HAYNIE BOAT OWNERS TOURNAMENT

.9-12-2012--Two friends and I competed in the annual  Haynie Owners Tournament today.  Since two of us were full time guides we competed in the separate guides division.  The fish started feeding much better right after lunch and in the excitement of catching we lost track of the time.  We were over two hours by boat and truck to the weigh in location when we noticed it was 2 PM and the weigh in was at 4 PM,  We ended up pulling up to the weigh in area at 4:02 PM and it would have taken us about 5 minutes to get the fish out and to the weigh in line so we were actually about 7 minutes late. We weighed the fish anyway just to how we did and came up with 17.25 pounds for a stringer of 3 trout and one red.  The winning stringer was 18+ pounds and it looks like we would have been in third place if we had met the time schedule.  The 24 and 3/4 inch trout yours truly caught weighed just a little over 5 pounds meaning it would have placed first or second in the biggest trout pot.  That would have also been academic because the evening before we failed to pay the entry fee for the biggest trout pot.  Two lessons learned!

By the way, the Haynie Owners Tournament was a huge success.  Chris Coulter and his team really know how to do it right.  Lot's of fun, good food and entertainment.  The opportunity to be in this tournament is another good reason to own a Haynie boat powered by Mercury.