Need some advise!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Singson on July 14, 2009 at 9:03pm

Chris,

Go big or stay home!
This comes from a guy who's never fished a tourney.
You gotta go for the win.
There's no guarantee that the smallie hole will produce.
Beisdes if the other guy has a slower (smaller?)boat, can't you just push him out with your beast! :)

Good Luck!

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on July 14, 2009 at 9:11pm

I would get a quick limit of SM then go for the LM.

Permalink Reply by Marc Marcantonio on July 14, 2009 at 9:12pm

You should really try to determine how much weight you think you need to win (if that is your goal). 19-21 pounds is a good weight for this time of the year, and you said you always do well at this tournament, I assume with the smallmouths you have been catching. If I thought I could win with 19-21 pounds of smallmouths, and I thought that would be playing "safe", then there is no tough decision here. You can always go for the largemouths after you nail your smallmouth weight.

You didn't say if the largemouth were biting or not, so that is an unknown, and on top of that, largemouth are less dependable than smallmouths. If you felt you needed 24 pounds to win, then no question, go for the largemouths.

Good luck!

ciao,
Marc

Permalink Reply by Shawn O'Connell on July 14, 2009 at 9:39pm

I'd go smallies and then if I had a good bag early enough I would go try to get a kicker green fish. Good luck.

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on July 14, 2009 at 9:50pm

I agree with Eric, Shawn and Marc. Fish your smallmouth water that has produced those big bags for you year after year. After you get your quality limit, you can weigh your options and decide if going for a kicker largemouth or two is a good strategy based on the timing and conditions. If no one else has found those big greenies, you'll really be in business.

I also like Mike's idea of going for broke and stomping the competition with a huge bag, but then again I'm not a tourney guy either. If I did have the time to fish tourneys, I would probably gamble too often and get my @ss kicked.

Have fun and good luck, C-Ride!

Permalink Reply by Chris Blandi on July 14, 2009 at 11:05pm

Man I wish I had your problem ;)

Good luck C-Ride !

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on July 14, 2009 at 11:12pm

No doubt, my eyes got a little watery after reading about this horrible dilemma Chris has.

Chris B said:

Man I wish I had your problem ;)

Good luck C-Ride !

Permalink Reply by Johnny Walker on July 15, 2009 at 8:49am

SM limit equals more confidence during the LM upgrade...

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on July 15, 2009 at 11:17am

I believe it's a river....

Jon Sessler said:

Have you woken up yet, because you are obviously dreaming.

This lake can't exist in real life, you're fishing a tournament on your kids' Xbox, or Playstation aren't you?

P.S. - Eric Delay is slipping it's adviCe

Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on July 15, 2009 at 11:26am

I'm not sure what the dilema is here. I can't imagine a tournament this time of year where 19-21 pounds wouldn't win. I can tell you that if I felt as confident as you did about getting a 20 pound bag then I would go get that bag and let the chips fall where they may. How many guys know about these LM and are they always there or was this a rare occurance on this body of water? I made a decision at Lake Washington to fish to a big bag of LM that we could see but everyone and their brother knew about them and it ended up with Jeff and I not weighing a fish that day.Go get your big SM and if you have time, go find a kicker ot two.

Disclaimer- This is my second season of tournament fishing and I have not hoisted the big cardboard check over my head yet.

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on July 15, 2009 at 11:44am

Chris said in an earlier post which tourney he is prefishing for. It is the Ray Stanley Memorial Tournament.

Here he is with some pigs from last year.

http://www.paterosapj.com/events.html

Tag Watson said:

I believe it's a river....

Jon Sessler said:

Have you woken up yet, because you are obviously dreaming.

This lake can't exist in real life, you're fishing a tournament on your kids' Xbox, or Playstation aren't you?

P.S. - Eric Delay is slipping it's adviCe

Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on July 15, 2009 at 12:40pm

Its hard to believe, but it really does take a 21-22lb bag to win that tournament. There are so many quality fish in that stretch of river it crazy! It's also very under fished so catching them isn't as tough as other places. The picture shown there is Chris and I two years ago with a bag that weighed just short if 21lbs! We won by mere ounces and most bags we in the high teens.

I would encourage people to check this tournament out in the future, what a great fishery! Good luck Chris, I wish I could make it over there this year. Go for the brown first my man and get your high teens limit then upgrade.

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