4-F Bass Club Tournament Tails
2008
Stories and other untruths (We are fishermen) as told by Mike Kincaid or other Members.
Tournament Tails
Gibbons Creek
April 5, 2008
Well howdy neighbors! Been a spell since I’ve written the news about the 4F Bass Club tournaments. Actually, it’s been so quiet and uneventful this year that there was little or nothing to report. That is now changed! J
The club selected Gibbons as the go to lake for April amid some questioning about the sanity of our members. Some still think this lake is a small fish lake and provides few opportunities to catch a decent largemouth. Well I think that may have changed after this trip.
A few of the members made the correct choice to start the day at the intake. Some of the boaters didn’t agree and went to other “fishy” places instead. Guess which group Ye Ol Tattle Tailer was in???? Within about 5 minutes my boater realized he had made a tactical error when we went to the dam and other really fishy areas that ALWAYS provide for some measurable fish. One blowup and narry a bite for the most part! We gave it a really good try tho.
Finally moved to the intake after we heard that the first fish caught was 22” and several boats had some good limits. Can’t say we don’t learn anyway! J
It was truly amazing that after the beating that the intake took all morning the area still was producing some decent fish. I boated 2 while may partner put 4 in the boat and then added one kicker after I had to leave early.
Weather was really kinda nice with it being cool and a bit breezy for the day! Hey, we’ve had a lot worse folks!!!!!
Now, in time honored tradition, it is time to tell the tail of the vastly experienced boater that showed us that mistakes can and will be made! Although the boater really attempted to cover up his somewhat costly error, enough folks saw the incident and the boater cannot deny the situation!
It seems that Bill Gibson, club mechanic, and his partner Wayne McLaughlin decided that they had enough fish on the sheet that they would leave the intake and move to a more productive area. Actually Wayne says that Bill decided that he had enough of his back seater catching the big ones that he got in a real hurry to leave. It seems that Bill became really concerned when his beloved Hydra Sport would not go on plane for some reason……… My guess is that his partner pointed out that the trolling motor was still in the down position and was causing a bit of drag! (hee-hee). BG found out that he is getting older and a little more forgetful…not to mention the $75 he has spent on repairing the motor! Sorry Bill. L
BTW, for many of you, Bill’s Hydra Sport and Gibbons have a history of costly damage. Many years ago, Bill and his brand new club member, me, fished out of his BRAND NEW Hydra Sport at Gibbons. After I caught the first fish on his new boat, Bill caught a fence post, and gouged out about $1300 worth of Gel Coat! Then a couple of years ago, Bill hung his $12 Lucky Craft crank on the beach next to the ramp and in the attempt to get the lure back, which he did, he chewed the hull up on a piece of concrete hidden under the water! Now the $12 lure is his favorite $3000 lure and a new hull. Never a dull moment with Bill and Gibbons!
Whew, that is a long story and is told only because Bill asked why he wasn’t written about this month yet! Lesson to be learned. J
As always, we are so thankful that we all came back safely and had a wonderful time enjoying the creation that He has given us. Don’t forget to say thanks!
See y’all at the May meeting.
Ye ‘Ol Tattle Tailer
4-F Bass Club Tournament Tails
2007
Stories and other untruths (We are fishermen) as told by Mike Kincaid or other Members.
Tattle Tails
Coleto Creek
November 10, 2007
Well the last T for 2007 is now in the books and we can now start planning the 2008 agenda. Let’s not forget to make Fayette off limits during one of the better months! J
Guess I gotta talk about a small problem that occurred to my boater and I on this trip. First let me state that my boater, better know as DK, Pizza Man, Dingle String or Pres, asked me to meet him at 3AM so we could get a good start on the trip and to insure sufficient time to stop at the Exxon station to fill up his boat and to get some kolaches. I am soooooo happy that we actually got started at 2:50 AM which gave us an additional 10 minutes!!!
Well, on the way my boater was explaining all the new techno gadgets on his wife’s brand new Tahoe. Man, what a machine! It has the latest in sound systems, temp gauges, back up camera (wow) and a really neat GPS program that tells you a whole bunch of stuff that should keep a normal person out of trouble while on the road. J Well, as we drove along, passing Victoria, that neat little computer thing comes on and says ‘LOW FUEL” do you want to locate the nearest gas station?…..Yes or Cancel! Well, clicking cancel seemed like the thing not to do but what the heck do I know? The same LOW FUEL computer also tells the driver that he has 60 miles range left! Well, a quick check in the rear view confirms that a boat is being towed so that must mean that we only have about 30 miles left. Plenty to get us the remaining 20 miles or so to the Exxon near the lake. Well, after we passed the last of 3 open gas stations and were some 5 miles down the road my boater makes a comment about losing power! I look and sure enough the RPM’s are at 0! My partner’s first comment is “I think we may be out of gas!” DUH! J Second comment is “oh crap, I’ve got the “Tattle Tailer” with me!!!!! I replied “no problem dude, I won’t say a word…sure. :-)
Well, to make a long sad story shorter, we called Triple A, Chevrolet Roadside Assistance, Bill Gibson and finally Hamilton to see if we could get a little help. The first 2 tell us maybe an hour! Bill says he is 40 minutes out of Victoria but will bring gas if we can’t get any other help. The call to Phil brings success of sorts. Phil brings us 2.5 gals of gas, or he says 4 liters of Petrol in the world’s most expensive gas can! We cancel all other calls and we are on our way. BTW, Phil is parked in the cross over lane on 59 with his trailer in the traffic lane when I ask him if he knows that he has not trailer lights! He didn’t and he decided that he could make the rest of the trip ok, with any luck! He has luck! J
We made the Exxon and DK puts 26 gals in the 28 gal tank! (remember the 2.5 gals) It was dry.
Bills tip of the day!
We tried to siphon some gas from the boat but the hose wouldn’t make the bend into the tank! Bill says “why not take the hose loose at the motor and pump the bulb? DUH! Great advice for the future. Thanks Bill.
Now, the fishing was absolutely fantastic…for most of the club! Darrell, Mr. First Place, caught the most and the biggest (22”) for the win. Bill G was second and Kyle 3rd. Congrats guys. For the second T in a row, all members caught fish. The fish are either getting dumber or our members are improving?
Weather was really nice for awhile until the front came in and brought some pretty high winds. Kept the temp down so wasn’t all that bad.
Guess there is no more to talk about this year so will close the 2007 season with a great big thanks to all the members and guests that made for a truly fun year! Hope y’all come back and do it again in 2008.
Remember the ONE that gave this resource to us for our enjoyment. Give thanks to Him and we’ll see y’all at the December meeting. BTW, remember, we are railroading, er, electing our 2008 Pres and Treasurer at this meeting so don’t take any chances…be there!
Ye ‘Ol Tattle Tailer
Kids Unlimited Tattle Tails
As usual, the 4F guys made sure everyone new we were there. 4 of us fished the October 2007 Kids Unlimited Tournament for Children recovering from Cancer. This was (as usual) an awesome event. A great time was had by all. But like I said, everyone new we were there. The day started off like this: I had set my alarm for 3:50 am, at 4:39 am I awoke to realize the alarm did not go off, oh great. Fortunately everything was ready to go and Kyle and I just had to jump in the truck and leave. We made it there on time only to discover that we had forgotten (of all things) our life jackets. OH well, thank goodness Randy Stack and Darrell Kees were more prepared than we were. Darrell had two adults and several child sizes and Randy had one adult, we were good to go, or so we thought. Kyle was launching the boat while I was checking in, my phone rings and it's Kyle. "Dad, the cranking battery is dead". I ran over to the boat and tried tightening the cables, after all it is a brand new (3 month old) battery, it had to just be the cables, no such luck. We jump started and were able to take off. A few more jump starts during the day and we were ok. After the tournament Kyle and I trailered our boat and I was about to pull Phil out when my cell rang. It was Darrell Kees, he was sitting at the end of the Dike with a dead battery. That'll teach him to laugh at me. I should also mention that he don't carry jumper cables. He will now. So Phil takes off to get him and in about 20 minutes they return. DK gives Phil his keys so that he can back his trailer in. Phil gets to the parking lot and forgets about DK. Poor guy is just sitting in the water waiting. When I realized what the English Gentleman had done I asked him for Kee's keys. He gives me a set of keys and points out DK's new Tahoe. I try the clicker, no luck, I try the key, no luck, I return the Phil and swap his keys for Kee's keys, hey now, that works. The whole day sort of reminds me of the Keystone Cops going fishing.
With all the mishaps, it was still a great day, DK and his partner Kaitlyn took 10th (he thinks), oh yes, she out fished him, Phil and his partner Tarson took 11th place with 15 fish, Bill (me) and his partner Charles took 17th, and Glenn Royal and his patner caught some fish too. It was a lot of fun and there were a lot of fish caught, I can't wait till next year. Please keep these kids in your prayers, they have been through some tough times and have come through like champions, there all winners in my heart.
God Bless
TATTLE TAILS
SEPT 9-10 SCATTER
(NON FAYETTE L)
Well, this was a great idea, huh? Maybe next year we will move the “hands off” T to a different time of the summer. J
The only good thing was that nothing happened that was worthy of tattle tailing on. At least nothing was reported to me so all I can report on was the weather, Conroe was not too bad after the usual big thunder and lightening storm passed over. It was bad enough to run us off the lake for an hour or so. We spent the time enjoying the hospitality of the Anchorage Marina store!
The other thing would be that the “hotspots” that my partner took us to were “coldspots” for us. It was a good try in any case. I also seem to remember Dwayne peppering Darrell with a long list of invectives about his ability to find fish. I think the end result was another episode of DK showing his pizzabutt to him! It was really gross! J
Congrats to the winner, Phil Hamilton-Smith-Jones-Garrod for his decision to go to Bastrop where the fish were. He also took Big Bass. Mr. Hamm took 2nd place but I’m not sure where he fished. Prolly in his backyard pond! 3rd place went to Dwayne Grisbee. Not quite sure where he was on Conroe after we fished the Lighthouse and the dam. He tried to tell us that he caught his fish on the dam, but when we were there with him, there were no fish! Hmmmmmmm? J
At least we all enjoyed the time on the water and came back safe. As always, give thanks to the ONE that created this resource for our enjoyment.
Won’t be at the October mtg or T so someone will have to keep notes for me.
Ye Ol Tattler
TATTLE TAILS
FAYETTE COUNTY
TEAM TOURNEY
AUGUST 10 – 11 2007
Excuse me while I wipe the sweat off the computer screen! Was it hot enough for you guys? As the club blabber mouth I’ve waited a long time for the opportunity to tell a tournament story like this one. Not sure if any one gets away without a mention this month! J
Let’s start with my partner Bill G. He insists on buying cheap equipment and expects to get the same results as with the top of the line stuff. For instance, he buys Wal-Mart tires for his boat trailer. Not only that but he buys bottom of the line..on sale! Well it caught him Friday as we were traveling along the road leading into Fayetteville. Yep, a minor air leak in one tire causes the truck to shimmy a bit!!!! The entire sidewall had blown out! Then as we are working in 98 degree heat to change the tire, his really expensive, sure L, lug wrench breaks! Now in all my years, a lot, I’ve never seen a lug wrench break! After digging around amongst all the rest of the top of the line tools we found a wrench that worked and got the tire changed. HOT!
We made it to the ramp without any additional difficulty. Prepped for launch and Bill finds that all his switches have been left on and sure enough the battery is dead! Great, looks like another run to Wal-Mart for another new battery. But nope, Bill says I have cables and will jump the battery. Ok, we hit the ramp and Bill turns the key….nothing! Checks all the connections and again…nothing!! 3 times, 4 times and nothing!!!!! Ok, he checks the ground and…loose ground terminal! Finally we launch….no more trouble…right.
Now it’s my turn L. We are in the intake fishing when a mass of flying insects decide to visit! Didn’t dare open your mouth to talk cause the result would be a large dose of unwanted protein. Anyway, a really BIG bug lands on my face and I do the normal thing…I swat it off. Well in the process I also swat my new glasses into the lake! Oh well, only $375 lost and some considerable blindness. I suffer from one eye farsighted and the other nearsighted so without my glasses I have zero depth perception! Makes for an interesting night of casting to say the least. I was able to put my bait within 30 yards of any target. Bill said it was my best casting he has seen in years. Thanks partner!
Next in line: Guy!!!! Before the news, thanks for bringing your young ladies for another event. It is always a pleasure to see a dad get his kids involved in this sport. Now, it is launch time this morning about 5:30 and several of us are in line waiting to launch. We watch this dude back his boat into the water, no wait…he pulls the boat back out….he puts in the plug…can you believe it??? He backs back in….pulls back out again!!!!! Gets out of the truck..checks the back of the boat…gets back in the truck and pulls the boat off the ramp! What happened? We all ask while trying not to laugh too loud! Seems he forgot the plug the first time…No way, no 4F member has ever forgotten the plug! J Second time, the plug has fallen out and is missing! Now Guy, I’ve got to give you credit in that you came prepared as you had spare plugs. The question now “is this the first time you have forgotten the plug”?
Continuing on with the saga. We go to Orsaks for lunch. While swapping the normal stories amongst the group our president informs us that he had a couple of fun events. First, he decides that it is time for his employer to replace his company cell phone so he conveniently drops it over board! We’re all waiting to hear the story he gives the boss about this one. J Next he informs us that he has perfected the art of hook setting combined with rod snapping resulting in having the end piece fly into the right ear canal, all ending with his ability to hand line a 21” bass into the boat. The amazing thing is that Dwayne actually observed this event so, as absurd as it may sound, it is true. Oh, bye the way, our sophisticated and suave president has developed an uncontrollable urge to show us his dirty undies! Two T’s in a row he has dropped his trousers and mooned his membership! Last month I didn’t report this event as I thought it was a passing thing, but now I’m not so sure. This time he showed his stuff to Randy, Randabugman, who stated that it was obvious that Darrell had eaten pizza last nite!!!! Now that is funny J J. Next month he probably has his “sights” set on the Game Warden. (heehee).
Actually, with all the crud happening the T was pretty successful. Congrats to Team Grisbee/Herbig with 476 points and Big Bass. BTW, this is the second biggest point total for a team event for 4F. Grisbee also holds the 1st record with 504 points – Brian Bearden was his partner back in July ‘03 at Fayette. 2nd place goes to Moran/Royal and 3rd to Kees/K. Gibson. Some nice fish caught.
Everyone had a good time regardless and came back safe and healthy. Please give thanks to Him that provides us with this wonderful resource.
See y’all in September. Remember that September is a Pik ur Partner Scatter with Fayette “OFF LIMITS”!!!!
Ye ‘Ol Tattler
TATTLE TAILS
FAYETTE COUNTY
JULY 13/14, 2007
First scatter T of the year and it was a very good one. Started at 5PM Friday and weigh in was at 5PM Saturday. Weather was rather nice for this time of the year in that it was partly cloudy which kept the heat down and we only had a slight drizzle towards the end.
For those that wonder if the weather affects the fishing we can say for sure that it does. There were 4 club boats working the Three Fingers area looking for schoolies, none existed, and realized that when the sun went behind the clouds the top water bite was on and immediately off when the sun reappeared. That happened several times.
Several nice fish were brought to the net: Big Bass was caught by Dwayne, MY PARTNER, and measured 23 ¼”. Good healthy fish. Three other fish over 20” were caught. Bill G had second big bass at 22”. It was not a normal Fayette T as only 3 or 4 limits were boated. 1st was Bill G, 2nd President (dingle string?) Kees, 3rd and Big Bass was Dwayne Grisbee. Congrats guys. I believe only 4 points separated the 1st and 2nd guys.
I had more fun than I should as Dwayne’s back- seater. I have now realized that we have a very serious competition going between Dwayne and Darrel –l! The cell phone pics, text messaging and calls are hilarious. I thought Hamilton's phone was busy…no comparison. J And such name calling….made me blush. ‘-). I think I got the name right..dingle string???? Ask Darrel-l.
The only bad incident was with Hamilton's beloved Skeeter. It seems that the starter wouldn’t kick over. Of course that happened at the dam in the middle of the night!!!! Lucky for Phil that “Outagas” Randy Stack was on hand with the Texas Team Tin boat to tow him in. Sad that the problem could have been resolved if they had woke the club tech up. Bill knows where a plug-in is located and the main battery could have been recharged. Phil probably would have won the T! BTW, Thanks Bugman for your help. Hope ya come back in August.
We ended the day by gathering at Orsaks in Fayetteville for lunch. Now, I’ve had some really great burgers and some really big burgers in my time but this was AWESOME! Actually it was embarrassing when the burger was delivered. It had to be 8” tall. Guy also had a double meat burger! No way to eat that thing with out taking it apart. Got a bunch of good natured ribbing from a motorcycle club that was sitting behind us. I suggested to the waitress that a warning be placed on the menu about this!!!
Well, we really did have a great time and all came back safe. Please don’t forget to thank the ONE that created this resource for our enjoyment. See y’all in August.
TATTLE TAILS
SAM RAYBURN
JUNE 16, 2007
Ok now, what can I say about this tournament? Not much happened….Right!
Let’s see, about the weather….glub, glub! Got run off the water both Friday and Saturday. Nice cool mornings followed by a bit of heat..90+, and then after praying for a cool breeze, which got answered, the rain came. It was something worse than the normal 4F weather conditions. The picture is of some of the gang sitting on the porch watching the rain.
As you can tell, they were truly happy with the conditions.
Seems most everybody had a good time and didn’t really have any serious problems. Dwayne’s boat made the whole T without a breakdown! The only situation worth discussion was with my boater….:-)
Starting Friday during the pre fish time Phil decided to have numerous professional over runs….I mean several! He even got so good at this that he could tie up 2 reels at a time! That was a neat trick! He kept saying he was getting his bad luck out of the way on Friday so Saturday would be trouble free. RIGHT…read on!
After having a pretty successful morning with the catching part of the trip we were back at the Harvey Creek ramp getting ready to load up the trailer. We decided to spend a few minutes fishing the pilings along the bank before the heavy rain hit. BIG MISTAKE! Phil was in the process of pulling up the trolling motor when he decided to take a Big Sam bath! Such graceful movements I have not seen in a long time. The look on his face as he was going in was classic….I asked him if he was panicked or just aware of the “oh s**t” situation? He said it was the “oh s**t”. J Of course he had his wallet in his pocket and when he had hauled his sorry wet self back on board he said his wallet was a little wet….well says I, you also gave your blackberry a good washing! I was impressed by Phil’s typical British reaction! He said, it’s insured! Good news is that the blackberry dried out and continued to work! Irish luck I guess.
Well the final results for the T are that Dwane G. and his imaginary partner took 1st place. Congrats Dwayne. Team Gibson, Bill and Kyle, took second and Phil and I took a distant 3rd. Ye Ol’ Tattle Tailer was blessed to capture the Big Bass, again!
Following the T we congregated at a local hamburger place in Zavala and had a pretty good burger and onion rings. Some of the guys ate the buffet bar and said the fried catfish was really good. No telling good taste I guess. J
Again, everyone had a good time and came back safe and healthy. Be sure to thank Him for the creation of the resources that we enjoy. See y’all in July.
Ye Ol’ Tattle Tailer
Tattle Tails
Choke Canyon
May 5, 2007
UNBELIEVABLE! That’s about all one can say about this tournament! The ‘OL Tattler has a creel full of good stuff to report on this month. J
Let’s see, I guess I should start with the fact that we have one of the most persistent club presidents of any club anywhere! It all started with a phone call on Friday to Dwayne from Darrell that he was a bit under the weather but he was going to go to the doc for some meds and would be at Choke a little later that day. We knew a little cough wouldn’t keep him away. The next call came a while later and DK informed Dwayne that the situation was a little more serious than first thought. In fact, DK had a “small” problem in a very unfortunate area of his male anatomy. He said he was going to get an ultrasound and if possible he would be there! Well we all were very concerned for DK and some prayers were said. Of course, as sensitive as this club is, we started putting together some applicable comments for dinner and for the next few days or weeks.
Well, as it turned out, DK didn’t have to give his left side to make the T after all! He showed up in the afternoon and only showed a little discomfort and a slight walking tilt to the left! We kinda thought DK would go a little “nuts” when the comments began but he accepted the kidding with his natural demeanor. So far the best comment came from Bill G. with the Almond Joy ad – “Sometimes you feel like a nut…sometimes you don’t”. In all seriousness Darrell, we are truly happy that it turned out to be a simple infection! OF course that also started a new round of bawdy comments that I will not post here as we are a family site!
Scott Moran’s brother joined the T as his partner. We talked with them on Friday afternoon at the ramp area and they were doing well. Scott was complaining about his brother being late that morning. Little brother says, “we still caught a lot of fish today”. Big brother says, “yep, but we could of caught a lot more if we were here early”. Tough love?
The really sad story of the T is about Dwayne’s broken boat! See picture insert.
That’s the way the boat stayed all day Saturday! Bill and I were running the lake with DG on Friday. We ran to 3 fingers and DG trolls over and says he is hearing some strange noises from the engine. Some sort of knocking noise. Bill, being the club mechanic, began his investigation. He grabbed the prop and gave it a good spin and sure enough there was a knocking noise! Oh Good! Lower unit!!!!! Well Bill was not satisfied so he gave the prop another spin and ran his finger over a sharp edge and lacerated the tip of his finger about a ¼ inch deep! OUCH!!!! The finger bled like it had been amputated. We dug out the first aid box and found some gauze and tape to bind the wound. That thing bled for 2 days!!!! Back to the lower unit……. After we had fished the cove we decided to run back to the ramp. Bill followed DG to be sure that he didn’t break down on the way. DG had just enough power to put the boat on the trailer. It was really noisy by this time. Thank God for warranties! Doesn’t it seem that he has trouble with all of his boats when he goes on a 4F T???? HHHMMMMMMM? J
BTW, as usual DG lost his 9lbr at the boat…..again!!!!! :-(
Pictured above are the teams that took first thru third. Ye ‘OL Tattler and Bill G took 1st, Glenn and (?) sorry, took 2nd and Team Moran took 3rd. I got very lucky and landed a 21 ¼ for Big Bass. A lot of quality fish were caught on this trip. All but one member, sorry Fred, caught fish. Fred fished as a third on our boat and I gotta tell ya, he did have chances to catch fish. He lost a couple on the hook set. I am only making this point so that he doesn’t tell false tales that his boater didn’t put him on fish! Hee-hee.
We had a fun dinner at Nolan Ryan’s place Friday night and again met there on the way out for a late lunch. Good food and great company. No shortage of fish stories at that table!
Oh BTW, the weather was really quite nice! The wind blew a bit on Saturday and it was mostly cloudy and warm. Couldn’t complain. Wonder what happened????
Other than some physical and mechanical difficulties we had a great time enjoying His creation and all came back safe. Be sure to thank Him for all of this! See ya in June.
Ye ‘Ol Tattle Tailer
Tattle Tails for
Gibbons Creek
April 14, 2007
WOW!!!! That was really fun huh? Why is it that the Monday thru Friday weather is so nice and the weekends fall apart? This T was probably the windiest we have ever had. It was informally called off at about 1PM due to the dangerous conditions, except for Mr. Grisbee, who wouldn’t quit until he had a 3rd keeper in the boat! He finally came in about 2:30.
The only real bad happening was that Mr. Gibson had a blowout on his trailer on the way home. That tire was truly destroyed! Several members were in the caravan so we stopped to give Bill a bunch of supervision while he had Kyle change the tire only to find the spare was below safe air level. Bill, being the organized person that he is, carries an air pump so it only took about 10 minutes to put enough air in the tire to get him to a place that has a commercial pump. Of course the first 2 places didn’t have working pumps! Anyway, he made it home safe. A quick tip…check your spare tire pressure before leaving home!
The good news is that Ye ‘Ol Tattler finally caught some fish! Yipppeeeeeee. The winners are #1 Scott M, #2 Dwayne G and 3rd goes to Sandy C with Big Bass also. 22 ½ inches. Congrats to all.
Remember that the May meeting is going to be held on April 26 so plans can be made for the Choke Canyon trip on May 7th.
Everyone came back safe and sound after enjoying the Creators gift to us. Please remember to give thanks to Him.
Ye ‘Ol Tattle Tailer
Tattle Tails
Coleto Creek
March 10, 2007
Wow!!!!! What a really nice Tournament. Something went terribly wrong cause the weather was too good to be true! Light winds, partly cloudy, about 78 degrees. The worst was the fog that delayed launch for a short while.
One of the nicest parts of this T is the number of kids that came out. Sandy brought his grandson Kyle with him and spent the day teaching him how to hang worms in trees. Kyle learned a bit more than that as he caught 3 fish and one was over 18”. Way to go young man. Guy brought his daughters Emily and Whitney out and they seemed to have had a fun time. Way to go Sandy and Guy, teaching the youngsters to fish will bring nothing but positives in the future.
Now for the Tattlers stuff. Let’s see, oh yeah, I CAUGHT FISH!!!! Thank you for the applause!!!!! J Mr. Pres, Darrell K. attempted to create some real trouble by posting a sign in Mr. Moran’s private cove. It was a great idea but someone took the sign down before Scott got to see it.
Again, Mr. Pres is in the sights of the Tattler as he was the loser to Dwayne in the Fantasy Fishing contest so Mr. Pres was obligated to clean Mr. Grisbee’s boat after the T. As you can see by the picture Dwayne was ready for this one!
The guys got together for dinner Friday night at La Hacienda in Victoria. I don’t know if we will be allowed to return next year! Everybody was well behaved except for “Hamilton” who decided that he didn’t like what David Williams ordered so he (ahem) accidentally threw the plate on the floor. I’m not sure if David made Phil pay for his dinner or not?
Mr. Pres did make the decision to allow the members to launch and begin fishing at “safe light” which we all determined to be about 6:00AM. Of course we were all at the ramp at 5:30 and couldn’t see more than 15 feet with the fog. Everyone used their heads and stayed close to the ramp when we began fishing at 6:30 until the fog lifted enough to see.
The results of the day came as a big surprise! The nearly always winner D. Grisbee came in 11th place with a total of 4 (!) fish. He kept mumbling about having bad luck from the back seater because Kyle Gibson lost 3 big fish and it rubbed off on him. (sure Dwayne). J The 1st place went to Heinz with 181 points and the Big Bass of 23.5 inches and 8.9lbs! Great job Heinz. Sandy Cain came in 2nd with 136 points. There was a 3 way tie for 3rd between Bill Gibson, David Williams (guest from Seven Coves Bass Club and Mr. Nice guy from the BFW) and the Tattler with 129 points. A total of 113 fish were caught and as with normal Coleto Creek they were mostly small sized. Still a good day for 4F!
We were honored with the guests visiting with us for this T. David Williams and Randy Stack from the Seven Coves club, Jim Brockman, founder of the Ignition Bass Trail joined us and seemed to have a good time. At least Randabugman was on good behavior. I sent an email to his wife attesting to the fact that he was there and that he was very nice to everybody and paid for the dinner! She returned it to me as being so obviously sent to the wrong Mrs. Stack! J Thanks for joining us for the day guys. Hope y’all come back.
Again we all came back safe and happy after experiencing the Creators gift to us. Be sure to give your thanks to Him.
See ya’ll at the April meeting.
Ye ‘Ol Tattle Tailer
TATTLE TAILS
FAYETTE COUNTY
FEBRUARY 10 2007
Well another typical 4F tournament has come and gone. The weather was, as expected, cold and windy! Temps ranged in the high 30’s with the chill factor around -20 degrees! Overall not too bad. NO RAIN! J
Nothing out of the ordinary to report on…..Oh yeah, almost forgot! We were all launched and getting ready to leave the ramp area when Darrell asked where Bill and Kyle were. There was some concern that they were not with the rest of us. Someone said not to worry that Bill had taken off half hour ago. Darrell said something about DQ due to leaving the ramp before safe light! Everyone agreed that this would be the only fair thing to do, but as it turned out Bill didn’t win anyway. To really make things bad, Bill was bragging about culling before 7 AM! Would have been the first DQ in club history so we were really disappointed that he didn’t win. L (only kidding about the DQ, Bill)
The happy faces you see in the picture above are the winners for the first three places. Dwayne was 1st, Randy Stack, guest, was 2nd ands Scott Moran was third. Darrell Kees was 4th. Figured with the huge number of fish that Darrell and Dwayne caught while prefishing there would have been a bigger difference in the overall standings.
Seems everyone caught fish, some more than others! Oh-Oh, everyone but yours truly! L My partner caught a bunch and lost several, but the back of the boat was only good for one fish that was seen before it shook off the lure!
It was a really good day on the water and we enjoyed having Randy, Randabugman, Stack as our guest for the 2nd time. Maybe he will join the club one of these days.
Everyone finished the day in good health and we really must remember to thank our Creator for the ability to enjoy His creation. See ya’ll on March 1 for the meeting.
Ye Ol’ Tattle Tailer
TATTLE TAILS
BASTROP
JANUARY 13, 2007
Well, the good new is that this T is over with and no one died! The above picture kind of tells the story of the conditions for the day. This was taken at 6:45AM. As you can tell Brian is the newest model for top notch foul weather gear! It always pays to come prepared huh, Brian.:-) The guy showing the most optimism for better weather by wearing sunglasses is Randabugman from BFW. He was our honored guest today. Randy, it was a pleasure to have you join us.
My partner, Byron, and I may not have caught any fish but we were the smartest in the bunch ‘cause we were the first to return to the ramp. This T may not have been the coldest, that goes to Bastrop for January 2006, but I think it takes the honors for the overall worst weather T in club history! Let’s see…..windy (10 -20mph), rainy ( 2 to 3 feet per hour) foggy ( no visibility for 2 feet) and cold ( somewhere between frozen and no feeling left). Typical 4F Tournament conditions.
My only tattle is on my partner because he decided to begin replacing his fishing rod inventory. He does this in a very unique way. He breaks his rod tips off. Not on 1 but on 2 of his remaining 4 rods! He is so cool about this cause I didn’t realize he had broken a rod until I was sitting on the bank of the discharge. I turned around to see if he was in trouble and all I could see was him holding 2 pieces of rod in his hands and a strange look on his face. He told me he didn’t know what he had done. Well, that was sad and understandable until, not 5 minutes later, I was again in a position to not be able to cast and so I looked around and sure enough, Byron is again holding 2 pieces of another rod. I could only empathize with him. He says no problem, still got 2 rods left! Another 5 minutes and the weather turned bad enough for us to leave the lake and so we saved the remaining rods from danger.
Got wind that Bill Gibson decided to stick around and took the boat back out. He says he went to the discharge, made one cast and caught his fish. He then listened to the begging and pleading of his partner and came back to the ramp for the day.
Somebody told me that they thought they heard Fred screaming and beating his partner about the head and shoulders with his fishing rod trying to convince Dwayne that enough was enough. Dwayne kept repeating something about his reputation and was gonna stay until he knew he had 1st place in the bag! I really think this was only a rumor tho. J
Glenn Royal took 1st place and Big Bass honors. Pres. Kees took second and Dwayne G. took 3rd place with additional honor of having the newest and prettiest boat! Congrats to these guys and to all for braving the conditions.
Even though the weather was bad, we were still able to enjoy that which the Creator has given us. Please don’t forget to give thanks. See y’all at El-Jarritos and then in February for our meeting at BPS and T at Coletto Creek.
Ye Ol’ Tattler