Decided to fish the Madison classic the last of june. Got my boat prepared, caught some bait and froze it. Packed my clothes and headed down to the motel. Spent two days scouting the river since it was my first time on the Ohio (didn't put a line in either day. Day of tourament, pulled one of my bags of cut bait out of the freezer and headed for the lauch area. After take off, went to my first stretch to driff. Plulled out my bag of bait and found that I had picked a bag of filet catfish that I froze so that I could pull the day that I was throwing away my trash.
Problem, in a tournament, 1 mile away from ramp, could not leave boat, cast net in truck, what am I going to do for bait. I then remembered that I had bought a jar of dip bait at wally world a few month before. Found it, changed my hooks and began fishing.
First was a 2-3 lb channel, the next my pole was almost jerked out of the holder. I was my first blue channel which wieghted 16lbs.
For the two day total, I ended up with 62lbs. Placed 24th out of 74 boats. Not bad for my first tournament, catfish, in 50 years.
Dip bait acceptance by the fish, is like cut and fresh bait. Same as colors with fish somedays. You need to be able to present my products to see what they preffer.
That's why they call it fishing. Makes it more fun.
Good luck and thanks for sharing.
Chuck
From Steve Wunderele - 10-2-84 --"A fishing trip maybe brief, but it's memories are endless."
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