DOUGLAS LAKE 2009 KYFOCBA CLASSIC
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3RD DANNY SMITH IST BOO HAGER 2ND TRAVIS THOMPSON
5# 4.2OZ 19# 6.4OZ 9# 6.2OZ
2009 RUN DOWN
SCOTTIE COMPETED IN ALL BUT
ONE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.
KEEP IN MIND THAT HIS
COMMITMENT TO FISHING BRINGS
HIM FROM HIS HOME IN CINCINNATI
OH. SCOTTIE TOTALED OUT WITH
THREE 1ST PLACE FINISHES AND
TWO 2ND PLACE FINISHES.
CONSISTENCY IS WHAT IT TAKES
TO MAKE A CHARGE FOR AOY
AND SCOTTIE DONE JUST THAT,
CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM AND
HIS FAMILY. WE ONLY WISH THAT
SCOTTIE COULD LIVE CLOSER
AND JOIN US IN CHURCH SERVICES
ON SUNDAYS. GREAT
FRIENDSHIPS ARE ESTABLISHED
AND LASTING MEMORIES FOR US
ALL. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU
SAFE!!
2009 CLASSIC CHAMPION BOO HAGER
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2009 ANGLER OF THE YEAR
SCOTTIE BLACKBURN

CLASSIC RUN DOWN
2009 DOUGLAS LAKE TN WAS THE SETTING TO THE SHOWDOWN
BETWEEN THE TOP 10 COMPETITORS AND WHAT A CHARGE
FROM BOO HAGER TO EVEN MAKE THE CLASSIC CUT. AS BOO
AND HIS PARTNER JEFF TROUT UNCOVERED THE BOAT FOR THE
FRIDAY PRACTICE SESSION THE DECISION WAS MADE TO FIND
THE SHAD AND LOCATE THE BASS THAT WOULD BE FEEDING ON
THEM. THE DAY WAS FILLED WITH OCCASIONAL BASS AND THREE
BETTER THAN AVERAGE KEEPERS.
SATURDAY LAUNCH FOUND US IN INDIAN CREEK WITH A COUPLE
OF KEEPERS AND STRUGGLING TO GET ANYMORE AFTER WIND
KICKED UP. WE DECIDED TO LOCATE POCKETS ON THE WIND
BLOWN SIDE OF THE MAIN LAKE AND CHASE THE SHAD. IT PAID
OFF ON SATURDAY WITH TOTAL WEIGHT FOR BOO WAS 6# 2.2
OZ. MOST CAME ON CB BITE.
SUNDAY LAUNCH WE DECIDED TO TRY TO DUPLICATE THE SHAD
PATTERN AND WITH LESS WIND ON THE LAKE WE THOUGHT THE
BITE COULD BE GONE. (BOY WAS WE WRONG)
WITH IN THE FIRST THIRTY MINUTES BOO AND JEFF WAS CULLING
AND TRYING TO IMPROVE ON THEIR TOTAL WEIGHT. THE CLOCK
NEVER SEEMED TO GO SO SLOW IN OUR LIVES. ALL AT ONCE
THE BITE WAS OVER AND WE FLOATED AROUND THIS POCKET
AND ATE SOME LEFT OVER BBQ RIBS DONATED BY JOSH SPEARS.
IT FINALLY SET IN FOR BOO THAT HE COULD HAVE REALLY
LOCKED UP THE CLASSIC TITLE WHEN WE ARRIVED BACK TO THE
DOCK AND APPROACHED THE SCALES. SUNDAY'S TOTAL FOR
BOO 13# .6 OZ GIVING HIM A TWO DAY TOTAL 19# 6.4 OZ.
ON THE LINE FOR BOO WAS THE CLASSIC TITLE AND ALSO THE
OPEN CLUB TOURNAMENT AND THE BIG FISH POT. NOT ONLY DID
BOO COLLECT IT ALL HIS PARTNER "JEFF" CAME IN SECOND
WITH 16# 2.6 OZ ON THE OPEN TX NEXT TO HIM.
BLESSED IS THE ONLY WAY TO SUM IT UP.....
BOO HAGER SAID "IT MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN LIKE THIS AGAIN
BUT UNTIL IT DOES HE WILL HOLD ON TO MEMORIES THAT GOD
HAS BLESSED HIM WITH".