Lake Lewisville Open Day 2

Ok this starting off exactly like the Lake Texoma Open. Well minus 70 degrees ad two layers of clothing.

I slept in, slowly drug my butt out to figure out how to fit 6 toats worth of tackle and gear into my boat and finish the day off with working out a few minor glitches or "bugs" on my rig so that I could concentrate on fishing and not worry about when I could take are of it later. Piece of mind in knowing everythings working properly can go a LONG way with our sport as for me about 90% of it is a mental game.

Well by the time it was all said and done it was dark. I took a lunch break and had to send the occasional email to make sure all my meetings were lined out fo Tuesday on my way through Shreveport To NO to the Classic Expo, but for the most part I was in deep concentration.

I had pretty much just thrown everything in the toats when I returned my buddies boat I used at Texoma (THANKS HOJO) but even though my house and personal organization skills are a mess I HAVE to be organized when I'm on the water. I have learned that when competitive fishing I have to have everything where I know where itis for two reasons. TIME & MONEY.

Time is money in a sense because I have to dig for something I can lose valuable fishing time . I can make a few cast in a minute and I'll let you do the math on what 5 minutes of digging cam cost. I mean 5 minutes is what one me the Texoma event. 5 minutes could hbe cost me over $20,000 - $30,000.

There is a little more to te money side of it however. It also makes it even more important to get organized before I make the first cast in practice as well. I can't tell you how many times I have got on a bite and gone to Academy and spent $50-$100 maybe even $200 on tackle just to return and find it a few days later. Now if it was just a pack of worms here and there it would be one thing but to tell the truth I don't have the willpower to go to Acdemy for a pack of worms. I always find something on sell when I get there. An you women think we are so much different! HA!!! Whatever I can do to keep myself out of that place I HAVE TO DO IT. we aren even gonna talk about BPS of Caellas. That reminds me....

Well I'm gonna hit a little more map study and then it's off to bed. Got a big day tomorrow and I have to make time to break in the old Merc Pro Xs and get my Humminbirds set up to my liking and get use to this new 1198 si. I can't believe it's only the second time I have had the old Legend Alpha 211 in the water.

Good night guys and galls I'll be sire to check back in tomorrow for those of you who are interested in what this Crazy White Boys up to.

G-Nite y'all!!!


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Lake Lewisville 2011 Night 1

As usual I got a late start. Finally get home from the old fire station after a few necessary stops and start loading things up. The plan was to leave by about 4:30 to get to Moms in Ft Worth at a decent rime and unload and visit.

Fast forward to 7:30 and off we go, "Black Betty" with "Red Ruby" in tow and Halo and I buckled in tight for our journey west. I was a little nervous about the road conditions ahead but had been getting reports that the roads in the DFW didn't really ever get that dangerous.

The trip flew by as Haleigh Bug was out cold within and hour and I pretty much spent the whole trip after that on the phone with my favorite Legend Rep Cindy. With all the excitement we have planned over the next 6 months (i.e. Bassmaster Classic, Red River Big Bass Extravaganza, Bass Life Banquet) it's easy to do.

Finally touched down in Rhome, Tx around 11:30 and fortunately baby girl remained asleep or else OMG it would have been a LONG night. Unpacked got everything settled in and went to work on a little map study.

I'll be honest with ya, I was a little discombobulated about where I should initially start, but after looking over my good old handy dandy iPhone Navionics app I feel much better. Now that's assuming it's accurate. It usually is but there can be some slight differences from the actual contours from time to time like , oh let's say a 2 ft hump that's actually a 60 ft valley on Amistad.

After 86 waypoints dropped on just 1/6th of the lake, 1% battery life on my phone and discovering that this should be more than enough to keep me busy for a while tomorrow I'm off to bed. As soon as any light peaks through the window Lil Bit will be coming at me with her famous "GET UP DAEEEEE!"

For those who really give a darnI'll try to post notes from day to day just to kind of give you an idea of what a day in my life can be like. These next 18 days are gonna be quite exciting. Well for me anyway. I only hope that it will all end with the same result as my last fishing expedition in Texas. Fingers crossed.....

Peace out...