IDA Tourney

  • derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    March 20, 2006 at 12:53 am #1330151

    Just got back from Red Wing. I had a blast down at Everts. Sat morning it was -1 when we arrived and 4 above when we got the boat in The fog was extremely thick and using the shoreline for structure reference was impossible. The fog didnt lift until about 9am. We caught 15-20 eater fish yesterday in the deep water up near the lock but only one fish that we could weigh in the tourney. Most fish we caught were on BFT hair jigs or BFT Firecracker ringworms

    This morning was about the same temp. I fished with Brooktrout and he was a great partner. We brought only two fish to the scales but we covered alot of water and I got to learn a few spots. Jason pretty much gave me the Pool 4 101 and some tips that were great. This weekend was a great learning experince. I got to chat with Dean, Steve Vick, Dustin, Jon J, Jason and my Sat partner Corey. Even though I didnt win any money, I walked away with some priceless tips on river fishing. Heres a few pics from the weekend.

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    March 20, 2006 at 12:56 am #431412

    I want to say thanks to BrookTrout for putting me on this carp.

    Tail snagging a carp is alot of fun in a tourney.

    ryan-hale
    NW Ia
    Posts: 1548
    March 20, 2006 at 2:36 am #431445

    D,looks a little cold dude! Sure is neat seeing you with a open water report.Look forward to more.
    Ryan Hale

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    March 20, 2006 at 2:44 am #431452

    yea, just a little chilly going 40 MPH with no windshield when its 4 above..

    Just stick your head out the car window for about 3-5 minutes next time its in the single digits.

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    March 20, 2006 at 4:19 am #431507

    Great job D and Jason

    D sound slike your learning from some good rats
    You can take the boy off the lake but you cant take the lake out of the boy

    jhalfen
    Posts: 4179
    March 20, 2006 at 12:36 pm #431528

    It was absolutely my priveledge to share the boat with Derek on Sunday. We did a lot of running and gunning looking for bigguns, rather that working and reworking a small number of spots that are known producers. Probably bad tournament strategy on my part, but that gave me the chance to introduce Derek to a handful of out-of-the-way spots that don’t get pounded like the tailwaters do.

    A single digit air temperature start reveals all of the problems that cold weather boating brings out: boats stuck to trailers, dead batteries, motors that just won’t pee, ice knots in your line, etc etc etc. Once that warm sun start to hit your face, however, all became well.

    Derek and I pitched and dragged ringworms for the most part, although late-day desparation found us doing a little vertical jigging to try to find a limit of legals. Our first decent walleye came to the boat around 2:30, and we landed it on a dragging run that saw 2 other fish come unbuttoned. Darn 3:00 weigh-ins!!! We were working a stretch of shallow sand that was about 5-6 degrees warmer than most of the other waters we fished. If I had been thinking more clearly, we would have spent much more time straining this area for our 5 legals before going on the quest for mrs big.

    Well that’s my story. You can look for Derek and me again in the April IDA events. I’m lucky enough to be able to spend today and a bunch of days later this week back on the water, and I hope to use our tournament results as a guide to future success!

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    March 20, 2006 at 9:19 pm #431647

    Didn’t get a chance to pull out the camera as much as I like to. But here are a couple shots from the weekend I thought were…..”cool”

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    March 20, 2006 at 9:25 pm #431649

    Second shot here is of Dean Marshall, Everts Resort manager who is getting ready to hop in the boat for some day 2 action. Livewell checks out fine Dean, go get ’em!

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    March 20, 2006 at 9:28 pm #431651

    Here is John Arbs with his two fish that tipped the scales at over 12 pounds. Nice catch John! These fish were released along with all of the other fish caught this weekend.

    Click Here for Release Video Clip

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    March 20, 2006 at 11:15 pm #431697

    It was nice meeting you this weekend Derek . Always fun putting faces to names.

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    March 21, 2006 at 12:52 am #431743

    You too.. I plan on making it down this Sun, warmer weather coming..

    GTR
    Posts: 14
    March 21, 2006 at 11:06 pm #432004

    Just woundering if some one could post the results of the tournament or tell me where it is posted. Thanks

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    March 21, 2006 at 11:45 pm #432011

    Here is a direct link to the results:

    Final results

    This and most other tourney info is on the “Fishing Tournament HQ” forum.

    -J.

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