I was waitin' for you to post first. I don't have any pics of my own to upload, except for 2 of me and Mark with a couple of our biggest fish to date.
It was a tough shoot to say the least. We all know there's tons of fish in that lakebut none of us could find them in any numbers anywhere. Mark and I got into some gar right off, but we got dumb and started getting selective just before dinner. We had missed a few 4-foot plus gar so we thought we'd just wait till after dark and clean up. We didn't see squat after dark! We finished 4th, but we were over 100-lbs behind 3rd. We realized on the way home that the biggest advantage you could have on that lake is a big boat with a big motor. At least for those conditions. We just couldn't get around to all the better spots because it took so long to go from one to the other. 1st and 2nd-place teams went all the way to the northern-most reaches for some of their fish.There were no shallow-flats to cruise.We were literally floating around tree-tops. And of course the buffs and commons were right up near shore. Wait till we get Mark's boat done.He might put a Chevy 350 in that barge. 300-horse power baby! I can't wait to see the looks on people's faces when he starts it. We'll be covering some water then.
The shoot was awesome! For $30.00 folks got dinner,which was a great spread, and at least 2 door-prizes from our big fat prize-table. The first or second guy up got a brand new Retriever reel! There were a couple nice fillet knives up there, a digital scale (I wish I saw that one), fully rigged arrows and a pretty little pink reel-seat. Where the hell did that come from? Anyway, all that adds up to a butt-load of time on the phone getting donations. Plus we got the best spot in the whole state-park. Our boats were less than 100 yards away, we had tons of picnic tables delivered by the DNR. And the DNR took care of fish-disposal. That was the best shoot yet!
Thank you very much Christine for all the hard work, and thanks to Kendall and Rob and Mark who did some of the cooking, and thanks to Joanne for all the behind the scenes stuff. It's all noticed and much appreciated. I hope our next president does half as much half as well. You really make this club, and so do all the others who help out. It's only all about shootin fish, but I like the way we do it.
Here's our pics anyway;
Mark with our biggest gar. Look at those arrows! We both hit it perfect. (but the recurve almost got a pass-through. Oneidas....
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And this was my biggest buff yet. 15 pounds and change. That's Mark's arrow I'm holding. Mine fell out as soon as the fish cleared the gunnel.
Thanks again to all our sponsors. We appreciate it. There's a few younger guys out there now that are hooked for sure, and this shoot is a big reason why.
Thanks to
Cajun Archery
Muzzy
AMS
CarpBusters
Aim Low
River's Edge
White Knuckle Productions
Bowfishing Extreme
BigtimeBowfishing
F&D Archery
Innerloc
Wilderness Athlete
and Blue Ridge Backwoods.
State Shoot pictures and results
Sorry about that!
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