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AVec80X · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 199 Location: East of the River

Lots of people got skunked and the wind was pretty harsh, but it was nice to meet some new folks and enjoy the sunshine. Huge thanks to Mase2020 for putting this together! Really looking forward to the next tournament...or even a kayak fishing meet up one weekend.

Like glass at 6:45am!

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JJay · Joined: 23 Sep 2011 Posts: 113 Location: Farmington, CT

I've always enjoyed seeing other kayaks, how they were outfitted for fishing, and listening to the different experiences they had with kayak fishing. Met many participants from previous CT Kayak Fishing Club get-together/tourneys and some new.

When I arrived at 6am, it was beautiful - Air temps was about upper 50's, partly cloudy. Water was calm almost glass-like. Weather forecast called for highs in the upper 70's and winds up to 10 mph. This sounded like a perfect day to do some kayak fishing. After a couple of hours. aside from the sustained, 20 mph winds with gusts doubling that - I think the weatherman was spot on! By 1:30pm white caps can be seen all over the place.

From the planning and organizing to the supplies, food, and the cooking - I caught a glimpse of how much work Alan put in to get this going. I wanted to thank you again for your time and efforts to put this together.

I don't have final results paper, so Alan would have to address that. Oh, and he took pictures too!

When's the next one? i'd help to lessen the load.

coastieyaker · Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Posts: 282

JJay,
Speaking of kayak rigging, do you like your new ultimate fx12?

the thing looks pretty sweet on their website, and I am thinking I may get the tandem once my 3 year old son starts fishing

Mase2020 · Joined: 15 Jun 2012 Posts: 228

Okay so here it is. I want to thank everyone for coming we had a total of 15 and not the 23 as expected, but still good anyways. Thanks to the people who gave me a heads up as well that they would not be there. A big THANKS to Jason for his help with clean up and the weigh in, it made it a lot easier for me.

Well as usually the HOLLOW was tough to fish, the water lever was up from the recent rain and the wind kicked up and as Jason said there were whitecaps on the northern part of the lake. The southern part was not bad to the the break of the woods but still hard to stay on a point.

In total 27 bass were caught, 14 picks, 8 sun, and 9 perch
The lunker was 16" by Doug G
Total winner was 50" by Mike Sorito (Sorts) he and Doug were the only ones who caught their limit, no one had to cull

Standings:
Mike S. 50'
Doug 47
Justin L 36
Anthony 28
Joe B 23
Jason M 18
Alan 11
Matt 9
Sean 8
the rest were zero or had fish that did not measure to their board's minimum.

Had a great time here are some pics:

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JJay · Joined: 23 Sep 2011 Posts: 113 Location: Farmington, CT

Sorts · Joined: 25 May 2013 Posts: 24

Thanks for putting these tournaments together Alan. I look forward to the next tournament or gathering.