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It is already August with fall right around the corner! and for myself and my partner only 2 more tournaments left . I guess it isn`t all a bad thing, fall brings monster fish regardless of the species you target. But it leads you to ask if you`re happy with your season so far, I mean how could you not be :?: even a bad run of fishing days still out weighs a lot of things. Putting the boat on the trailer at the end of a `bad`day of fishing still puts a smile on your face. For myself it was a good year decided to join BAA (Bass Anglers Association) with a new partner! Didn`t expect much as it was a new series and didn`t really focus on `winning`as much as we wanted to just have a good time. That it has been so far with meeting a ton of great people and being able to compete on some great waters some that I haven`t fished for a while (for a good reason) haha!
first event was held on opening day at white lake, with knowing this lake well and it being my partners first time we started fishing a shallow flat with clumps of cabbage just looking for a quick limit, we got our limit within the first 30 minutes per usual with white lake. We didn`t have to stray to far from that pattern as it was producing quality fish for this lake in the dying hours we hit a wind blown bank with deeper chunk rock that led to a 3+LB Largie that put us in a 5th place finish!

we slipped in the following event at the Big R but made up some ground for the 3rd event on the Ottawa river which is known for some huge sacks but also for a long day and a long day it was for sure the fish had lock jaw and were very far and few between. With only 4 fish being weighed in we still managed a 10th place finish with 11.18 LB and a 4.09LB largemouth

the 4th event held on the Rideau river out of Taylor park this was the event that we really focused on, we set out to focus on a really big bag that the Rideau can easily produce and from the start it was looking like it was going to be a great day both weather wise and fishing! we started on a good stretch of the river that doesn`t give up many fish but often some big gals it just didn`t pan out like it should have once we got a good bag we decided to hit that stretch again when the sun was up and ran into a FATTY that was on slim fast. we finished the day with 14.57 with a penalty but also big fish for 4.93LB for a 3rd place finish that helped us move up in TOY

5th event was on Muskrat lake which is a real hit or miss for us especially with the conditions we faced with a bad front and rain ALL day! It didn`t work out for us at all we started the day great with 3 solid fish including a near 4lb smallie we just couldn`t finish on a strong note. smallies didn`t work out for us and our move to the snake river wasn`t any better! I mean according to the pike they loved our drop shot

6th event is going to be held on the Miss followed by the 2 day classic on the Big R we have a lot of ground to make up sitting in 7th for TOY but regardless of the finishing result can`t be any happier with fishing a new series and being able to pay for the entry fees and to meet a ton of great people. here are a few of the nice fish this year so far
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here is another
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Great fishin dude! All on da jig?

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Attaboy Cody.....and Adam, let's not forget Adam! :lol: ;)

You've both been doing really good this year, but I'm still going with beginners luck!
See you lads Saturday, tight lines!
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Congrats on some nice fish and some good finishes in the tourny's.
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What tournament series are you involved with ?
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Cody,

It's been an awesome series so far with a few ups and downs. The weird part is, we never seem to be catching at the same time, I'm either schooling you or you're schooling me! Either way, it's a team event and it's been great fishing with you!

This Miss is going to be fun regardless as long as it is nowhere near what Muskrat was like. The boat took a week to dry out!!!
Olivier,

We are fishing with the Bass Anglers Association (BAA. BassAnglersassociation.ca) and it seems to be a very well run series with an excellent group of guys.
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RJ wrote:Great fishin dude! All on da jig?

RJ
He's learned a few new things this year. We've learned a lot from each other. I still need a bit more practice punching though!
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Nice going Cody and Adam.
Keep it up, it only gets better.
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