April 21, 2012 Dewey Mullins Tribute Bass Tourney

Tournament Winners

By Ken Testorff

It’s clear that Steve Bailey remembered how he won the Dewey Mullins Tribute Bass Tourney on April 14, because he repeated that success on April 21. His latest numbers were five fish, with a total weight of 13.55 lbs. Coming in second was the team of Al and Chris Napier, also with five fish and a total weight of 13.22 lbs. Capturing the day’s lunker pot was Bob Glass, with a bass that tipped the scales at 4.17 lbs. The only other participants in the 14-angler (10-boat) field who weighed big fish were Steve Bailey, with a 3.52-lb. bass; the team of Al and Chris Napier, with a 3.49-lb. bass; and Jim Bauer, with a 3.34-lb. bass.

Steve Bailey - 1st Place

(L-R) Al and Chris Napier - 2nd Place

Bob Glass - Big Bass

Other Results

Here’s how all the other participants finished in total weight: the team of Bob Glass and J. P. Twohig, five fish, 11.69 lbs.; the team of Eddie Sapp and Paul Celentano, five fish, 8.92 lbs.; the team of John Matyiko and Mark Cable, four fish, 5.55 lbs.; Jim Bauer, two fish, 5.51 lbs.; Gary Coderre, four fish, 4.92 lbs.; and Skip Schaible, three fish, 3.59 lbs. Angler Joe McDevitt said he caught three keepers but chose not to weigh them, and yours truly ended the day without ever hooking up with a fish. I told a couple friends before we started that I thought I was going to have a bad day, and I wasn’t wrong.

Those 12 anglers who weighed fish had a total of 33 bass, for a combined weight of 66.95 lbs.

With this posting, 10 anglers are only one tournament shy of qualifying to fish our annual, two-day Classic tourney scheduled for Oct. 13-14 this year. Those anglers include: Gary Coderre, Steve Bailey, Eddie Sapp, Paul Celentano, Bob Glass, Jim Bauer, J. P. Twohig, Al Napier, Skip Schaible, and yours truly. I will update this listing throughout the remainder of the season.

(L-R) Paul Celentano and Eddie Sapp prepare to come alongside the dock for weigh-in.

Next Event

For planning purposes, our next tourney is scheduled for Saturday, May 5. Start time will be safe light (or approximately 0600). Weigh-in will be at 1400.