First place finish on Lake Toho
After spending a few horrible windy, rainy and chilly days on Lake Toho it finally paid off. Launching out of Lakefront Park on Lake Toho as boat number 8 my game plan was everything but dialed in. I had found a few spots that held numbers the weekend before, but nothing big maybe a tiny limit getter at best. I started at my first spot throwing topwater and was getting blow ups but no even limit size bass so we moved down south to my small numbers spot. After dozens of cast a caught a few small ones that didn't make a limit. I decided to move over towards the hydrilla line I found in the week prior and use a good ole prop bait over the submerged hydrilla. After a about 25min of moving towards the inside and out I got a massive blow up and landed a 4lb keeper. I quickly threw back and seemed to get a decent keeper every 45 min or so.
As time dwindled down I really didn't thing I had a placeable bag yet alone a winning size bag. As I waited in line at the weigh in everyone was asking everyone else what they had and I said nothing much (I truly thought it was). As I approached the scales and handed over my fish I realized that I might actually have a slight chance at this one. After the scale stop moving it dialed in at 13lbs and change and I took the leader board. I was in totally shocked, but happy at the same time. Once the finally few anglers weighed in I realized that I had just won my 3rd event of the year and my second of the year on Lake Toho. Lake Toho have a love hate relationship. It seems I do really well there or terrible. Needless to say this season has been incredible for me as my come back season. I owe everything to my late father for him harassing me the past few years to get back on the tournament trail. Dad, this is another win for you!