My first Pro tournament of the year did not go quite as well as I had hoped. People caught fish all around me in the tournament and no matter what I threw I couldn’t catch a keeper. I probably caught 40 shorts during the 2 tournament days. There were 2 people that I know of who finished in the top 10 that were a cast away. I was fishing a long grass bed at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. There was a main channel swing that came up along the shore and the grass bed ran along it. I threw everything from a swimbait to a shaky head. It was very frustrating seeing others catching keepers just feet away while I continued to struggle. I ended up with the dreaded double zero; my only comfort was in knowing that I was about to drive to Lake Norman and catch a bunch of keepers. I dropped my Co-angler off and headed for the hotel. I talked with the owner of the hotel a few days before and asked if I could leave my boat there for the week while I was in NC. He said that would be fine and I was relieved that my gas cost would be cut in half not having to tow the boat all the way to NC. I unhooked my boat, piled all my tackle in my Yukon, covered my boat and was on my way.