Author: Mike Cheatham
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Sore…from being a mud digger…..
For the second time in my kayak tournament career, my body aches. It is not due to the high winds like I fought at the Stick Marsh in Florida (the first sore day), but because of the strong current of the New River around Galax in Virginia. To be honest,…
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Mars….not for fishing…
I should have never ventured to Erie. Foreign and far from what I know, but worse, my head was states away. Now before I go any farther, some of what I write will sound like excuses…some like whining…some just plain crazy. None of those are my intent. Today, it is…
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Not yet named PA14 vs BoHobien Rhapsody (PA12)
The question keeps coming up since I moved to the Hobie PA14 – is it better than the PA12? Comparing an awesome kayak to its big brother doesn’t seem fair, there is no loser with either of the kayaks. But for those who have asked, I am going to give…
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who could say no to that???
So…going to share my thought process, or decision making process, for a trip to Hinton West Virginia to fish the KBF event; along with how I caught fish, and finished. I think some will understand….most will not…but sharing either way. Early in the week, I was out for the trip.…
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17th at Cedar….but…SAD..
Maybe I shouldn’t confess the attachment I have with my fishing tackle, and I hope some of you understand, but I struggle when I lose my “friends”. This weekend at the KBF Cedar Creek event I lost another friend landing a monster 8 inch bass among the standing timber. The…
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they pointed at my boat and asked….
“How does that do in all these weeds?” “Do you have any trouble in the grass? “How are those fins doing here, any trouble?” Just a few of the questions I was asked in LaCrosse as I pedaled my Hobie Mirage Drive in, around and through all of the Wisconsin…
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apology….to Joy…
I was sitting here yesterday, crying about my finish in the LaCrosse Open. My Joy kept telling me to stop, that it was just one day, one tournament….I was deaf to her support…to anything. Totally selfish and more than a bit self-absorbed. All I could think about was staying in…
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Patience vs senseless hope….
Haven’t written a post for a bit, work is wearing me out…then I was sick last week….so, going to catch up. Starting with the more positive events………then to one of my bigger disappointments for the year…. 1. Two weeks ago, I fished in the KBF Kentucky Lake tournament out of…
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HOT – ’nuff said….
Disclaimer….this post may ramble ’cause the heat has made me a bit delirious according to my Joy… HOT. I really do not know what else to say about the last three days of fishing. HOT, HOT, HOT….I guess saying it three times is not really saying anything different. On Friday…
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Connect Scale….email???
I was sitting in a meeting with some sheet metal vendors, pretending to be a manufacturing engineer instead of an avid angler, discussing costs. It was one of hundreds of meetings I attend in the role that keeps me in food and clothing between (and during) tournaments; during a lull…
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