Author: Mike Cheatham
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Got a brand new plan….
How do you decide where to launch for tournaments when your pre-fishing has revealed nothing about where the fish are located? You are on Kentucky Lake, the water is 87-90 degrees (in the shade), you fished a local CAKFG tournament the week before with mediocre results…they have opened up Barkley,…
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very unofficial recap of Chick….but mine.
Maybe it is because I am tired. Maybe I should think about “my personal recap of Chickamauga” before I post it. Maybe I will do that after I finish typing, but I doubt it…I didn’t make as many terrible decisions as I have till now by stopping to think. I…
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Orange slices of life….
Joy and I are sitting in a hotel somewhere in Ohio, seven hours from home. Tired. We stopped for gas and decided that we were not going to get started again. Armed with snacks we have settled in to sleep, something I personally haven’t done a lot of the last…
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Many Hobie memories….more to come…
The setting for the Hobie BOS last weekend was Kentucky and Barkley Lakes, and as always, it was a well managed tournament. With AJ, Kevin and Morgan at the helm; Michael Christopher on site to address any potential issues with iAngler…the venue at Kentucky Dam Village…Elena Blevins of the Kentucky…
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Cheatamowski….just don’t call me late for dinner…
I have spent my whole life with my last name. One of those things I was born with, there is no cure for it. It comes attached with family and all the history behind it. I never gave it much thought, never felt a need to “carry on” the family…
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bit of preaching….amen….
Well….finally getting a second to write about my forty seventh place finish at Nickajack last weekend. I know forty seventh was far from where I hoped to be, but I caught limits of fish for three days!!! I haven’t done that since…last year some time. I had actually considered not fishing…
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Guntersville’s Honey Hole……
I headed to Guntersville Alabama with the intention of camping somewhere, winning the tournament, then going to Nickajack to catch some fish I knew would be in a difficult place to get back from….three simple goals; I accomplished none of them. We will get back to the camping in a…
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NSKA does it right…wish I had a backup-plan…
Before I replay yet another lackluster performance for 2019, I want to give a shout out to the guys of NSKA. It was great fun at the Boars Nest, and a very organized event. I picked up a pretty cool lanyard from RoboHawk as a door prize. I was impressed with…
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naked men and pirates…thanks for the memories Ben!
So, how do you handle a conversation when it starts with the phrase; “have you ever had a naked man run and knock you through a wall?” My first response is naturally (and fortunately!) “uhhhh, no”; but my second is to caution them about myself. “Just stop. I will never…
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…and the winner is….us!
Since I have written my pity post talking about my performance at the 2019 KBF National Championship in Shreveport/Bossier Louisiana, I will not rehash that at all. I developed a solid pattern; launch, fish, come back empty handed – it just wasn’t a winning pattern. (stole that line, think it…
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