08' Spring Highlights

Spending over 250 days fishing on the water a year there certain days are remembered for there success. It seems these memorable days that everything falls into place and every decision and cast made is the right one. The highlight of the 08' season for me was obviously breaking the Maryland State Record, which solidified my place as one of Maryland's top angler. This record fish that weighed 11lbs 3 ozs, which I named "Justine" was not only the largest bass I had caught in Maryland but the largest I had ever caught anywhere by 2lbs.
Another highlight of the 08' season was during the April Anglers Choice Pro Teams Tournament held out of Mattawomen Creek. I stumbled upon a school of 5lbers which just moved up and onto their beds to spawn and were hungry. Throughout the day I used electronics to exploit these fish which were also being fished by 25 other boats. At the end of this special day I amassed a five fish limit weighing over 24 lbs. Another interesting detail of this day is that all these fish were caught in an area the size of a bass boat in a grassbed which was 3 miles long. The key to finding this spot was a combination of catching a 5lber, marking this exact location on GPS and backing off and making multiple casts to this area. After I marked this location in which I caught the 5lber I proceeded to paint the area with my trail for the rest of the day. Sticking with this confidence of fishing a spot in a spot location proved to be an invaluable lesson which helped me win multiple tournaments throughout the 08' season. With the Potomac River growing grass beds much larger than ever before, and because fishing pressure in these beds is much worse, using GPS to pinpoint a spot throughout high and low water cycles is necessary for success. Another interesting fact about this small location which produced these fish is that after the spawn in another Anglers Choice Tournament I caught over 21lbs.