September 7, 2013

Today I fished the Battle on the Bay tournament with angler Scott Warren. This was a great tournament and all proceeds go to autism research. We started by landing some nice trout with one sure to have us in a great position to take the trout division. Unfortunately, we missed winning the division by half an inch. Although most of us were dodging storms most of the day, we definitely got into bonefish. There were BIG 10 plus pound bonefish tailing on the west side of the bay but as we made perfect casts to ensure a double header, three comorants dive bombed the school of tailing fish! Urgh!! After the storms fizzled out the bay became slick calm and we were treated to plenty of schools of shallow water waking bonefish and redfish but they failed to react to perfectly placed crabs. The weigh in party was a blast and I definitely look forward to fishing this tournament again next year.