Ok, so how long have you been fishin for money?...lol...just playin man....nice to see such a winning streak!!

Thanks man :)
I really had no plans to fish tournaments this year other than bass-n-tubes. In the past I got too frustrated fishing tournaments because I simply am not very good at fishing for small fish and at most tournaments you need to catch small fish to do well.

Nico and I just started going to Don Pedro this year and since we were on good fish, I convinced CV to fish a tourney out there (he wasn't hard to convince lol). After we won the first one we just said heck why not fish some more, and we wound up winning the next two. Most of our fish have been swimbait or sight fish. It works for me because I can go and fish how I want to fish, and stand a chance to do well.

Yesterday was just 'one of those days'. We had a 34lb limit in the boat by 7:34am and wound up culling three fish that were 5.35, 5.45 and 5.88lbs. We nearly culled a 6.3 with a 9lber but the 9 was barely hooked and shook off by the boat. Our big fish was 9.44 and we caught 11 fish over 3lbs during the course of the day. I'll remember this one for a long time, it was a fun day of fishin.

Here are a few pics from yesterday:

big limit in the livewell.
http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/3_26_05_livewell_2.jpg

37.66lbs
http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/3_26_05_rob-n-cris_37.66lbs_3.jpg

Wow Rob your on a roll for sure,Great to hear.Now that the tournaments over would you mind telling us what exact baits you caught them on? Just curious,i can never decide what swimbaits etc to throw when i get to the lake,too many baits ,too little time for me i guess.
thank you ,
happy Easter,
Brian

damn Rob! pretty soon I will se you on TV fishing the FLW.
I bet you could pic up some more sponsers now!

www.mattlures.com

Yo Matt
Do you know anyone who wants to give me a bass boat :D LOL With my 5hp motor on my jon boat, its hard to learn the lake at Pedro, I keep having to launch from different marinas and drive the boat for hours to figure stuff out :) The 15hp I just ordered from AIM Marine will help that but I still gotta beg CV if I want to get on the water there in a tourney.

As far as telling about what we are doing lets put it like this. I'm not out there for fame and glory. If I wanted fame and glory I'd post all my catches and frankly this year I have been slaughtering the fish. I could do magazine articles, interviews etc, but I have not because I enjoy catching the bass a whole lot more than I like seeing my picture in a magazine. When its a tournament, you can't hide what you catch though, you have to weigh them in :)

After the last three tournaments I haven't come on the site to brag the fish or tell the story because that's not why I'm in the tournament. I'm in the tournament for the money. Tournament fishing to me is just legalized gambling and since I have some good cards in my hand, I've been betting. If I didn't think I could win money, I'd be trophy hunting not tournament fishing and I'd be just as happy doing it.

So, when you do well in a tourney, sometimes people congratulate you online and I sincerely appreciate that :) I congratulate people online myself on a regular basis. But part of soceity says that if you are congratulated, you should say thankyou. And in fishing, people expect a story to go with it. The thing is, I'm not going to tell the whole story about our tourneys at Pedro. No one handed me Don Pedro on a plate and said here you go. I have fished the lake 9 times in my life and 8 of those trips were this year. I got the name of one arm of the lake to check out from CV, and the rest I figured out myself. A few weeks ago I got some help from some local guys but none of my big fish have come from their spots and none of these tournaments has been won from their spots. I figured this lake out myself and I'm not goint to hand it out for someone else to take my entry fee from me on it. If you ever win 3 tournaments in a row and weigh a 30+ bag on your own water and your own techniques, I think you'll relate strongly to how I feel.

If this comes across mean, I apologize. I just feel like I've earned what I've done at Pedro and I'm going to enjoy the paybacks of 1800 miles of driving and $500+ in expenses that I've put in this year there.

-Rob

Well said Rob.....The internet is a great tool in helping put the pieces together, but to me the only thing that is gratifying is when you finish the puzzle your self on the water...Your article on the website about fishing swimbaits is one of those tools that has helped me...*even though I have yet to have a day like you guys have been havin!!;)

Again great job to you and your partner!

PS, did you guys read about the results from Saturdays WON BASS at Casitas? Seems like the Monster bass are hitting all over the place!

You are a modest man Rob, but you also are a hell of a fisherman. Great Jobs on the tournaments

Dang, dude, I'm sooo frakkin' impressed I could just... nevermind.
You're a helluva stick, Rob.
Good job.

Chris

Way to go Rob,you deseve it and heck you earned it.I aint mad at cha!Keep it up bro.
Billy

I coulda said we got them on spinnerbaits....

ROB ,
you told me you caught them with nightcrawlers,marshmellows and a bobber,man no wonder i have only been catching bluegill using your technique.just kidding !
Brian

I appreciate your honesty Rob and I agree with your explanation. I am still so new to swimbaits that I need all the 'help' I can get but it's hard work and the willingness to try a technique/method(swimbaits) that can yield strikes so far apart(if ever;) ) for a Basser like you. I have to keep on trying and learning and be willing to put in the time and effort or I never will be sucessful.

Btw Matt; did you get my email?

Dan

"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"

Deo Vindice

Dan,

I have an article I'm working on that is going to answer many of the questions I hear over and over about swimbait fishing. It may take me another month or two to complete but when it is done, it will be my 'book' of swimbait fishing. Sort of the cliff notes if you will, but much longer than a normal article. I'm not going to tell ya where to cast and when and with what, but I'm going to give everyone the tools they need to be successful. Be patient, its comin.

I'm honestly looking foward to that article,have you seen the swimbait video from Byron Velvick and if so is it worth the money they charge for it?
brian

Rob nice bag congrats ......... Scott R

bent rods to all: Tie on a markeys when the weight you put in your livewell really counts.

velvick video is definitely not worth the money. Not alot of info, and nothing i havent heard/read many times on here.