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Marc - I have a lot of fun with guys I fish the tourney with. 5 guys on a 20 foot grady for a weekend. It's a little tight when 3 of us have 10-12 pound blues on at the same time but still alot of fun as we work well together as a team....
Yep, the top 2 fish came out of that area. One from the first day and one from the second. We only go there on the second day. We left Black Rock at 40 mph all the way to Guilford as the conditions were great. Just as we were leaving to head back, the wind switched almost due south and whipped the waves to 3 feet with a few 4 footers mixed in so it took a lot longer to head back as the waves were coming in hard and heavy nearly in our face for most of the journey back. Wet ride but still a ton of fun....
This year they actually put some limits on to help reduce the amount of waste inherent in a tournament like that. Minimum sizes and frequent updates on leading fish appear to have put a dent in the yahoos keeping any fish they caught regardless of size...
On one bad note, a couple guys a few slips down brought in 2 fisg, one blue about 11 pounds and one bass that weighed about 20. A legal fish in Mass or Rhody but not in the right slot for CT. It should have gone back. That did not dawn on me until 20 minutes later that it was an "illegal fish"... Not that it may have mattered to these guys....
But as far as the tourney goes, I'm already waiting for next year as I fish with some first class guys for the weekend and last year (the first time I fished it) and this year have been blasts... Maybe in 2 years I'll have a boat for it (although they're elready thinking of a 27 Grady)....
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