Monthly Archives April 2011

I think I may be crazy. Woke up Saturday morning and it is minus 7 degrees out at 5am. Had a coffee then hooked up with my buddy Phil and his wife Nancy and headed Stateside to prefish for next weeks Maine Blade Runners tournament on the Grand Falls Flowage. A quick Q & A session with the US customs officer and off we went to the launch.

We launched the boat at Squirrel Point and headed { slowly } to our first spot. Slowly because it was still only minus 7. I had so many clothes on I could hardly move and I was still not really happy. We got set up on our first spot and I nailed a fish on my second cast. Phil tossed a bait in behind the one I got and he was hooked up as well. Not a bad way to start off with the cold air and water at 5 degrees...

The Backwater Casting photo draw winner for March is John Thomas from Moncton, NB. John will receive a certificate for an Interstate Deep Cycle Battery courtesy of our friends at Interstate Batteries of Canada. As a tournament angler my batteries are key to everything in my boat. They run the Minn Kota up front, two sets of Lowrance Sonar / GPS units and all of my pumps and accessories. I buy what works and Interstate is what is in my boat.

The prize battery is not the one shown in the photo.