Brown Blast 2010...A great early season tournament

[ryan]

With the Brown Blast being April 10 just around the corner i thought i would share our story and thoughts on this 1 day tournament to spark some more interest among fisherman on this site. This tournament is held out of St. Joe. In 2008 the Wild at Heart Fishing Team decided we would make one of our weekend trips down to the Joe for a fun days fishing. Through a post online we heard about this tournament that would be running down there the same weekend. The entry fee was 30$ per boat. Well, we figured since we were going down there anyways that we would give it a try. Well guys, what a day it proved to be as we went 20 for 22 with 18 coho and a 9 and 10 pound brown. We also lost about an 8 pound brown 20 feet behind the boat. With an extra 5 bonus points awarded for brown trout, we were feeling pretty good! We ended up with a second place finish that day and the payback was excellent for a 30$ entry. Well in 2009 it was a no brainer to go down there and defend our second place from the previous year. Conditions were not that great with 3 to 4 foot seas pounding us all morning. Fishing was tough on everyone. It was alot of work to manage putting 5 coho in the box to give us our 5 weighable fish! We decide that if we could find one decent fish we might give ourselves a chance. Our plan was to move out into the cleaner water and look for some kings that would help us. And wouldnt you know: we ended up putting a 16 and a half pound king in the box! We went to the weigh in hopeful, but not sure. It turned out that our 4 coho and a king were good enough to take second again and the king was big fish fior the day. We fell short to a team that made a plan to work the pierheads for their bonus fish. A 13 pound brown with 5 bonus points that left us three points short. So if anyone is heading down to the Joe for that weekend i encourage you to give this tournament a try. The guys who run this are a class act and it is very well run. And of course, the Wild at Heart Fishing Team will be there, trying to get over the hump of two second place finishes!

[Paulywood]

I will be down there fishing friday afternoon and saturday morning.

[Just Hook'n]

We are in. Jim (Maniac1), Jay (Iceman08) and Scott (Rough Diamond) will be fishing together. Like you said, fun tourney for not a ton of money. The more boats the better. Will may the payout good for someone. But heck, it's still a day on the water and good time with good buddies even if we get a skunk.