drift

Fished st joe tuesday from 8:00-1:00. Ran down to the A frames where the water was very clean and 50 degrees but the fish were non existent. We pulled lines and fished the dirty water out front where water temps were 56-58 and had fish on the screen. We ended up 7 for 8 in 3 hours fishing. Only kept 1 decent coho about 3#, the rest were 10"-12" throwbacks. 2 and 3 colors of leadcore and riggers at 15 down were best. Couldnt get a bite on a body bait so we switched to all mini spoons.

Nice looking boat Don. Very clean for her age! The Fishsniffer2 will definately be a comfortable boat for fishing the Tournament Trail this year.

Thanks for all who looked, but the Winddrift is sold. Congrats to Tony on an excellent purchase. You will be more than happy with this boat. Now you need to start making more rods in order to fill the 43 rodholders on this boat...

1986 Bayliner Trophy 24ft Drive Chevy 305 repower in 2004. appox 700 hours Electronic ignition Volvo outdrive rebuilt in 2011 washdown tandem axel trailer refrigerator ac/dc porta potty shore power auto-pilot 2 batteries Equipment Lowrance 7" GPS Lowrance X104 10" color unit w/GPS map chip Lowrance X15 MT Fish Hawk 840 w/new x4 probe Marine Radio Stereo w/cd player (4) Scotty electric riggers Bow mounted Big Jon power mast w/dual planers 13 Big Jon rodholders 26 hardtop rodholders Turn key fishing machine, fully equipped top speed 35 mph cruise speed 23 mph very fuel efficient with 90 gallon tank THIS BOAT IS SOLD

Jim, All the rules look good. We look foward to fishing the tournaments again this year. I do have a question about rule #11. You may want to elaborate on the words "checked in". I can read this as: 1. a radio check in as you get in the pierhead 2. cooler check in at the weigh in If the actual weigh in is at 1:30, do we need to be there at 1:00 to check in? I thnk if you make this clear we wont have the issue like we had last year. Bill

Jim, we had a good time fishing the tournaments last year. I read the rules you posted for next year and i am ok with any rules you make. I do have a problem with this rule: "No slipping boats at the launch if you use a slip you must make arrangements to take care of your boat and be on time." We had no issues that i know of last year being tied to the dock for 30 minutes during weigh in. i slip on the opposite side of the lake which is a 20 minutes by vehicle (and 20 back). I dont think i will participate this year unless this rule is re-worded. Bill