Marshalling the B.A.S.S Elites on the St. Lawrence River

 A couple of months ago, a fellow angler, Dave Spence had brought up that he was going to Marshal the Elites on the St lawrence River at the end of July. It really made me think about doing it. Since I loved the St. Lawrence so much when I fished the B.A.S.S Eastern Divisionals last year, It really made me want to try and go. I talked to my parents, and being the awesome parents they are, they let me apply. I got excepted and was super pumped. I really didn't know what to expect. Hotel was booked at the Northern Family Motel, Bags were packed, and off we went. Registration was on the Wednesday, and the tournament started on the Thursday. Day one I drew Fred Roumbanis "BOOM BOOM". He caught a I9 lb. bag that day of smallies.. Day 2 I drew Brandon Card, and he had a I9 lb. bag of largemouth... and day 3, I drew David Walker and he got I believe another I8 pounds.. and on the final day I was not a marshal. Edwin Evers ended up taking the win, and Brandon Card made top I2 with green csh on the St Lawrence River...I drew amazing guys, who talked to me all day long, and even shared some info with me. I learnt a ton, and had an absolute blast. It really was one of the best experiences I have ever had. I liked it so much, that I convinced my parents to go to Michigan, Detroit to marshal another of the Elite events on Lake St. Clair. Gotta thank the parents, if it wasn't for them this wouldn't be possible, wooooooop, I can't wait

4th place - Balsam Lake

Super fun day on the water last week with Kris fishing a little event on Balsam lake.. We started off the morning trying to find some smallies, but couldn't get anything to go so we hit some docks for quite a while. Docks were also slow so we decided to go to a bay and fish some slop, grass and undercut banks. Right when we got there, I pulled out one over 4 and finally had a nice kicker in the boat. We then decided to hit one more smallie spot, and it was the right decision.. Right when we got there, Kris brought 2 good smallies to the boat so I threw a follow up bait right at them, and the bigger one came right up to my bait and ate it. We ended up getting 2 more keepers at our smallie spot and decided to spend the last half hour where I caught my big largie. We fished it for half our and didn't get another fish and had to pack up and head to weigh in. I took one last flip into a big grass patch and I heard a fish jump in the grass so I set the hook, and we probably culled about a pound, and got rid of our cute smallie. We ended up weighing in just under I5 pounds to take fourth place. Was a super fun day on the water
Woooop
Also a huge thanks to Kris for taking me out

B.A.S.S National Highschool Championship

What a trip to Kentucky Lake for the BASS High School National Championship. We had another tough day today and could only manage to get one fish in the boat. We were really hoping to get a limit to make it for a second chance tomorrow. We fished our butts off, and it just didn't work out. We didn't have a fish in the boat until later on in the day. The thing we wanted most was to just get on the stage one last time in case we had to head home. We ended up catching a keeper, and we were super pumped just to get back on the stage for one last time. The ledge fishing is really different, and it makes me want to stay here for another week to try and figure them out! I definitely want to come back. We didn't have a coach until 3 days before official pre fish, and we want to thank Stan Pilarczyk for taking his time to come up with us, supply a boat and be our coach! We also want to thank our parents for helping us out, without them it wouldn't be possible! The list of people to thank is HUGE and it means the world to us! What a week, and an experience to remember! Heading home tomorrow morning, and then off to the 2015 Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River to Marshal the Elites Next wednesday!!! woooooop ><>