Folks, the Mighty Mississippi river is not for the faint of heart. It has the strongest current that I have ever seen in my life on a river. That and all of the barge traffic made traversing this legendary waterway just as hard as fishing it. On day one after virtual fishing all month I second guessed my initial game plan and went out on the main river to catch a big momo or 5. Well after no luck fishing the slack water behind the wing dams i fought with the river all day and put up a great big ZERO at the weigh in on day one. But with only 18 out of 55 anglers weighing in fish I knew I still had a chance to place overall with a strong showing on day two.
6am on day two I went back to my initial game plan to find some back water and catch some flatheads which is my forte'. I rode about 15 miles upriver on plane in my 17 ft cc bay boat jumping barge wakes in order to get to my holes before daylight. I even think I peed a little after catching too much air on one of those tsunami's that the barge's put off. But as soon as I had the 1st whole set it paid off with multiple bites and a 4lb cull fish to get the skunk out of the boat.
I found a spot on a ledge in about 20 ft of water and stuck the nose of my boat in the mud bank to keep her steady as I lost my anchor in the big current on day one and continued to catch a few more 8-10lb blues.


Being hyped up with the way my newly found mojo was working I noticed it was time to head back down to Memphis and see where I would end up in the 2009championship standings.


As I said I was dead last after day one but my 4 fish on day two weighed out at 30.75lbs. When it was all said and done I ended up with a 19th place finish out of 55 of the nation’s best fishermen on the Bass Pro Tour. Just outside of the money but in my mind it showed that even when the odds aren't in his favor this paraplegic can walk the walk when he has too