Piedmont Tournament Trail - Tournament 6 - June 24 - Harris Lake

[berudd]

Location: Harris Lake Crosspoint Landing
Date\Time: June 10th, 2018. 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Limit: 3 fish, 14" minimum; 16"-20" slot limit
Fee: $20 per boat; $5 Big Bass per angler OPTIONAL


PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ANGLERS MUST PAY THE CLASSIC FEE THIS YEAR.


Must pay Classic fee prior to blast off.


Please review all RULES HERE before Sunday but here are a few changes as reminders.


An approved PFDs must be worn by every angler while the boat they occupy is on plane.
Every angler must pay the $20 Classic fee for 2018.
A 14" minimum size limit will apply to all fish.
An optional $5 big bass fee will be collected from each angler wishing to compete for big bass.


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[Heelman99]

Not wanting to fish Harris in this heat. Just not wanting to put Bass in the live well early and carry around all day to have them die before weigh in.Just not good for the fishery. Lately in this 90*+temperatures I've seen a lot of dead fish brought to weigh in. Not wanting to be a part of that.

[usmcvetTR-21]

Use g juice, both livewells and keep rec pumps on the whole time = no dead fish, and if you are truely concerned still then with a little improvising and amazon shopping both livewells can have a home made koolwell system for less than $150 with independent thermostats to keep the water at a specific temp.

[CigarBasser]

Nothing a little livewell management can’t take of Dan..

[Heelman99]

I manage the livewell by not fishing in 90*+.

[berudd]

Use g juice, both livewells and keep rec pumps on the whole time = no dead fish, and if you are truely concerned still then with a little improvising and amazon shopping both livewells can have a home made koolwell system for less than $150 with independent thermostats to keep the water at a specific temp.

Agreed on the G Juice. I have put deep hooked fish in that stuff that I just knew were goners and some even bellied up. I left them in to see what would happen planning to have them for dinner and a few hours later they were swimming and apparently happy. I don't run my pumps non-stop, usually just when I run the outboard and that seems to be enough. Also, freezing some water bottles and sticking them in there helps too.

[Heelman99]

Well N Good just can't make Harris this Sunday.

[Chubbster]

Bruce....will you be taking a head count on who is planning on making it Sunday?

[berudd]

Bruce....will you be taking a head count on who is planning on making it Sunday?

It would be nice to get an idea of how many we will have but its not required.

[CigarBasser]

I’m still out - same issue Bruce.

[wade57]

I'll be there.

[NCdud]

Bruce,

Cant make it this weekend, on-call for work. ~ John

[berudd]

Would like to ask that everyone bring exact change. Makes it much easier on me.

Thanks!

[berudd]

I hope you guys make it out tomorrow. We can discuss ending a little earlier due to the heat at the ramp in the morning.

[Heelman99]

With the steady heat wave I've been out several times in the past couple weeks. First light, around 5:30am, till 11:00 am around 6 hours. Like to make Harris but don't think I could make the tournament till 2:00 pm.

[Coach Lews]

If we can make a time,now.. Ill come. I agree with above post. 11pm end time,is a great time to end. That and its my anniversary weekend lol

[berudd]

Let's make it 6am to Noon. We can avoid the worst of the heat that way.

[Heelman99]

Thanks Bruce if not for the heat factor the 2:00 weigh-in would be ok but with 90*+ 12:00 will be better. I guess I'll make plans to be at Harris in the morning around 5:00 am getting ready for 6:00 blast off. Maybe with the tournament time adjustments more than 3 boats will show this time! I

[berudd]

Thanks Bruce if not for the heat factor the 2:00 weigh-in would be ok but with 90*+ 12:00 will be better. I guess I'll make plans to be at Harris in the morning around 5:00 am getting ready for 6:00 blast off. Maybe with the tournament time adjustments more than 3 boats will show this time! I

Cool. Yeah, I hope so too. I know a couple of guys have a club tournament tomorrow but maybe we'll get some guys to come out. 3 boats or not, we're fishing!

[Heelman99]

I hate the idea of having a tournament with only 3 boats. We all signed up in this Piedmont Series thinking there would be more than 3 boats entering each tournament. Hope more show this Harris tournament than last one. Will say a lot about the folks that signed up at the start.