2004 FLW Results

Last update: June 20, 2008

2004 FLW Tour Results

What: FLW Tour

Where: Lake Champlain, NY

Date: June 23-26, 2004

Finish: 69th

Winnings: $3,000

What: FLW Tour

Where: Kentucky Lake, KY

Date: May 12-15, 2004

Finish: 47th

Winnings: $10,000

What: FLW Tour

Where: Atchafalaya Basin, LA

Date: February 11-14, 2004

Finish: 154th

I truly enjoy going to vast fisheries where fish live everywhere because I enjoy going and finding them. Here the key was in finding fish that would feed despite the fluctuating river levels. Nothing else affects a river fish like the water level. On the first day I experienced a bad day of the “dropsies”. This is where most of the fish that I hooked simply came off in the brush or pulled off the hook near the boat. The first day I probably hooked 7 or 8 bass but only landed two. I rarely lose that many in a single day. On the second day they seemed to have switched preferences because they didn’t bite the Power Hawg that I was using but other competitors caught them on jigs.

What: FLW Tour

Where: Lake Okeechobee, FL

Date: January 21-24, 2004

Finish: 126th

This is such a great fishery and yet the Florida strain largemouth can be such a finicky feeder that it’s entirely possible to “fish over the fish”. By that I mean that I had located a fantastic population of solid keepers that hardly anyone else found during practice. The problem was that I wasn’t aware how big some of the fish were until I invited my buddy Sean Hoernke to come fish around. The result was that I caught two limits of keepers without any big bass and Sean figured out how to catch the big bass after I had given up on the area and was looking elsewhere. I had been throwing a shallow running crankbait through the shallow hydrilla but should have been flipping to the bulrushes in slightly deeper water.