1) 2014 I was in an acting position and didn't get to take all my holidays owed to me. This year I was off a minimum one day a week from the end of June to the end of October.
2) Andrew and I made the Classic this year.
The only thing I have to complain about this year is Tia continuously turned down my invitations to fish in my boat
Anyways, here we go;
May 1st was my first outing with a trip to Lake Champlain in New York with a trip I organized to take a bunch of fishing nuts to experience what I have had the pleasure of doing for many years. It was good to see my long lost partner Dave Morin again. Champlain has a catch & release season straight from ice out and it is the only place I fish until Bass opens. I was insanely excited as you can see my this picture of a very crowded rod locker.
The company was awesome, except for Tia
, and the scenery was breath taking
I did a few trips to both ends of Champlain in May and here are a couple of photos of some nice fish
Next cam practice for our first Qualifier on Lake St. Francis. We did not do well on this one because we didn't clue in to the fact that the Smallies were still spawning. We did get to know the lake a little better though
Next came our event at Big Rideau. Practice produced some biggins and we would need them to move up in the standings as shown here by the giant caught by my buddy Trevor Cheney
Next came a mini road trip with my wife to Nova Scotia, highly recommend it if you have not been
Next event was Mississippi Lake and Andrew and I were still playing catch up in the standings. I have an even better understanding of this lake now.
The final event to qualify for Renegade was on my least favorite body of water in the world (yes I am dramatic!) the Ottawa River. We were just sitting out of qualifying and we knew we would have to come in with a decent bag and have about six other teams falter if we would even stand a chance. I was so desperate that I made a long run one practice to fish brand new water in hopes of having my fishing partner back again next year
Happy to say, on the second year of Andrew and I fishing as a team we pulled it off and made the Renegade Classic. This was a goal both of us wanted to achieve. The Classic was on the St. Lawrence River and I just wanted to do well. The weather ended up brutal, high winds and a nasty cold front but everyone was in the same boat (Get it?) We did find a productive area in practice but we couldn't find the giants come the two day event. One's like this
All in all, I was pretty happy with our year and Andrew agreed to fish with me next year so......
Now comes my favorite time of the year, fall. And what a fall it was. I spend so much time fishing for Renegade that once it's over, it's all about fun fishing for giants!! I also use this opportunity to try and take people out on the boat and get them into some big fish. I have to say the weather was incredible to say the least which also made for some stunning photos. Here are a few good ones caught between the end of September and the beginning of December.
You'll also notice there are no pictures of Tia.....because she refused to get in my boat........ three times
so I don't know what to tell you .. breath mint maybe, stop dressing like a princess .. I could go on?
