I love to catch them, but not when I am spider rigging!
Well the 2019 Lake Norman Hybrid Striped Bass Tournament by Gander Outdoors of Mooresville, Creek Bank Tanks, RediRig Tackle, Water Bugz Planner Boards was a success with 25 boats and some 58 anglers. Although I didn’t catch a limit to bring to the scales only boated 2, I really enjoyed seeing the interest in this Hybrid Only Tournament format. The winner was decided by .3 of a pound. CDC’s Pete took First Place! so maybe he will post later with his Tournament details, don’t want to steal his Thunder. Several other CDC guys were in the Tournament and we appreciated their participation as well. Plans are in the works for another one in the Spring so if you missed this one maybe you get make the next one.
I would like to give a shout out to my son’s Trevor, Taylor, Taylors wife Candice, their Mom Beth , Grand Ma Sue, Cousin Seth for putting this on while I fished.
Thanks to Madmax for jumping on the boat at the last minute to fish with me.
Terry is a great guy he knows where the Hybrids are it just wasn’t our day.
We’ll get them next time!
1st Place 14.3 $1000.00 Pete Malec
2nd Place 14.0 $500.00 Coy Hamilton - Mark Hedrick
3rd Place 13.7 $250.00 Kenneth Tucker- Jim Merritt
Last edited by reelsmoke; 01-20-2019 at 01:12 PM.
I love to catch them, but not when I am spider rigging!
Congratulations to all !
Ill just say for the most part I was at the right place at the right time!
Had a great prefish the day before and left the bigger fish chewing that afternoon with only 1 boat in sight . Caught and released 40+ and had about 17.5lbs with my biggest 4.
Showed up there in the morning with lines in at 7am with no company. At 720 I had 4 fish on at once. 2 20inchers, a 19 incher and a 17incher. Man i thought it would have been on all morning. WRONG. Not a bite thereafter for the next 2 hrs. At least the pressure was off, but needed 1 more good one to upgrade.
Made a defensive move knowing some people may be on the lookout for me and fished elsewhere only catching smaller fish.
After 2 hrs of that, I moved back to the original spot and lit them up for about an hour before company finally arrived. During that time i got rid of that 17 incher for a 21 incher which made the difference.
All fish caught on artificial striper sniper tackle sassy shad, and of course many on my Alabama rigs. Usually it doesnt matter, but Chartreuse was hands down the hot color the last 2 days.
Thanks to all those mentioned above for putting on the event! And a special thanks to Trevor for doing all the leg work!
Cannot wait for the next one. Maybe ill fish it by myself again!
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Full day 1/2 day or evening Striper/Crappie fishing trips available at a very affordable price forhttps://www.facebook.com/BOLOcharters
Lake Norman, Badin, Wateree, High Rock.
Individual maker of the heavy duty "hybrid" A-rig Trolls just like an umbrella rig, Guaranteed to put fish in the boat
https://www.facebook.com/pmmalec Email: [email protected]
You da Man Pete!
Congrats Pete
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The 4 from Saturday
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Full day 1/2 day or evening Striper/Crappie fishing trips available at a very affordable price forhttps://www.facebook.com/BOLOcharters
Lake Norman, Badin, Wateree, High Rock.
Individual maker of the heavy duty "hybrid" A-rig Trolls just like an umbrella rig, Guaranteed to put fish in the boat
https://www.facebook.com/pmmalec Email: [email protected]
Congratulations Pete. Great job!!!
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Good Job Pete!! Congrats
Nice work pete. Congratulations.
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