I know this is a fishing community, but I got my 1st ever Buck (not the ideal way though)🤷🏾🤷🏾

How the weekend started and how it finished up with me taking a PTO day off today 🤣

Surrounded by the best people. A weekend was had!!

Yesterday I accidentally trespassed on someone’s pond. I met the owner he said that he just moved in and he actually gave me permission to fish there. He also asked me to take out any fish I catch under a pound in a half. Caught about 12 LM on a popper.

So yesterday I fillet and fried a fish for the first time. (Don’t hate me)

Road trip fun: Dropped in on Mr Tim Dodson today. Had a great time with him and my brother in law fishing Falls Lake.

The details matter!!! See yal tonight!

Did a Club Tournament at Smith Mountain Lake in Southwest Virginia. Never been there before so fished two days and then the tournament. Found enough fish to finish 3rd with 5 fish for 11.8 pounds. Bait fish were everywhere so it was tough to get’em to bite an artificial lure.

Caught them in open water below bait balls on a soft swimbait ( Sexy Shad colored), Crankbait ( Sexy Shad) and a 6 inch spoon ( sexy Shad). Notice a theme?

Just want to thank B-Lat for last week’s “sermon” on fighting big fish. I’ve never been one to actively adjust drag during a catch, however I definitely did during this catch, which is now my PB - 5.94 lbs (extremely rare for my home lake).

B-Lat! I think you forgot the number one rule in fighting a big fish…stay calm.

I had a blast this weekend taking my niece and nephews out. I even got a cool pic of a huge tree full of fish.

Nothing I did yesterday worked today… 30 miles an hour winds and a jacket… I did manage one bite. Crazy how things changed overnight.