Thorne Brothers Mystery Tournament - Still a mystery

[river rat316]

In the Goose Lake tournament there were a couple guys who didn't have a great day on the water and weren't feeling that good about their smallish bag of fish. Turns out no one went for the smallest 5-fish bag so they won the $200 for smallest bag AND the Daiwa reels for $400 worth of stuff!! Turned that frown upside down in a hurry!

That was us with the smallish bag, 13.8 I believe, we had a ton of fun though, and it was both our first time on this lake, we didn't do to much exploring, we found all our fish at our first spot and caught about 45 fish through out the day we just couldn't pull enough size out of that one spot, hind sight tells me we should have checked the "other" side a little bit more or went over their earlier. Either way it was alot of fun, until about 1:00 then the sun started to take its toll and we should have been swimming instead of fishing!

[Bassburch]

That was us with the smallish bag, 13.8 I believe, we had a ton of fun though, and it was both our first time on this lake, we didn't do to much exploring, we found all our fish at our first spot and caught about 45 fish through out the day we just couldn't pull enough size out of that one spot, hind sight tells me we should have checked the "other" side a little bit more or went over their earlier. Either way it was alot of fun, until about 1:00 then the sun started to take its toll and we should have been swimming instead of fishing!

Hey, thanks for the jigs btw... I caught a few fish on your blue/greenpumkin swimjig that day!

[river rat316]

We caught all but a couple fish on swim jigs that day, every time we tried to fish in the thick stuff we got blanked so we fished pad edges and caught a ton of fish but just not the size we needed. Glad to hear you like this jigs!

[GooBack]

Why is the mystery weight drawn prior to ease off? Are the entrants informed of the weight as well?

[mww24]

everyone knows the weight before the boats hit the water. That way you can aim for the loomis if youd rather have that then cash. The first one i fished on green My best 5 would have went for maybe 15. I knew it wouldn't get me top 3 so i kept fish to try and get the loomis bucks. Had the unfortunate circumstance of a very close fish that was called under 12" so i only weighed 3. Rookie mistake. river rat. You must of been fishing in the stratos by the bridge on goose? I was in the black and gold ranger at the end of the day that thought A landowner was chewing you out.

[Deitz Dittrich]

yeah, not sure why they call it a mystery.. They should just call it the loomis weight of the day.. Its no mystery.. everybody knows what it is when we blast off.

[NickMcD63]

everyone knows the weight before the boats hit the water. That way you can aim for the loomis if youd rather have that then cash. The first one i fished on green My best 5 would have went for maybe 15. I knew it wouldn't get me top 3 so i kept fish to try and get the loomis bucks. Had the unfortunate circumstance of a very close fish that was called under 12" so i only weighed 3. Rookie mistake. river rat. You must of been fishing in the stratos by the bridge on goose? I was in the black and gold ranger at the end of the day that thought A landowner was chewing you out.

Yep! That's my baby! Haha that was the highlight of the day when you guys thought my dad was reaming us out...classic.

[mww24]

Ya. He could have won an oscar throwing up his arms and screaming at you.

[Bassburch]

What lake are you guys hoping gets drawn this weekend!? I'd like to see Fannie or Big Marine get drawn.

Coon

Fannie

N/S Center

Forest

Big Marine

[Deitz Dittrich]

not really a matter of which i want, more a matter of which i dont want. Forest/Coon and I can live with Coon... But forest makes me want to puke.

[Cecil]

YOU JUST JINXED US!!!!

[Deitz Dittrich]

did not

[Cecil]

I will respond to that again in 72 hours...

[MN BassFisher]

Hahah I kind of like Coon but I totally agree with you Deitz on Forest.

[GooBack]

If Fannie gets drawn, will the tournament director have written consent to use a parking lot down the road?? There's only room for a few at the access, assuming it's empty when ya'll show up. This lake should be removed from the list.

[mww24]

i wont be able to fish this one but I would have hoped for N/S center. Then I would have hoped deitz would have overslept so he couldn't put up another 23 pound bag.

[Deitz Dittrich]

BOOOO HA HA HA.. 23 lbs would be tough.. it was only 22 lbs.. and it was John Roundsly and I.. whom are on separate teams.. So, yeah... will be tough to share a spot.. maybe not, my boats faster!!!!! HEAR THAT JOHN!!!! MY BOAT IS FASTER!!!!

As for Fannie, we will have to decide once we see how many boatst show up. if its only 15 .. no prob.. there are 2 accesses, and a huge Walmart parking lot. That said, its only 20% at best.. we will cross that bridge if we have to.. Just like if we draw N/S Center, my chances of catching 23 lbs is only 20%.... LOL and if you believe that.. Well I got shoreline to sell you in Florida!!!

[mww24]

deitz. how did today play out? lake winning weight. what happened

[Bassburch]

Big Marine over 20lbs to win with a 5.75lb big bass!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Big Marine Lake, she was a tough one.. as bassburch said, 20+ lbs to win, but they won by a large margin.. Cecil and I got second with 14.20, and third had 11.6 if i remember right. 18 boats.Cecil and I got fish in spurts all day, even pulled one from 28 feet of water.

[mww24]

who won?

[kaine]

20 pounds on the big machine, that is huge!

[bassfshin24]

How did the tourney go on 6/23 and where was it at? Or was it cancelled dued to weather.

[Cecil]

We battled through! Had to wait a little bit for weather to pass, but once it did, we were good to go.

It was on Horseshoe lake out by Harris. Winning weight was over 17 pounds and 15 pounds made the money. Big fish was 4-13

[Hester]

When is the next one and where can I see a schedule?

thanks.