I don't even know what to type. My guess is it'll be another year of him holding up the other end of someone else's stringer but here it goes...
The miracle of birth caused Trent to miss his first trip last year since the age of 6. He will tell you at one time he was a couple votes shy of becoming Camp Director (a failed takeover on his own father I might add), and that since the vote didn't go his way, he named himself co-camp director.
You would think a person with a self-important title like this would have the river mastered and be bringing in quality fish left and right. Not so. I think it was 30 trips before he ever boated a walleye over 20 inches.
Missing a year puts a different perspective on this trip, though. I think Trent is refocused on relaxing and not putting so much pressure on himself to deliver or deserve his self-appointed title. I can't go all crazy and say that Trent is going to win Big Walleye of the Week but I think there are big things in store for him this year.
Prediction: If he can overcome the talent of his boat partner, and the pressures that will surely be placed on him to keep up, I think Trent is a serious contender for Fisherman of the Week.
Where to start? The first part of this review is the wrongest of all that has ever been wrong. One word DOMINATION...well unless you ask Bernie.
Trent absolutely dominated the camp this year with one minor hiccup (The funniest hiccup that ever was [I am chuckling to myself as I think about it now]) He boated walleye of 28, 25 1/2, and 24 inches and a 41 inch pike. Took home several pots to include big walleye AND big pike of the week. This is total domination.
A vote was taken for fisherman of the week, although some members were not present so we may have to revote at a later date. It wasn't unanimous. "How could that be?" You might be asking yourself. On a river where Helen Keller could catch 100 pike a day, Trent failed to put one on the stringer during our yearly Virtue Classic. He only needed one. ONE.
Oh, he caught one. But whilst knowing the tournament rules, he got so excited he threw it back in the river. (He is now jumping up and down in the boat screaming "What did I just do? What did I just do?!" [I am chuckling now again- presently. At that moment, I was laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath])
All this takes place within 15 minutes of the tournament ending. We rush to another spot (it could have been any in the entire river) and he ties on a silver spoon, he didn't have, and I quote, "no time for a damn leader". The following is the sequence of events:
Cast
Pike hits and misses.
Pike swims away.
Ryan points out fish
Trent throws spoon
Pike takes a swipe at the spoon.
Pike cuts line like he is carrying a knife.
Spoon wobbles harmlessly to the river bottom.
Trent puts his pole down
Trent proceeds to weigh-in pikeless
Ryan shares story with the other 4 boats
The other 4 boats laugh
Trent's partner (Bernie) is crowned the individual champ
Unfortunately this is a team competition and Bernie finished dead last right along with Trent
Trent Cleans all fish
Trent had a week better than any week has ever been had. But he had one REALLY bad day that Bernie would soon like to forget.
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Angler of the week. I say Angler of the decade! Also I was hoping for more comments on the HOF posting. What happened to the Woodsfeild boys and the Aarons?
ReplyDeleteI am not one to complain, but it seems to me that you misled the readers of this post. My one walleye was 28 and 3/4 inches long, not the 28 inches that you posted. I just want to make sure the information is posted accurately. Oh ya, don't forget that Ryan caught a 22 inch walleye. He was really happy with it until I pulled in my 24 incher. I am currently taking applications for a boat partner for next years trip. One qualification must be met, you have to be a good net man and not become angry when I pull in pot winner after pot winner.
ReplyDeleteObviously the "Blind Pig" theorem covers Trent's week.
ReplyDeleteANGLER OF THE DECADE!!!!!????? Holy Crap. My post might have reached a little bit trying to avoid giving credit but DAMN! The year is 2009 which means there has been 9 trips this decade. Trent has missed 1 which makes a total of 8. On 2 trips out of 8 he has caught a walleye over 20 inches. If I do the math right, that makes him Angler of the Quarter-Decade.
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