Today marked the end of another perfect weekend on Dale Hollow for me...water temp in the low 50's, a 9 foot rod in my garlic fish dope covered hand, and a handful of battles with some Smallmouth Bass that a lot of people around the world would love to feel a tug from (pictured left :).  But what's ironic is that I saw some fish weighed in at the Smalljaw (http://www.Smalljaw.com) tournament this weekend that I would love to feel a tug from.  I think I'm getting closer to that day though because we really wore them out over the last few days.  Some of the most dedicated Smallmouth Bass fishermen you'll find attended this weekend's event, and it was apparent by the quality of fish weighed in.  I'm proud to say that my first Dale Hollow tournament as a participant was at this one as well.  Andrew Robertson is a good friend of ours and we're excited about working closer with him & Smalljaw in 2010.

View more pics or our fish by clicking here...

I would like to thank a couple of our sponsors for providing us with boats that we used to pre-fish with and get some amazing pics & video (video will be posted soon) and as usual their amazing hospitality:

Tournament Results
Source: Smalljaw.com
By Andrew Robertson

"I would like to start by saying Thank You to all that make this event possible. Thanks to Greg, Keith, Sonny, Brandon and Mitch for all your help. You guys worked your tails off. Congratulations to all the winners of this event. This year was a huge success. We had 42 total boats in this event and a total of 63 fish brought to the scales. It was a close race to the end and the door was left wide open after day 1. The best part about this event is that every fisherman that gets in their boat every morning is on the same playing field with the slot limit. Everyone caught fish, but its the lucky ones that catch the right fish. I heard a lot say they lost the big one this weekend, I have been there lots of times myself.

The dinner was a blast and thanks to our great sponsors we had lots of great things to give away. I already can't wait till next year... Congratulations to our winners Team Gottschalk/Canterbury with a Big fish Day 2 that was worth $700 and a 1st place finish with a total weight of 12.52 lbs and was good for $1,050. 2nd place was a close race with a first year team of Hawks/Botts that took home $5.25 for a total weight of 10.58 lbs. 3rd place was won by Team Arms/Arms with a total weight of 9.78 lbs that paid out $310 and $700 for thier nice big fish on Day 1."

Read the rest of the results...