Updates...

For those of you wondering, Brannon got dealt with by Lake Erie and by about 67 anglers during the 2nd Northern Open in Sandusky. 6-8 foot waves tore the hell out of his boat on the first day and its impossilbe to recover after a bad day on Lake Erie. It took almost 20lbs per day to make the cut and Brannon didnt break 17 either day.

As for me, got an open this weekend at Deercreek that Im fishing with my lil bro. Should be alot of fun and Deercreek is always one of my favorite lakes to fish. After that, got a few more deals at Delaware then my boat is going on the market. Cant weight to be rocking my new Skeeter.  Check out Boat Boys if any of you are interested in a slightly used Skeeter ZX200 thats reasonably priced and has TONS of new parts.

Big Water

For those of you who havent been there, Lake Erie is immense. Everything is exagerated and nothing is what you expect when you pull up on a spot. Take a look at a topo map of the lake sometime, those areas of high spots that look like cliffs are anything but. Those reefs look like hotspots and most of the time they are but its not that simple. You ride up on one of those reefs and you find out real quick that they are bigger then most of Ohios inland lakes. There are smallies somewhere, at some depth, on some break on those reefs but its like trying to pick apart a "spot" the size of the southern pool of Alum Creek. In any case, it was a ton of fun smoking some football size smallies but burning through 100s of dollars of gasoline trying to find them isnt as fun, especially when your being beat to hell by 3 to 5 foot refract waves.  On a side note, the largemouth fishing is phenomenal just about everywhere but that isnt going to help you in a tournament like this. If Brannon wants to make the cut and have a chance to win, he absolutley has to find enough smallies to fill out a 20lb bag EVERY day. It sounds hard but it isnt if you just find the fish. These arent suspended fish, they arent burried under fields of lilly pads, they arent in 50 feet of water and they arent finicky. All you have to do is find them, pray for calmish water and make your bites count. Good luck buddy, wish I was in it with you but you have your work cut out for you.

Erie Open...

Big tournament coming up locally, I wish I was fishing it. Instead, the next best thing, helping someone fish it. My buddy, Brannon Long is coming up from Texas and he needs a good showing. With the help of my freinds, his drop shotting skills and some boat control, I think he has a shot at making the cut. Ill be heading up there for the helping hand next week and Ill let yall know how things go. As for me, that little spill I took a few weeks ago has caught up with me. My lower back is jacked. Even as I type at this very moment, Im not even sure what Im saying as painkillers course through my veins.  Doctor wants to see if the muscle relaxers and pain killers as well as the cortizone shot I got (not working yet) have a positive effect on recovery before he makes an assumption of nerve damage. I have no idea how your big tow can be numb, you hamstrings feel like they are asleep and your lower back be burning without nerve damage but whatever the case, I just want it to go away.

Cant wait to be bouncing across that big lake without my legs going numb! Should be awesome.

later peeps

S.T.P.

The NFL season is upon us....

Those of you that know me know that I am a Cleveland Browns freak. My family (sans my father) have been Browns fans since before I was born and getting the opportunity to watch Bernie Kosar as a young child basically set the stage for a life of disapointment when it comes to watching pro football. While there has been much disapointment and disparity over the last 20 years, we have also enjoyed some great moments. When your team is as bad as we have been for so long, little things give you great joy and while fans of other teams would prob laugh at such things as "great" moments, I and others cherish these moments as un-forgetable even though they are pretty much not memorable for most. Just remember that I am excluding things that all browns fans remember and showing you things that I remember.

Eric Turner Smoke some fool for the Steelers

TJ Ward. Eric Turner reincarnated?

Murder, Death Kill? Simon Phoenix(Chad Johnson) gets demolished by Brian Russell 

The touchdown was great but Lawrence Vickers reaction to springing hillis is priceless.

Steve Everitt gets fined for sporting a browns bandana during the first pre-season game for the new Ravens franchise. Screw Art Modell

 

 

Tim Couch rocking the hail marys. There are alot of Couch haters out there but the dude figured out ways to win games with zero talent around him. Hes alright in my book.

There are many many others but Im out of time so heres to 2011 and making another new memory.

S.T.P.