August Comes To A Close With A Whimper

17" Shower Blows 105 (Bone)

6:30-11:00AM West Point, NPBI, SPSI, GOMH, Intersection NE SW, BIS Flat, N Across Flat
67-58℉, Mostly Cloudy, 0-4mph SSE
WT: 65℉

Beautiful Sunrise.  I started at West Point didn't get anything until I was at the far end of the rice where I got a 14-incher on the Whopper Plopper.  Next, I headed to NPBI and came up empty.  From there I went to SPSI.  I got the big fish of the morning there on the bone Shower Blows.  I worked down the West side of the point getting a small pike and small bass on the Whopper Plopper.  Next, I hit the GOMH.  Lost a fish that hit the Shower Blows.  Was not paying attention looking at the bottom along the wall.  I then went to the NE Intersection.  There was a boat fishing along the SW side.  I got a bass off the point on an Ish's. I worked my way through the reeds toward shore.  Don't know why I didn't try that earlier in the year; It looks super good.  I got one bass and missed a couple of bites. I then went to the SW side.  I worked the reeds a little bit and didn't get anything.  I then worked in the slop. Got some pike strikes and one bass.  I worked my way North on the outside along the western rice line.  I missed a bite or two there.  I also missed bites coming back on the Eastern rice line.  From there I went to the Big Islands South Flat.  Got only one pike bite there, very disappointing.  I then went to the N Across Flat and got nothing there.  A very mediocre morning. 
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7:30-8:20PM Jenny's Reeds, S Reeds Across
68℉, Partly Cloudy, 3mph SW
68℉

I woke up at 4PM.  Dad had taken the car up to the Lake Place.  I should have driven the Expedition up as he didn't get back until after 5:30.  Then mom had a project for me that took forever to accomplish because the printer was acting up.  Had I not had the charger on the battery in the boat.  I wouldn't have even gone.  As it was the fishing stunk.  I missed one swirl along Jenny's reeds.  I had a couple of fish dog me and not get the Ish's.  I did finally land the 16.25" on the Ish's.

Weight from last night and today.

Scattered Fish Tonight

3.61lbs/17.5" Ish's (Ballin'/Brown)

Choked it!

5:20-8:20PM NW, Melon Patch, 6lb Flat
60-70℉, Mostly Sunny, 0-7mph WNW
WT: 70-65℉

First stop was at the NW corner.  Missed what I thing was pike and spooked something.  I bailed at 6PM for the Melon Patch.  If only the fish were using this stuff.  A few were, but they were well scattered.  There was fish activity.   I missed one bite on Blitz Black when I wasn't ready for the cast to land.  About 5 minutes later I had that frog get stolen.  I got the big one-off of an isolated rice patch.  Disappointing to only get 3 bass.

3 Bass
8 Pike

Late Start, Nothing But Pike

7:40-8:35PM Channel Inn Bay
68-62℉, Sunny, 2-5mph SW
WT; 69℉, Water level possibly rising a little

I got a bass under the pontoon on the Terminator Jig after I got done mowing the lawn.  The Tatula Rod that I broke in Snatcher Darren's boat seems to work pretty well. It lost about 3" off of an extra fast tip on 7'1" rod.

I diddled around home and didn't get to the lake until after 7PM.  It had been really windy today and I didn't anticipate it dropping off like it did.  I headed for Channel Inn Bay and I started off the rice point.  There was fish activity on the top way up in the junk and way out to the South.  There was one blow up close enough for me to get to but I didn't get a hit.  I had a Blitz Sexy get bit off.  Had several other pike mess with the frogs and caught one pike on the Black Blitz.  I lost one fish around 8:30 off of some pads that might have been a bass. Tough night.

"Sometimes you get kicked"

The Hail Mary Worked

3.10lb/17" Jackall Pompadour

7:30-8:30PM East of Jenny's to Jenny's West Neighbor, NPBI
68-66℉, Partly Cloudy, 3-12mph SW
69-67℉ water level rising.

I arrived at the lake place at a quarter to six.  I knew from the radar that a small isolated storm was approaching at a snail's pace.  I got my gear in the boat hoping it might dissipate.  It didn't and I didn't get out fishing until 7:30PM.  I'm pretty sure this squall put us over an inch for the day. The winds were fairly light when I got out.  I chose to go start at the start of the rice East of Jenny's.  There was baitfish activity out on the flat, but I couldn't raise anything there or in the rice.  I did have a small pike hit in front of Jenny's that got off on the way in and I had the Sexy Blitz get bit off in the junk just West of Jenny's.  I made a move to the Reeds Across, but the wind had come up and it was unfishable with topwater.  I made a last desperation move to the North Point Big Island and I got the 17-incher there.  The wind really started howling as I packed up to leave.  I'm lucky I didn't lose my yellow tint sunglasses.  Fortunately, they fell into the boat. 

Slow Morning With Cyberfish

35" Loon Plopper

17" Bone Plopper

17.5" Rat Plopper

6:00-10:00AM NPBI, SPBI, Channel Inn Bay, Big West of Access Flat, N Across and F Flat
67-50℉, Mostly Cloudy, 5-12mph ESE
WT: 72-69℉

First stop was at the North Point of the Big Island.  I told Mike where the juice was.  The pike flushed the Loon Plopper hard on the first cast to it, but we didn't know what kind of fish it was until we got eyes on it.  Mike wanted to get the fish back in the lake so we didn't weigh it.  That was the only bite we got there.  Next, we headed to SPSI.  Didn't get a hit there or off of the Flat. Next, we headed to Channel Inn Bay. The drift was way faster than I would have liked. I did lose a fish that hit the Terminator, probably a pike and Mike had a Sprinker Tail get bit off.  I then took us took Big West hoping to find some protected rice, but the wind was to much out of the East.  Mike did get a smal pike up to the boat on a spinnerbait and I had my Zoom Craw get bit off of the Piranha 2.  From there we went to N Across Flat.  We got 3 bass there on Ploppers with two of the fish going over 3lbs.  I caught one small pike and we both had several pike miss and I had a good bass head butt the Rat Plopper two feet in the air.  At 10AM I called it a day.

Weight from Last Night, Today, and 3.10 is from Tomorrow

Out For An Hour and A Half with Cyberfish

3.19lbs/17.25" Terminator Frog (Yellow)

Cyb Just After He Lost a Big'n)

7:00-8:30PM Loon Sex Point, East of GOMH
68-64℉, Cloudy, 4-10mph
WT: 76-72℉

Cyb was out in the Nuacone at the reeds across, so I drove over to talk to him and we wanted to go out in the Trophy, so he quickly paddled to the lake place and we headed out.  I took us to Loon Sex Point. I had a couple fish slap at my frog.  The one I finally got (3.19lb)missed my Terminator Frog twice on the same cast and followed it 3/4 of the way back to the boat before it got it.  That was the last hit we got in LSB.  I then ran us just beyond SPSI to the slop East of GOMH.  Had a couple of pike swipe at as East of the pad point.  On the other side of the pad point Mike had giant halfway in and then it just inexplicably came off.  I got a 14.5-incher and that was the last fish of the night.  Because of the cloud cover, it was dark at 8:30PM so we called it a night.  There were people out fishing all over the place tonight.

Not On Top Morning/Two Big Girls And Some Rats In the Evening

 4 Plus of Blitz Sexy in the Evening

15.5" Piranha 2/Speed Craw (Junebug)

6:00-9:30AM West Point, NPBI, N Across Flat/Rice/Reeds
66-50℉, Mostly Sunny, 3-6mph East
WT: 71℉

I started at West Point and got a rat off of the dock on the Piranha 2.  I missed a bite off of the tree dock.  I then headed to NPBI where they were not on topwater.  I did get the biggest one of the morning there on the Piranha and a rat and pike on a junebug craw tube.  I then went to North Reeds Across and worked the flat in the calm water.  I picked up one pike there on the bone Shower Blows.  I got another pike in the rice; thought for sure it was going to be a bass.  I got into the reeds and had 14/15 bass get off as I was lifting it into the boat.  That was the only bass to hit the Blitz Frog in the morning.  I got a couple of pike on the Tokyo Rig/craw tube combo and missed a couple of bites as well as I worked my way out of the reeds. 
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4.36lbs/19.75lbs Blitz Frog (Frog)

4.43lbs/19.66" Blitz Sexy

6:40-8:40PM East of Jenny's
68-73℉, Mostly Sunny, 4-11mph SE

So with the wind being what it was, I headed to the start of the rice East of Jenny's.  That first patch looks excellent.  First fish was the 19.75" slop on the Blitz Frog (Frog).  She got it in the tongue and bled quite a bit which led to an extended release time as I held her in the water to stop the bleeding then put it in the livewell to make sure she would make it.  I think she made it.  I then caught a couple of rats out of the shallow rice and one under the dock on the Blitz Sexy.  I had a bass not hook up off the end of the rice.  I got a 14-incher there on the Yum Dinger.  I started working down the rice line and got the second tank out of the rice/reeds/pads about 15 feet in. I got a couple more rats in the long boat lane and that was as far as I got.  I didn't have a single pike strike tonight.

15.63lbs for my Best 6 of the Day.  A disappointing weight with two 4lbers

Blitz'em Tonight

4.42lbs/18.5" Blitz Frog (Frog)

3.04lbs/17.25" Blitz Frog (Frog)

16.75" Blitz Frog

6:00-8:40PM NE Inlet to Double Cane Point plus Rice Island
60-68℉, Mostly Sunny, 2-7mph

I started at the pad/reeds on the north side of Inlet Bay. A fish called me into the junk when I got to the rice.  I got a couple of 13-inchers in the junk.  I got back out on the outside rice line and got a 16.75" pretty quickly.  It was a good half an hour before my next bite, a 13-incher.  I told myself after my next cast I'm going to get off the rice line and head to the rice Island.  The 17-incher slammed the Blitz Frog.  I got the 4lber on the next cast.   I went out to the rice Island and got the obligatory 16-incher that lit up my frog.  I then went back to the rice line and had the Blitz Frog I got everything off of tonight get bit off, agggh!  I am now down to my last frog color Blitz Frog.  Shortly after that the sunset and I went into the reeds.  I missed the first bite I got on the new Blitz Frog. I got one 13-incher before the skeeters chased me out.  As I was going out I noticed my reel nuts needed to be tightened then had a fish strike right next to the boat and I jerked it out of its mouth. That caused a tangle in my line that I didn't notice and I mega backlashed on the next cast.  Not a great way to end the night.  I did get the line situation straightened out back at the lake place as the skeeters had disappeared.  As I was going to leave the loons started calling so I went down n the boat to listen. Saw a couple of shooting stars.

15.69lbs for my 6 Best

8 Bass
2 Pike

Short Morning Topwater Window/Missed a Big'n In The Deep Melon Patch

16.25" Pompadour (Bone)

Sneaky Fitch!!!

The view immediately after the Pompadour fish above

6:00-9:00AM West Point, NPBI, SPBI, SPSI, East of GOMH, Channel Inn Bay
65-50℉, Sunny, 0-3mph NW
WT: 72-70℉

I started at West Point.  I got a dink off of the pontoon lift on a Neko Yum Dinger.  I then had Sneaky Fitch disappear my orange Shower Blows Knock Off. I was like "why can't I see it? Am I hung up on a weed?" Nope, it was Sneaky Fitch.  I had a fish miss me over by the tree.  I then went to NPBI.  I paused the Pompadour and was going to adjust the trolling motor when the big one of the morning smoked it.  I then missed one on the Pomp.  I got a 14.5-incher on it a couple of casts later.  I threw the Piranha 2 for a few casts and got 16-incher on that.  I then moved to the SPBI.  Didn't get a bite.  I went to SPSI and got a dink quite a way beyond the point on the SBKO.  I went across and worked the Rice/Pads East of GOMH and didn't get a bite.  I then worked Channel Inn Bay.  Had a couple pike take the Blitz and missed one blowup in the rice.  It was dead so I called it a day at 9AM

7 Bass
2 Pike 
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3.02lbs/17.25lbs Blitz Frog (Black/red)

The pad system that got me

6:00-8:40PM Deep Melon Patch
76-70℉, Partly Cloudy, 0-9mph NW
WT: 76-72℉

I got a later start than I should have.  I went straight to the Deep Melon Patch where Todd and I started that one morning.  The Deep Melon Patch is an area that was literally unfishable last year because it was so weed-choked.  I didn't have much luck to start and there wasn't any activity around me.  I moved my way to the East and there started to be some activity.  First fish to hit the Blitz was a pike.  I got the first bass on the black Blitz around 7:20PM; It was the three-pounder.  I then had 16-incher miss the Blitz, but I got it on the Yum Dinger.  I then got into an area with some pike.  I got a 16.25" on the black Blitz that revealed its location to me.   I had a fish miss when the frog landed on a pad.  I pulled it off and a total tank lit me up.  I had it moving toward me, but it muscled me into a pad root and got off.  Don't know if it was a dog or bass, but it was a big fish.  I didn't think to put a waypoint down, doh.  That was my last bite of the night.

3 Bass
5 Pike

14.88lbs for my Best 6 Bass Today

Trying the Blitzkrieg

Blitz Lures Blitz Frog

First Bite fish in the boat

2nd Bite Bass In the Boat

16" Yum Dinger

6:20-8:40PM Todd's Hole, NW Juice
76-72℉, Mostly Sunny, 3-13mph NW
WT: 76-72℉ Water level rising from a couple of recent rains

The Blitz Lures Blitz Frog has the same body shape as my beloved Mad Maxx.  When I found out about them I had to give them a try so I ordered 3 of each color LandBigFish.com carries.  Blitz has a fourth color that LBF doesn't carry.  It's interesting, the black frog is a pretty exact match for the Mad Maxx with different softer plastic.  The other two colors don't have the vent hole in the back of the frog and are made from a little stiffer plastic and the body shape is a little different as well.  They all caught fish for me tonight.  The Blitz Frog color one got bit off, so I put on the black one and got a bass on my first cast with it.

With the way the wind was, I ditched my plan to go to the deep Melon Patch and headed for Todd's Hole.  It was really windy.  I started outside the rice on Big Bass Point and had a pike attack the Blitz frog and hook up on about my fifth cast.  I went into the Hole and also landed the first bass (14.25) to bite a Blitz Frog.  A jacked and rolled the second bass to bite the Blitz pretty good at the entrance to the Todd Hole and it got off.  I cast right back to the spot and got a 12.75-inch bass.  I worked the outside of the hole to the west and got a 15.5 off of some rice.

I decided to hit the NW juice rather than run to Deep Melon.  I missed my first bite along the outside of the rice.  I worked around the pad tip and got bit off, Grrr.  Put on the Black Blitz and got a bass on the first cast.  A little ways down I had a bass miss the Black Blitz as I was moving the frog up to an isolated rice/reed patch.  I got the fish on a Yum dinger.  I had a couple of fish dog me to end the evening.

I had two different deer fly's bite me on the top of my head through my hat.

Forgot to weigh a 14" Fish

7 Bass
4 Pike

Snatchers Gull/Crow Wing River Tournament

Checkbook Won the Co-angler Challenge with 15/4 

Conditions: 81-65℉, Mostly Sunny, 5-15mph South

The Day:
We started at the rice island at the confluence of the two rivers where Bruce got the two bites prefishing.  There was notably no activity going on here while there was plenty of it when we pre-fished.  We didn't get a bite.  There was some activity to the South of us just off of the rice.  When we got down there I had a fish hit my Piranha Chatterjig, but not hook up.  It jolted the rod like a pike.  That was the only bite we got along the rice.  We then headed across to the slop matt which wasn't nearly as well-formed as when we pre-fished; It shrunk significantly.  I saw a fish come out of the water.  I had bruce get me in casting range and I got a hit on the Spro Sprinker Frog but it didn't hook up.  It was a small fish.  Couldn't get a follow-up hit on a swim jig, Piranha, or craw tube.  We worked our way to the South end of the mat.  There was activity there and I was just about to say expect to get a bite when Bruce had a hit on his swim jig.  It got off.  Bruce is pretty sure it was a bass.  A couple of minutes later I had the grub tail get bit off the Piranha.  I replaced it with a Zoom Speed Craw.  We worked back over the point and I directed Bruce to take us into a cut slop.  I got my first bass there.  I was so relieved not to be skunked.  We worked up the East side of the slop mat without any luck.

Next, we went to re-work our starting spot coming up from the NW along the shoreline.  I got my second bass along the shoreline on the Piranha.  Didn't get anything on the second pass.  I think we then went a little way up the Crow Wing to where Bruce got a bass the first day he pre-fished. Bruce got a pike and I got a pike in the rice slop on a 1oz Jig/Craw.  I was so ticked it wasn't a bass.

We then tried a spot in the confluence we hadn't pre-fished and didn't get a bit.  We then ran up the Gull River to a narrow section.  I got my third bass there at the entrance to the narrow section on a white double willow white Strike King Spinnerbait.  We fished a few more spots without any luck in the Gull River.  We went back to the starting spot.  Nothing doing.

We then ran up the river.  Bruce thought he missed a bite.  I got an 11-inch short largemouth.  I thought I missed a bass, immediately threw back to the spot and got a pike that stole my spinnerbait when it came off the Power Clip.  Was not to happy about that.  We ended the day where I got my second fish.
  

Results: My fish officially weighed 6/01 which put me in 14th Place out of 18 anglers. Bruce got skunked and came in last.  The winner was Keith Tuma who set a new all-time record bag for the club with 24/8.  Lunker went to Ruff with a 6/03 mega pig.  Checkbook took the Co-Angler Challenge with 15/4.

My Thoughts:  I got a tough break when I drew Bruce for a boater.  He s an outstanding guy, but he is a novice when it comes to bass fishing.  I think Bruce probably would have preferred if I would have taken charge and run the boat.  If I ever get partnered with him again I'll see if he wants me to do that.  The thing is I enjoy the challenge of fishing from the back end of the boat without having to worry about controlling the boat.  I did do some boat control coaching, which I think Bruce found helpful.  If I would have taken control of the boat I would have thrown a frog a lot more than I did.  A frog was a key bait for Tuma and Ruff.

Thanks to the number of guys that elected not to fish this tournament I am basically guaranteed to reach my goal of being in the Top 10 at the end of the year.

Got A Few Missed A Few/Pretty Good Evening Trip

3.50lb/17.75" Shower Blows 105 (Bone)

6:00-9:00AM West Point, NPBI, SPBI, SPSI, GOMH, Intersection
70-60℉, Partly Cloudy some sprinkles, 0-3mph SSE
WT: 72℉

I started at West Point and missed a couple of bites there on the 75 Plopper.  I then went to the North Point Big and missed bites on both the Plopper and Shower Blows 105 bone.  I then went to the SPBI and missed a good bite on the Plopper and had a fish bury Big Sexy in the reeds. Very frustrated at that point.  Headed to SPSI.  I was just about to set down the Shower Blows when the three and half bit; The fish was a total chunk.  I then got 3 straight 13-inchers on the Shower Blows.  I got a 14-incher out of the pad/reed edge on the yellow Terminator Frog.

Next, I headed to the GOMH and got nothing.  At the Intersection, I didn't get anything at the NE point.  I then quickly worked myself to the SPRO where I could drift with the wind.  Not much was going on until I switched to the Northside. I missed 3 quality bites in the boat lane mouths and caught one 13 incher on the Terminator.  Just wasn't my morning, very frustrating.

6 Bass
3 Pike
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3.30lbs/18" Terminator Frog (Yellow)

16" Terminator Frog (Yellow)

5:15-8:45PM East of GOMH, Channel Inn Bay
70-75℉, Mostly Cloudy, 3-8mph SSE
WT: 76℉

I decided to start off at the Pad/Rice Point East of GOMH where I had a little action a couple of weeks ago.  The bass were there and relating to the pads.  I caught some fish along the pads/ rice and some out of isolated pad clumps.  I worked my way West and out of fish, so I transferred over to Channel Inn Bay.  I got a couple good fish including the 18" along the rice.  Then I ran out of fish as I went deep into the trash.  I was working my way out quickly to head for Big West Bay when I had a good one hit bury me in a clump of coontail and get off.  I got another bite fairly quickly so I spent the rest of the night along the rice point getting several more fish and missing a couple better ones. The fish were definitely AWWWN that final 45 minutes

14 Bass
7 Pike

Missed fish cost me probably a couple pounds maybe more

Not My Night

13" Shower Blows 105(Bone)

6:00-8:30PM Jenny's Reeds, NPBI, 6lb Flat,
67-72℉, Sunny to Cloudy, 0-2mph N
Wt: 74℉

I got up around 3:45PM this afternoon and was ready to go fishing.  One problem the Kia where most of my fishing gear is was gone.  I figured Dad had it up at the Lake Place so I called him to confirm.  He had taken the VW, Mom had the Kia and had left her phone at home.  Dad got home at 5PM, no sign of Mom. At 5:25PM I left for the Lake Place. I would just use the rods that we have at the cabin.  I had to turn around at the Church because I forgot my phone.  Mom was still not home.

I got my stuff loaded quickly and was fishing by 6PM.  I went over to Jenny's reeds fished it for 15-minutes getting one pike on a yellow Terminator Frog and one swirl.  I then headed to the Reeds across from the Platte Public Access where Todd got the 5lber. I got a call from Dad.  He was bringing the Kia up.  Nothing was going on in the reeds as the sun had come out, so I headed back to get m stuff.  I stopped at the North Point Big Island.  I got a small bass and small pike there on the Shower Blows 105.

I got my stuff in the boat and headed west to 6lb Flat.  I got a 14" on Sweet Revenge pretty quick.  I got one small pike and missed a couple of bites. Skeeters were out by 8:45PM.  What a waste of a calm night. Fish off because of the cold front maybe?

Gull/Crow Wing River Pre-Fish

16.??" Swim Jig/swimbait Jr

8:30-2:00PM Crow Wing River/Gull River
74-67℉, Cloudy some light rain turning PC, 3-5mph S

We started at the confluence of the two rivers just South of the access.  I noticed fish activity out where there was current.  Didn't get anything on the point.  But Bruce hit paydirt at the rice island (fish in the picture).  He immediately lost another good one.  We decided to not hammer on them and went and checked the slop island further down.  I had a good 90% sure it was a bass blow up on my hookless Snagproof Frog there and there was activity all the way along that thing.  I had a pike strike at me off the end of it.

We then checked a couple of inlets then headed up the Gull River to the 210 railroad bridge.  There was some activity in the 1/8th of a mile south of the bridge.  Bruce got bit off and I had a couple of blow-ups.  We didn't see any activity in the next 1/4mile or so.  We then jumped around a few places.  We had a couple of who knows what blow-ups on an algae mat and Bruce lost a small bass off of a dock and got a small possible keeper bass off of another dock.  We had enough of the Gull River at that point. We ran into Hammer who was fishing the slop Island at the confluence.  We then ran up the Crow. Briefly talked with Dennis then continued up to as far as we felt was safe.  We fished our way back running a couple of different times.  The sun came out and we were done shortly after that.

Beau took out just after we did.  Bo knows the Crow, apparently, this stretch of river is pretty much his home water. 

Slow Morning/Evening Trip Todd Gets a Pig

5lbs/20" Terminator Frog (Yellow)

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3.17lbs/18" Sweet Revenge

6:00-9:00AM NPBI, Deep Melon Patch, 6lb Flat
72-64℉, Mostly Sunny, 0-3mph West
76℉

I got out late, but I don't remember why.  I stopped at the North Point Big Island first stop. I got a 16.75-inch bass there on the orange Shower Blows KO 105.  Also had fish strike and miss at the 75 Plopper.  Then it was off to the Deep Melon Patch.  There was baitfish activity, but no signs of what I was after.  The bright sun was annoying.  I was just contemplating what a disappointing morning it might turn out to be when the 18-incher hit.  Bingo!  It basically hit out of the scrub reeds not relating to anything.  I then got 14.5" on the bone Sprinker.  My back started giving me grief for some reason.  I missed a couple of bites and caught a dink at the rice on the edge of 6lb Flat.  Slow morning, but size wasn't bad.
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2.75lbs/17" Terminator Frog

Didn't even hook this pike off the dock

7:00-9:00PM Reeds Across From Platte Access
72-78℉, Mostly Cloudy, 0-3mph S
WT: 76℉

We got out a little later than I would have liked due to the weather being so ideal.  While I was waiting for Todd and getting stuff in the boat a fish busted on something out front.  I investigated and caught the pike.  Mal and Belle got to see it.

Headed out with Todd and made a last-second decision to hit the reeds on the point across from the Platte Lake Access.   Todd had a fish dog him in the reeds.  We got in by shore and I had a good bass jump and get off under the trees.  Todd then got the 17-incher on the inside reed line.  We moved a little farther west when Todd hooked up on the Platte Lake Pig.  It maybe Todd's personal best.  He wasn't sure.  We caught several small bass and missed some bites as we fished the area.  I then moved us toward the cattails.  Some good fish spooked.  We missed some hits and we both got 14-inchers.  Didn't get anything once we got to the rice, which was disappointing.  Skeeters forced us to quit at 9PM.

17.12lbs for the Best 6 of the Day