John Buck |
John's Club Report Covering The Pensacola Hawg Hunters Email: John Buck |
Founded In 1975 |
Tensaw River Total Fish Caught 15 Total Dead Fish 0 Big Fish 2.50 Total Fish Weight 18.60 lbs |
Total Year Standings Total Fish Caught 179 Total Dead Fish 0 Big Fish 4.45 Total Fish Weight 273.25 lbs |
***Tournament Winner*** Neil Springstead 3 Fish - 4.70 lbs |
Big Fish Neil Springstead 2.50lbs |
Also Fished Fred Raby - Ken Repine - Terry Smith - Chris Malena - Pete Potter - Keven Simmons - Ron Fairbanks Jere Jaillite - Walter McCartney - Dave Dyess - Frank Kelly - Paul Sullivan - Dewayne Kimbro Guest David Rogers |
Tensaw River
February 21, 2004
Pensacola Hawg Hunters held their February tournament on the Tensaw Delta from Mizells Landing.
Warm weather moved in Monday and Tuesday and it looked like the cold, windy rainy days were gone but no such luck
the rains Wednesday and Thursday put the rivers at flood stage and the north wend made for another miserable day on the water.
We met at Foodworld for a 4:30 departure. Even Chris made the departure (barely) to arrive at Mizells an hour and a half before daylight. As we found our way to the river we discovered the first warning idling in gear was not enough power to pull the river current! Daylight finally arrived and we blasted off, some even blasted in the middle of the pack leaving a huge wake for the rest of us.
My partner and I had planned to work Chucafee bay; when we got to the mouth we saw whitecaps!
Plan B. We worked some creeks, fighting a huge outgoing tide, wind, and water blowing through the back end made fishing miserable not to mention non productive. I got a phone call about noon, it was Walter and Dave. Their batteries were gone from fighting the wind and current and no fish. As we met other anglers we heard the same story. No hits, no bites, no fish! Ron and I both had a hit and should have put fish in the boat but late hook sets do not help on days like that.
When we reached the weigh in we found a lot of long faces. Only seven people managed to catch a fish!
Neil Springstead finished first with 3 monsters, Brian was second with two, Lee Brannon finished third and
Rich Carnelius brought up the final top four.
I did not hear of any major problems, no sand bars batteries took a toll with the wind and fast water but that seemed to be the worst of it except, of course for the poor fishing.
Lots of experience, its great to be out on the water and COME ON SPRING!!!
Til next time
Keep your hooks sharp!
Fred Raby