Schedule

DATE	LOCATION	RESULT	Lessons Learned, Relearned, Confirmed	SANCTIONING BODY
January 24	Sam Rayburn	Well, after another competitor ran through my fish I ended up with 1 fish for 1.82 Great Start! BTW, for the first time in my life. I protested the offender Where has sportsmanship gone?	Practice is the key to all successful tournament fishing. I found fish due to hard work and may hours on the water. If you cannot do that, you will not win unless you are very lucky. I had the fish, an unsportsmanlike competitor blew them out. PROTEST people that are like this fellow. Some people will not learn until you do!	B.A.S.S Federation
February 8	Sam Rayburn	Well one more fish: 2.63 Is there a pattern here?	Champions can handle any water you put them in not matter what. Helmets are not just for bike riders.	Bass-N-Bucks
February 28	Livingston	LOST 14 pounds of fish due to broken rods, line or hang-ups in trees!	Sometimes hard work doesn't pay off. I fished the same 50 yard area all day and the fish were there. They changed as the weather changed but did not leave.	B.A.S.S Federation
Match 7	Toledo Bend	10.10/ 5 fish	Drop shots produce fish when nothing else will! Both BnB so far have proved that just having a limit will not make it. You need to find kicker fish before hand!	Bass-N-Bucks
March 13-14	Conroe	No fish bigger than 4 pounds and it took at least a 5+ to get a check.	One day of pre-fishing is not enough.	American Rodsmith
March 27	Conroe	Went for broke and zeroed	I need to learn Conroe better	B.A.S.S Federation
April 17	Limestone	Zeroed	Don't leave one of your medications in the truck!	B.A.S.S Federation
May 2	Toledo Bend	8th Place 12.56#	Good thing Darrell Can fish!	Bass-N-Bucks
June 19	Sam Rayburn	10th Place	There is no substitute for time on the water EXCEPT local information!	B.A.S.S Federation
Sept 14-18	Sam Rayburn	How low can you go?	I practiced 8 days, had good fish and then they all turned into Kentucky's!!!	BASS Open
Sept 18-19	Toledo Bend/ Sam Rayburn	Well see above same thing happened to Darrell Lyons and I	Ditto	Bass-N-Bucks Championship
Sept 25-26	Sam Rayburn	Totally different from last week. Cloudy, windy, some rain	Okay, boat problems this time from no tilt/trim switches-none to a blown lower unit.	BFL Super
Oct 2-3	Coleto Creek	Did not fish		B.A.S.S Federation Regional
Oct 19-23	Atchafalaya	Worked hard for 8 practice days...too many short fish	No more Mr. Nice Guy. A guy in 5th place was fishing an area I had also found...I let him have it...never again.	BASS Open
Oct 23 & 24	Sam Rayburn	Did not fish because Open was postponed one day due to fog.		Tournament of Champions