Gainey Gearing Up For Northern Everstart And For Next Year On The Flw Tour
Nick Gainey has not been fishing since the middle of July in the Northern EverStart tournament on Lake Champlain. But that’s all right.
He admittedly has not had a good year – only one check in seven tournaments on the Southeastern and Northern EverStart series. But that’s all right, too.
Gainey said he has been busy the last year or two concentrating on his investor business. But now he is ready to go fishing – now and next year, too.
First up: the Northern EverStart tournament on the Upper Chesapeake Bay next week.
“I’ve never been there,” he said. “I had to look on MapQuest to see how to get there.”
But he is excited about fishing an area that is totally new to him.
“I have a little insight from a friend on the Eastern Shore of Maryland who is going to fish the tournament as a co-angler. He tells me it fishes a lot like the Potomac River, with lots of grass and flats. He says the tournament will be won on the flats with a topwater bite, maybe a frog, and even a flipping bite in the grass if the weather cools down a little bit.”
Gainey’s friend also told him he will be shocked at the weights, predicting a 20-pound-per-day average to win it.
“He said there are a lot of 3- and 4-pound fish in there. I did not expect that.”
After a pretty good year in 2012 – he made two top 10s and came within 6 ounces of winning the Kerr tournament – the Charleston, S.C., angler has not fared well in 2013. He is anxious to do well on the Chesapeake Bay and then gear up for 2014.
“I’m sweeping it all under the rug,” he said. “The 2014 FLW Tour schedule and EverStart schedules have come out and I plan to fish the Tour and the EverStarts. I’ve been on every lake on the 2014 FLW Tour at least once.”
Gainey said when he told his wife he planned to spend their grandchildren’s inheritance fishing next year, she told him to go for it. “You aren’t getting any younger,” she said.
“I know the day will come when I won’t physically be able to do this,” Gainey said, “but I am getting back into it hot and heavy next year. If I can get a check or two in the first three (of the FLW Tour) I will fish the next three.
“And, if I get enough points I can be on Lake Murray in August again. I fished the Forrest Wood Cup on Murray in 2008, so having the Cup come back is an added benefit. I’m going to give my best shot to try to make it on the FLW Tour.”
FLW EverStart Series
Sep 12-14, 2013
Upper Chesapeake Bay
Anchor Marina
