Bubba B Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 Shelby and I fished the Titusville IFA this Saturday and also prefished a couple of days prior...She and I have never fished the area....To say we had alot of area to cover is an understatement...But what a beautiful place... We did what research we could on Google earth, Charts, etc, but without Captain Jim Chambers friendship and tips, we would have been lost (Or stuck on a sand bar! )... We were also distracted by schools of Redfish with individuals weighing around 40 Lbs....Not useful in a slot tournament, but fantastic to watch and fish for.... During the prefishing and at the Captains Meeting it was hard to keep our confidence up as we heard many stories by Charter captains and Tournament anglers about fish that were lock jawed, and how the fish were not up to their normal numbers and missing from their normal haunts due to the fish kills this past Winter... The only thing that really mattered is my daughter had a great adventure and received a lot of attention...It was interesting to have complete strangers and IFA management walk up to her and say "You must be Shelby" and then wish her luck and comment how great it was she was competing with her father in the Tournaments... We have had some great adventures fishing the IFA Tournaments, but some very dismal luck when it came to weigh in...Everything from horrible weather, bad sportsmanship from other anglers, to catching plenty of fish but the wrong species or always 1/4 inch too long....It was great to finally get the stink off the boat and make the weigh in...We put several slot fish in the boat and ultimately came in 21st out of 75 boats....We didnt find those perfect 26 7/8 inch fatties, but we had some great Father daughter memories... [color:blue]0630 take off in the first flight of boats with number 18....[/color] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272823614-Titusville3.jpg[/image] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272826354-Titusville1.jpg[/image] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272823873-Titusville_2010_005__2_.jpg[/image] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272823783-Titusville5.jpg[/image] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272823850-Titusville_2010_004__2_.jpg[/image] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272824043-Titusville_2010_010__2_.jpg[/image] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272824093-Titusville_2010_008b.JPG[/image] [image]http://www.mbcforum.com/fbbuploads/1272824593-Shelby_Maverick_003__2_.jpg[/image] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLATWALKERZ Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 NICE JOB AND CONGRATS. ITS ALWAYS FUN TO ENJOY A DAY ON THE WATER WITH A LOVED ONE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Willy Le Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 Great job for not knowing the area too well!! I too fished the tourney. We ended up getting 28th place. Fished out of my buddies Ranger Phantom. He made me where a Ranger shirt for extra payout reasons...I wanted to wear my Maverick shirt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 That's what it's all about. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Nice looking fish and great to see your daughter at the scale. " you too" Best news I have heard all week. OH my, I had to go back and edit. If the one you were holding Floyd looked like hers, you would be pulling 2 boats home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishhead Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Good job on getting two slot fish to eat. :thumbup: My partner and I caught plenty of fish but most were overslot. Of course the wind didn't help much either. At least my partner won the casting platform in the raffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba B Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 I remember you guys winning the platform...Then they posed you guys standing around it for pics....What general area did you fish...We caught all our fish the first two hours around the South End of the Lagoon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Great Job Bubba and Shelby You guyz are a great team... BTW, what is the black pole in the boat pics dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba B Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Dino That is an old push pole....I had that boat in places where the troller would no longer work, and the bottom was rubbing... I had several of the guys in the skinny boats come up to me and ask how the hell I was able to fish some of the areas I did...Some of them said I looked funny poling that big arsed boat... It helped that I ran the boat with a little over a half tank of fuel and Shelby is as much as 150 pounds lighter than most guys I have on the boat... Those mini-boats didnt laugh when I p***ed them on the river at 60 MPH in a 2+ foot chop (But doing 25 MPH in some of the speed zones was a pain in the butt!!)... We had a great time, fishing a beautiful area we had never fished before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishhead Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 We decided to not go to the lagoon where we had fished in the past and instead we fished the black point area. I swear those fish were slot fish on friday :susel: I was missing my 21RF while coming back in the HPX-T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief5130 Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Good stuff. Shelby has a great smile. The Pathfinder comes as close to doing it all as any boat I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osprey0112 Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 SWEET!!! Great job! :susel: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba B Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 Thanks guys for all the kind words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Chambers Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 good job there Bubba and Shelby. It was great to see y'all again. Tell Shelby thanks for calling in to the radio show this morning, she was a pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba B Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Thanks Jim...She appeared to have fun even though she had little sleep as she just had her Prom that night....(Her date is still missing!!! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Well done guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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