This last Saturday was the last season event for the Sunflower Team Series. Kyle was my partner for the day. We planned on fishing a lot of water with topwater due to not being able to prefish. We caught a lot of fish, but most were in the 14 inch range. We lost two really good fish. It is really hard to catch every fish on topwater baits. One thing I wish I could have changed is to have started with a walking bait sooner. First cast with the bait about the 9 o’clock, I caught our first keeper and a few minutes later caught our second fish. Then I lost a 4 to 5 pound fish on the bait. It hurt really bad, but if you fish a lot you will lose fish. Just part of the game. We finished the tournament with only 4 fish around 7.87lbs for 21st place out of 46 boats. It really was fun to fish tournaments with my sons. The experience is going to make my sons and I better fisherman. There is nothing like fishing tournaments to help you learn how to catch fish. We ended the season in the top 20 standing. I’m so proud of my boys for fishing 8 hour days 4 times in all different conditions over the season. They fished so hard for me and were great teammates. Thanks Rick and Kip for starting a great circuit. Hopefully we will be able to fish it next year.
The Sunflower Team Series Championship will be on Melvern in October. We will not be able to fish it due to a schedule conflict. The boys will be fishing the Kansas Bass Nation Youth Team Series on Wilson that weekend.