A Foggy Start to an Otherwise Beautiful Day

Because of this morning's dense fog at tourney start time, the vast majority, if not all, of the 18 anglers in 11 boats elected to start their fishing day in West Neck Creek. Once the fog had lifted, you could hear outboards firing up all over the creek, as everyone started departing for their favorite holes.

Standing in the 1st-place winner's circle at day's end was Wayne Hayes, who weighed a bag of five bass totaling 11.70 lbs. His big fish weighed 3.66 lbs.

Coming in a close 2nd was this familiar team of (from left) Randy Conkle and Bob Glass, who brought five bass to the scales weighing a total of 11.68 lbs. Bob's big bass today, which tipped the scales at 4.06 lbs., was good enough to claim big-fish honors.

Finishing in 3rd place was this team of (from left) Chris Fretard and Mike Miller. Their five bass weighed 10.91 lbs. They didn't weigh a big fish.

The final team to go home with a money envelope today was this team of (from left) Mitch Portervint and Skip Schaible. Their five fish weighed 5.80 lbs., which was closest to the 5.70-lb. tag  pulled in the mystery-weight drawing. They didn't weigh a big fish.




Here is how all the other competitors finished today:

     * Al Napier, five fish, 10.87 lbs. total weight, 3.25-lb. big fish.
     * Mark London, five fish, 10.16 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * The team of Lenny Hall and Gary Coderre, five fish, 8.35 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * The team of Steve Bailey and Jason Fittro, four fish, 6.43 lbs. total weight after 0.25 deduction for one dead fish, no big fish.
     * The team of Rob Chatham and Ken Testorff, four fish, 5.29 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * Jim Bauer, three fish, 4.09 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * The team of John Matyiko and Hayden Capper didn't weigh any fish.

Overall, the anglers today weighed a total of 45 bass for a total weight of 85.28 lbs. The average weight was 1.89 lbs.

For planning purposes, our next event is scheduled for Saturday, July 26, from safe light (about 5:30 a.m.) to 2 p.m. Here's hoping you can join us.