Last weekend was yet another Andong tournament weekend. For the Pro’s it was a 2 day tournament sponsored by my sponsor, ‘Surecatch Korea’, and for the Challenger Pro’s it was a 1 day tournament sponsored by Lureman, owned by Park MuSeok (more on him later 
).
This time I took my better half with me, which was a big mistake. We fished together on Saturday which was also my one and only practice day. The day started off well when I got a bite on almost my first cast of the day which ended up being this little dink;
That was the only fish I would land all day Saturday. The wife however didn’t disappoint as she always kicks my @$$, and today was no exception. She caught 3 keeper bass. Here’s 2 of them, with the last one being a very nice one indeed. It took her about 5 minutes to land.
Saturday’s weather was rather good, mostly cloudy with some sunshine mixed in (all the fish came during the cloudy times).
Then Sunday came, and the rain came down HEAVY all during the tournament, which I didn’t mind too much as it was better then blazing sunshine. I started the day throwing topwater baits and lost/missed 5 bass early on (at least 3 of them were decent keepers). That made me frustrated. A few hours went by without a single bite, then with 30 minutes or so to go until weigh in closed, I caught 2 nice bass and hurried to the weigh in.
Not good enough to win anything, but I came in 29th out of 69 boats and got some valuable points with these;
The winner of the Pro’s was Park MuSeok (Lureman Shop owner, FTV Bass fishing show host and my fellow Surecatch Korea Pro-staff). Here’s a couple of his very nice winning bass.
Pete and Ruben both caught fish during the tournament, but unfortunately Pete had to leave early on Sunday due to not feeling too good, but not before catching this nice big Andong bass on Saturday;
By the way, isn’t all fishing FUN?
Nice last minute comeback, Steve! And thanks for the two posts you put up because there won’t be many, if any, from me for the next month.
I’m hoping to get out one day this weekend, so there’ll be another post soon.
It’s looking like a ton of rain up here Friday and Saturday
2010: Year of shitty fishing weather in Korea
Yep, you got statement correct Nomad.
Nice going Steve, and Mrs. Steve. I think it was you who told me Steve that there was no worse luck while out fishing than catching one on the first cast, and it seems to hold true most of the time too. WTF?
Anyway, nice comeback on Sunday.
What did you catch ‘em on if you don’t mind me asking? I’m just curious as to how to catch bass in the summertime on Andong, something I’ve never been very good at.
It’s the opposite for me out on the river when I EMB. For a while, especially last year, if I caught one on my first cast, I usually knew it was going to be a good morning but if I didn’t catch one in the first few casts, I knew it was going to be a lot of time for practicing with the old baitcaster.
Thanks Rob, catching those 2 bass right at the end and not skunking was a awesome feeling!
I caught them on 4″ senko rigged texas style but with just a small split shot about 10 inches up the line. Like a scaled down carolina rig. Both in shallow water.