Day After Tournament

Posted on July 18, 2016 by VHFC

By Martin Friedrich

I had gotten a fishing report from a friend Saturday night after our tournament. He and a friend fished an area and gotten 9 keepers. If wasn’t for the weather coming in they might have gotten there limet. Next day my neighbor went there and gave me a call about 10 o’clock. So I loaded the boat and headed out there. The fishing was on open bottom in 45 ft. Of water. Got 3 keeper’s biggest was 21in 3lb 11oz. Also had about 20 shorts. The last fish I caught ( pictured ) had no tail. It was healed over, was 11ins. Was released in good health and quickly swam away.

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