FishRook
The weekend of September 17 and 18 was a very busy one at MarDon Resort at Potholes Reservoir. Four fishing tournaments took place there, and at 6 a.m. there was a long line of trucks with boat trailers waiting to launch at the resort. One of the tournaments was a high school bass fishing tournament, another was the Mt. St. Helens Bass Masters club tournament and the third was the one I was fishing in with my best friend Rusty Johnston, the Old Farts Bass Tournament. Put on by the Banks Lake Bass Club every September, at least one angler on each team has to over 40 years old. This is an open tournament (meaning anyone can enter), and $400 of proceeds from this year’s event will be used to provide a scholarship for a local student.
It was a beautiful morning. The temperature was around 50 degrees, and the skies were partly cloudy with only mild wins. Rusty and I had fished the reservoir a week earlier in an effort to figure our where the fish were…
