PAbowhunter4life Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Well, been getting in to local fishing contests here in PA for the past 10 years or so and not once have I ever landed a fish during the contest worthy of even entering. Always managed to land PLENTY of fish during them, but nothing big enough to enter. That being said, my buddy and I went out Friday at 6 pm and fished till 9 am the next morning. The bite was slow, only a few tiny walleye and a sauger to show for the first few hours. A place that is usually polluted with bass, walleye and sauger was dead of life until about 9 pm when the cats started to bite. Once that happened I changed game plans and figured I'd try and land a nice cat to take up. To make a long story short, at 2:30 a.m. I landed a 27" flathead that was big enough to net me first place at weigh in Saturday evening. Not a monster by any means, but none the less, he was big enough to take first place. Any other year, that would have been second or third place, but thankfully the bite was slow for everyone this year lol . I'll be posting pics ASAP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KS_jon Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... What kind of a contest are you in? You can weigh in any species of fish? Sounds like a good time though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter4life Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... The contest was pretty much an anything goes kind of deal. There was a category for bass, walleye/sauger, musky/pike, carp/sucker/drum, and finally a catfish category. Like I said, nothing was hitting besides the cats (and turtles lol), so I decided to change my game plan and this was the outcome. My buddy and I definitely had a blast................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterbucks1 Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterfisherman Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... Congrats!! Where was this tourney at? Just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp793 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... nice fish..congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter4life Posted August 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... [ QUOTE ] Congrats!! Where was this tourney at? Just curious... [/ QUOTE ] It was held on the Allegheny River, obviously in Allegheny County lol. Just a little North of Pittsburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... That's awesome! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Re: Finally, A First Place Finish.......... New job...congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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