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schoolie monster · 08-22-2006, 01:06 PM

Thanks to everyone for the congrats... it was a great day. We set out to have fun and were all willing to work hard. The fishing was the easy part, waiting for the other anglers to weigh in... that was nerve racking.

My wife brought my kids to the weigh in and I was trying to sit with them, but I couldn't calm down. I'd been thru it in the BASS local and state tournaments, but the most $$ we ever could win was a couple grand in the annual MDA buddy tournament. This was a little different.

I also want to thank Bill and Julie for asking me to be on the team, and Chris for jiggin' like a maniac for 9 hours. They were awesome teammates and it was a fantastic team effort. It just flowed like we fished together every weekend. The ride back from the weigh in was so cool... I don't know, just to see how excited those guys were and to know how I felt. I just won't forget it.

The thing that struck me most is how patient we all were. It was slow at times and you might get the tendency to want to run all around and find some active fish.

It worked out pretty well.

Chris, did we really win??

08-22-2006, 01:06 PM	#55
schoolie monster Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,195	thanks Thanks to everyone for the congrats... it was a great day. We set out to have fun and were all willing to work hard. The fishing was the easy part, waiting for the other anglers to weigh in... that was nerve racking. My wife brought my kids to the weigh in and I was trying to sit with them, but I couldn't calm down. I'd been thru it in the BASS local and state tournaments, but the most $$ we ever could win was a couple grand in the annual MDA buddy tournament. This was a little different. I also want to thank Bill and Julie for asking me to be on the team, and Chris for jiggin' like a maniac for 9 hours. They were awesome teammates and it was a fantastic team effort. It just flowed like we fished together every weekend. The ride back from the weigh in was so cool... I don't know, just to see how excited those guys were and to know how I felt. I just won't forget it. The thing that struck me most is how patient we all were. It was slow at times and you might get the tendency to want to run all around and find some active fish. It worked out pretty well. Chris, did we really win??