[Francis]

When you fish the ASA tournament in VA Beach.

Fished with Lee Tippet Saturday on his 25' Maycraft, Jennifer Rose. We were met with a strong breeze at the first island when ASA tournament control checked us out. Although Lee's 25' Maycraft is no slouch, we were passed by several fully wrapped and sponsored 30'+ center consoles with double and triple motors on the back as they skipped across the top of the 4' waves.

We got around the high rose and dropped the eels overboard. It didn't take long to hook up and we had multiple rods hooked up at the same time several times. At the end of the day we got 18 big fish bites on eels and netted 14 of them in the boat. 10 of them were over 40 inches.

Our two big fish were 30lbs and 34.6lbs for a total 2 fish weight of 64.5 lbs. Overall we pretty much got our arses handed to us as we finished 2 places out of the money in 12'th. I guess it's not too bad when you consider the boats we were up against.

Max King won. His big fish was a 61.5lb whopper! It was the biggest rock fish I have ever seen in person. That man is hard to beat!

 

[kiko13]

Francis,

You guys did well.....Lee is a heck of a fisherman. We were down there on Saturday also but did not splash the boat. We were in constant touch with the Jennifer Rose getting live updates....we could hear the "whoas" and "ouch" every time you hit a big wave on the way to your spot!!

Ernie

 

[Francis]

Lee came in second in the MSSA fall tourney and is about as good as it gets as a tourney fisherman.

It's pretty bad when I have to keep my hands on the roof of the cabin and push up as hard as I can to keep my head from hitting the roof as we dropped of the tops of the waves! I felt like a gymanist doing reverse hand stands.

 

[Ida Mae]

Lee Tippett is one hell of a Maycraft spokesman:yes::thumbup:

 

[iFishMD]

Nice job Francis. Sounds like it was a heck of good time. :thumbup:

 

[Chop Chop]

Great effort Francis, it just wasn't in the cards. I saw a lot of those guys fishing Nautilus Shoal including Max. Did see some really big fish caught out there. Better luck next time.

 

[blue lou]

Francis, I'm very conflicted by your report, I don't know wether to shake your hand, bow to you, or smack you on the back of the head. Good job toughing it out there anyway.:thumbup:

 

[Francis]

Thanks guys.

Lou, I don't know either!

 

[crabby and son]

ten fish over 40 is NEVER a bad day...........just not as good as others........I'll take it any day. Congrats............Gary

 

[Rattletrap]

What Crabby said, sounds pretty good to me. An eeling tourney with Max in it makes everyone else underdogs.

 

[Doggydaddy]

I'll second that, ten fish over forty is a great day :yes:

 

[Francis]

True. It's not a bad day. Just not good enough. . .!

 

[Jim Hensley]

On any other day it would be a great day in my book. I'd sure like to know how Max does it. He is just a big fish magnet. It's not like he hasn't told everyone else how to do it in his DVD and Book. Maybe he saved a trick or two for himself:yes:.

 

[rocksteady]

On any other day it would be a great day in my book. I'd sure like to know how Max does it. He is just a big fish magnet. It's not like he hasn't told everyone else how to do it in his DVD and Book. Maybe he saved a trick or two for himself:yes:.

Maybe ?

 

[Francis]

I doubt it. That guy is good! And tough to beat as well!

 

[Capt.Nick]

We'll never see that again. Those were the days when this board was alive. We went from great Striper fishing to catfish and perch jerkin