It’s absolutely incredible to see how fast the sport of kayak tournament fishing is growing. Yesterday ten anglers had the opportunity to walk up on the Bassmaster Classic stage in Birmingham Alabama. The first ever Bassmaster Kayak Series tournament was hosted on Logan Martin Lake this past Thursday, 230 anglers competed, and the results were kept a secret until the following day. The top ten were brought up on stage to give a tournament recap and thank sponsors. I was lucky enough to squeak in with a ninth place finish. To be honest, an hour into the tournament I thought I didn’t have a prayer to even catch a fish, let alone get a top ten finish. The night before the tournament we had close to 4” of rain. I was fishing an area way up river towards the dam, and arrived in the morning to find everything completely flooded, and the water looked like chocolate milk. I was committed to that ramp because my buddy was launching at the dam, 8 miles up river , floating down to me, and was dependent on me giving him a ride back. A couple hours into the morning I got my first bite and caught a nice 18.5”. It surprised the hell out of me to be honest. My next bite was several hours later, another decent one. My third bite came at a little after 1:30, with an hour and a half left to go. Next one with 1/2 hour left to go. I then loose a fish with about 20 minutes left, but caught my final 5th keeper with around 10 minutes of fishing time left . I let out a sigh of relief and headed in. As always, I’m really thankful for my sponsors @hook1kfg and @irodfishing and all that they do to help support me. The next event is back out in Texas on Lake Fork, I leave in a couple days. #bassmaster #hook1outfitters #irodfishing #torqeedofishing #nrsfishing (at Logan Martin Lake) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9dGrgGAnfx/?igshid=zgqquhn4yfc6
