Mike's Chicagoland Fishing Blog: Tournament Bassing 6/13

Well, in my very first bass tournament of my life, my goal was to get on the board! I fished with a group of guys who have been fishing a tournament on Deep Lake for years and years. My goal was to avoid the skunk!

I hooked up with fish #1 with about 10 mins of effort put in, but the fish was too small to qualify. Shortly after I got fish #1 in the livewell! a 1#,11 oz bass! Keeper #1 hit a blue/black chatter bait off a deeper weed edge.

Keeper fish #2 came in right before the first weigh in. This one on a 5" darker senko in about 5 feet of water.

At the first weigh in, I brought two fish back to the docks with hopes of being in the hunt.

For the 2nd session, I worked hard, but was only able to land 1 more keeper. This one was a 15" bass.

I ended the day with 3 qualifying fish and a 9th place finish. I was one more fish away from the money! I'm really looking forward to my next event!

Here's a pic of me with my very first tourney bass -

I then shot off to Milwaukee for a baseball game with some friends.

On my way back, I saw a pond off the tollway that looked like it might hold some fish. I had my rods in the car, so I gave it a shot.

Success! It did have fish! I lost 3 decent sized bass, and landed 2 that were in the 14" range both on topwater buzzbaits. I also caught 2 crappies on a topwater popper. I'll have to check out this little pond again sometime for sure!