LOZ February ICE BOWL tournament results.
Yes it was a very cold day, and yes everyone told us we were nuts to be out there fishing. I had already caught a cold on tuesday so i was battling on wether to fish or not. I felt better on friday so i got my fishing stuff packed in the car and ready to go. Left in a frozen car at 4:30 am to head to the lake think that i'll show up, fish for an hour and find a nice warm place to eat. Bugman calls me at 4:45 says he is up and ready to go. I call Slabscab and tell him that i"ll meet him at his house, but he says he will drive across the lake and pick me up at the ramp. I make it to the ramp and get out of the car and the wind is blowing right up the cove and the ramp and it is more than just freezing. Seejimfish and Rippinlip is putting in and taking off. Trackergrizz and Missourian decide that they will trailer to the Gravois instead of driving on the water. Slabscab calls me and tells me his livewell hose broke and his boat has water up to the steering wheel. He gets it pump out, but the steering cable is froze and the trolling motor cable is froze. Took awhile to heat up and free up. Started up the motor and the water is not pump out the weep hole, must be froze to. Used the electric trolling motor to fish with till everything unthawed a little. Bugman called and said Joes new boat won't crank fast enough to start. They had to pull out and go to the hardware store to buy jumper cables. Seems like the cold is just as hard on the boats as it is on the people. We caught fish right away, as in slabscab caught fish right away. I had to be schooled in to slowing it down for these winter fish. Thanks to everyone that showed up.
Tournament Result
Speckbuster Big fish 1.10 lb Total fish 6.40 lbs
Bugman/Warbird Big fish 1.00 lb Total fish 5.05 lbs
Others in the tournament
Seejimfish/Rippinlip Keving266 Trackergriz/Missourian Slabscab/LSL Angler