The Beautiful Grind
My participation in the KBF Great Lakes May fishing tournament is my first in my fishing tournament career. It has been great. TourneyX provides an easy-to-use, fair, and well-managed platform to submit and track progress in the catch-photo-release tournament. I was previously in 3rd place in the tournament, then bumped to 5th. Today I was then bumped to 7th and was determined to climb the leader board. This morning I launched the Jon Boat (captained by a fishing partner) and my FeelFree Lure . I was determined to move my way back into the top three. The day started at a bitter 39 degrees, but the forecast was promising. Temperatures were to be in the 80s with little-to-no wind. Perfect small craft fishing conditions. Shortly after launching, my fishing partner landed a nice 16"+ bass on his second cast (the first was a snag I helped retrieve). We agreed it was going to be a great day. The Wisconsin spring has made for tough fishing. The temperatures have fluctu