The Shasta Region started their season last weekend with a two day tourney at Whiskeytown.
Theresa Couts was victorious with 15.47 pounds. She also had day one's big fish and second big fish on day 2. Tim Zandbergen earned second with 13.60 pounds and Vern Learitt rounded out the top three with 9.16 pounds. Congrats to all!

Here is the results
http://bass-n-tubes.com/dc/user_files/390.html

and pics
http://www.bass-n-tubes.com/gallery/SR_WHISKEYTOWN_032308

Right on Theresa! First Win! git down with yo bad seff :o good job to Tim & Vern. Those fish have some vivid color

well thank you very much.hopefully i can keep up the good work.wish me luck at clear lake.

Good job T! Those are some fat spots! Did you Wil-E-Go Mark's dink? That fish looks about 6 inches long in his big ham hand?

Good thing I didn't misspell "dink"...:+ :+ :+

Doug

gotta give him a least one fish.didnt want to make him feel left out.it was a real tough lake to fish.i have never caught any fish on that lake .steve and jeremy allways kick my butt.but i showed them.its one of those lakes that you have to fish real slow,and once you find the bait that works you have to stick with it the whole time.my baits of choice were senkos the first day and hoola grubs the second.couldnt have asked for a better weekend. yahooooooooo

Nice job, T! Humongoid spots!

How do you guys tell if those are spots just from the pics?

Not disputing whether they is or they ain't, I just want to know how you all can tell from those pics.

most of them in these pics for me was color and spots on the back. Not all of them though. I always double check by the jaw bone though. There are also a couple decent LM in the pics.

Mitch, to me spots just look different than largemouths. Spots are built longer and thinner with skinny tail sections. Their tails seem more like a smallmouth's with a longer/wider V shape. Theresa's day one fish is definitely a spot but now that I look again her day two big fish looks more like a largemouth but that could be due to the angle to the camera. Big spots look like their skin is lean and stretched tight while big largemouths look fatter and softer. In human terms, spots are like a skinny guy with a gut and largemouths are more like regular old fat guys. :+ No offense to any readers of this forum...

Doug

wow Doug. So that means I was a spot when I started BNT and LM now. :+ Just look in the archives if you all dont believe me lol

LARGEMOUTH RULE !!!!!!!!! }( }(

LOL, Great explanation Doug. Thanks!

I suppose I used to be spot once too and have evolved into a largemouth over time :+

A HUGE CONGRATS TO T FOR THE WIN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE HER PROPS IN ADVANCE FOR THE NEXT WIN SHE GETS TO AVOID ANY FUTURE BASHING I MIGHT RECIEVE ON THE FORUM FOR BEING LATE... :7

now that deserves a thank you .i guess i will forgive you.ok just one quallabear for you,haha

Ata girl. I knew you could catchem when it counts girl. Correct me if Im wrong, but is this your first win? If it is then you would be the first woman to win an official float tube tournament. Congradulation Theresa. Now your next wins will be just around the corner as you have broke the ice.

Rich

thank you .no this isnt the first tourny i have won .in 04 when we first started with bass-n-tubes i won three back to back.lake britten,shasta lake,and siskiyou. but the very last tourny i lost angler of the year by ounces tim got me at shasta.but i have learned alot since then so maybe this year will be different.wish me luck.are you going to our tourny in april?its going to be a pretty good turn out. so far we have 20 people .i will be posting more info next week.

Im planning on showing up. What release boat are you guys using?
The toads should be biting.
Rich

hay rich we are going to be bringing our bass boat down and steves dad is going to be down there also with his boat. we are going to use them as our release boats.