We had a family rule...no weddings or family events for ANY opening weekends, fishing or hunting. So am very sorry to hear, Dan.
We even held off my Dad's funeral, for me to go to the Bassmaster Classic a few years back and know he'd have been proud and wanted it that way.
The Battersea Bass Classic was very well run and lots of great people fishing it. I'd highly recommend for next year.
We caught lots of fish but not all the right ones.
Since fishing mostly for smallies for the past years, gotta say, my flipping sticks feel very awkward. I need more practice so switched up near the end of the day, for this 5.0 on a drop-shot gulp minnow.