Alright I didnt do too great there were 54 guys and I came in ninth I had with my three fish 8.67 together I think we had 15 something I caught my 1st one on a wacky rigged Yamamoto senko black with blu flk at 6:15 A.M then I caught another smaller one 15 1/2 in. at 10:06 A.M  on a t-rigged grande bass flash dead sticking it on the bottom it was smokey shad color will post pics when I get home and the last was very nice 18 7/8 in slammed a grandebass rattlesnake on a mini Carolina rig at 2:15 P.M the fish were pre spawn since it was a power plant lake so the males were shallow and the females were deep the two 15 inches were males and the 18 7/8 was a female and my dad was fishing a whole different section of the lake where the bass were spawning and he saw this huge one on the bed and his friend threw a 12 in worm at her and it at everything but the hook then my dad was ticking her off by throwing a fluke at her head till finally she hit it then it was about a 2 min fight and once he got control of the fish they realized that the fish was 9 + and his partner grabbed the fish under her belly and by the way he had 30 lb braid and the fish shook and broke off out of his hands also for the junior weights I won 1st and there were two other young ins fishing!(and also the water temp was 68 degrees and 14 to 18 mph of wind and weigh in is at 3:00 P.M and 1st cast is at 6:00 A.M)

PERFECT!!! WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF YOU!!!! I MEAN IT! You have come a long way and will go even further. Congratulations!! 

Thanks it's nothing too too great though im fishing the same tournament that i did in november and placed 6th in so hopefully i can prefish that one 1st this time also what EVERYONE i mean everyone was catching them on was a zoom super fluke in arkansas shiner color they loved that well everyone except me lol

In the top ten with over fifty anglers sounds pretty good to me.Remember its a learning experience.

exactly!!!

Well 49 others lost!! 

right lol 1st place got 60 bucks and second got 30 so if you place in the top 2 you get cash its better if you place in the top 6 though

good job man nice fish

Great going austin, you will get a win this year!!  You've got a whole lot of people supporting you!!  That 1st. pic of that blue Ranger 481v is sweet!!  That was a nice model.

yea a relly nice model i was riding in a brand new ranger 250horse oh yea

Austin_Dupree at January 21, 2012 at 11:16 PM

yea a relly nice model i was riding in a brand new ranger 250horse oh yea

Yea, they are almost too nice to fish out of these day's!! lol

yea did you see that guy on the flw show when he took his ranger through that drain pipe that was stupid and not so stupid it produced fish

I've seen crazier people than that, just so they could get the boat in some place's!! 

well you gotta do whatchu gotta do i wouldn't do it in that nice of a boat though lol maybe an old aluminum

Congrats Austin your on your way to the big one buddy.

hopefully iil make it there someday

you can do it!  austin

Nice job Austin!!

sounds like you have a lot of fans,here is one more ,nice job

The way things are going for you Austin. Your day is coming sooner than most. Great job.