 

Permalink Reply by Kevin Higgins on October 7, 2011 at 3:28pm

I got my rain gear ready, see you there Dez.

 

Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on October 8, 2011 at 6:25pm

Just got home and unpacked. Great tournament, thanks to the Hawg Hunters for putting this on. Weather held up all day with just a little wind in the afternoon. Fishing was fair for most it sounded like. Here's how the top 5 rounded out:

 

1. Jaymee Strasbaugh & Shawn McDaniels: 14.67lbs
2. Tony LoFranco & Keith Brooks: 14.36lbs
3. Gabe Lowe & Tom Librande: 13.29lbs
4. Jordan Doucet & Nick Berto: 11.58lbs
5. Mark Maderos & Rob Magglio: 11.39lbs

 

 

Permalink Reply by Chad Simon on October 9, 2011 at 1:36pm

Congrats Jaymee and Shawn! How many teams fished? How big of a factor were largemouth?

Permalink Reply by Mark Maderos on October 9, 2011 at 5:12pm

Chad, big fish was a largemouth at 5.99,  very nice fish caught by Tyler Walker.  We had 2 largies in our bag a 2lb and 3lb.  Mark C had a whole bag of largemouth but I don't know his weight.  There were 32 teams total that fished.

Mark

Chad Simon said:

Congrats Jaymee and Shawn! How many teams fished? How big of a factor were largemouth?

Permalink Reply by Aaron Christel on October 9, 2011 at 5:50pm

I don't have the exact count in front of me, but I would say around 35% of the fish weighed were green. I was surprised to see so many.

To the guys that caught greens, was it because the smally fishing wasn't that good, or were you trying to hit that home run?

The club tourny followed today. Shawn won that too with a little over 10 pounds and had big fish that was in themid 3s. Tough day out there today.

Permalink Reply by NickBerto on October 9, 2011 at 5:59pm

I was also quite suprised to see so many green fish. Tyler caught his largemouth while smallmouth fishing as did I. Out of the top 5 teams, there were only 3 largemouth total, interesting fact...

Good job Shawn on both days!

Permalink Reply by Rob Maglio on October 9, 2011 at 6:51pm

Mark and I actually caught our largemouth in an area we usually catch smallies in. He found that largemouth had been sitting in this area. So in a sense, we did target them. It helped with a 2 and 3 pounder. I caught a 5 1/4 there plus we caught several 2 1/2 lbers there in the club tourney the week before. One of those freak deals. We did fish a typical largemouth area last weekend and I caught one on my 2nd or 3rd cast that was 4 pounds. So they are scattered from shallow to deep water, but seem to be aggressive right now.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Christel on October 9, 2011 at 7:01pm

Now that Shawn is rich, he only drinks crown.

SPARKLES said:

Hey Shawn you gonna buy the beer? I mean you got some extra cash now an all. Congrats on today!

Permalink Reply by Shawn McDaniel on October 9, 2011 at 7:09pm

Thanks guys! It was a fun weekend. And wanted to say thanks to all the guys that fished this weekend and supported  Mary Bridge Childrens Hospital. Best attendance we have seen in years.

Permalink Reply by eric mccarthy on October 9, 2011 at 10:21pm

I think I was fishing too shallow for Smallies 15'-25' range with no success. I heard from a few people that said they were catching them in 35'-45' range. Is that normal for this time of year? Will they move up before winter? Did manage to catch a good largemouth in about 10' on a C rig chigger craw.

Permalink Reply by Rob Maglio on October 9, 2011 at 10:37pm

I think the depth is depending on the baitfish in the area. Since the water is cooling, the temp throughout the depth range becomes more even, meaning the fish aren't locating depending on temp. I've heard of people catching topwater fish to catching them in 40 feet. Just that weird time of the year. Don't get too hung up on specific depths. Find the bait.