First Bassmasters Tournament (Chautauqua Lake 2023)

[@ryancard7312]

Awesome job

[@CrayOutoors]

Man that was a rough tournament. We didn't have time to pre-fish, it was Ben's first bass tournament ever and my first tournament outside of the deep south so we didn't necessary go into it expecting to win any money (not to mention I set the boat on fire the night before), but I figured we would at least get a decent limit and enough action to make a KZbin video... We didn't even get a limit or catch anything worth posting on KZbin. Normally I do very well at the post-spawn, but this year Idk, the fish have me off my game. Watching your video actually makes me feel better about our attempt because we weren't too far off. Starting off anyway we fished the same area and used very similar baits. I guess just the micro-adjustments of focusing on the sallow side of the the weed-beds and slightly different lure colors was all that your team was really doing differently. Next time I'll have the boat ready sooner and we'll make time to pre-fish lol

[@WiredForFishing]

Chautauqua lake smallies can’t turn down crabs. In a tournament with open rules fish rock and real soft shells.