This summer the twins had the chance to represent Kansas at the BASS Nation Junior Championship in Tennessee at Carroll County Recreation Lake. It is only a 1000 Acres lake with some really big fish. We were able to prefish for two days, and found about 10 spots that were holding keepers; 7 shallow and 3 deep spots. We couldn’t find any spots that held big fish. We threw a lot of baits at the fish, but our best luck was with Senkos and Flukes.
The first day was awesome! BASS goes all out for the kids. We would be boat 36 out of 51. I didn’t think there were going to be 51 boats, or I would have looked for more spots. We were the first boat in the water that morning, and I could tell the twins were excited and ready to start the day. When we took off our first spot was open so I was excited that we would catch a keeper. When the twins started, I noticed that they were fishing fast. I tried to slow them down, but they were too excited. Both would catch a couple of fish in the spot, but neither was a keeper. When we went around the point, we watched a boat 50 feet from us catch a big fish out deep. I noticed a lot of bluegill on the screen 
and bass around us. I watched a 5 to 6 pounder jump out of the water and throw a bluegill. So, I knew there were fish in the area and we would just have to slow down. After fishing 45 minutes without a bite, we moved across the lake to another spot. Nick would catch two more non-keepers on a shallow point. We turn around and two boats were moving in on us. One told us they had 4 keepers with one over 3 pounds, and they cut us off from fishing the spot on the other side. The other boat had moved in right behind us so we couldn’t fish back. On a 1000 acre lake with 51 boats it was going to fish small. We decided to move. We drive up the lake and all the other spots we had found had boats on them. As the day went, we couldn’t get on any of the spots. Teams were just not moving, and we had to just kind of fish were we could. We would catch 11 fish, but only one keeper right next to the swimming beach. Boys were excited to weigh in one fish, but also were down. I told them we will just have to fish hard tomorrow.
Day 2 – I had no idea where to start fishing. We were boat number 16 today so we had more of a chance to start on one of our spots. There was a little breeze on the water, we decided to start on a wind bank that had nothing to it. Kyle was starting with a spinnerbait, and 5 minutes into fishing, he hooked up with a keeper. Nick was throwing a finesse bait. We just fished the little stretch for about two hours. We had a limit by 8 am. It wasn’t much, but it was going to be 
great for them to walk across the stage with a limit. They would creel three times during the day. I was so proud of them to go out the second day and fish really hard. They could have just given up and settled. It was an awesome experience for the boys at this age. We learned so much about our strengths and weaknesses. I would like to thank all the people who help support the kids at this age and Kansas Bass Nation.