July 14, 2012 Dewey Mullins Tribute Bass Tourney

I think all 21 anglers in today's 14 boats would agree on one point: We all were thoroughly soaked by day's end. As is often the case, the forecasters missed the starting time for the predicted thunderstorms by at least four hours. Nevertheless, we got through the day.

Claiming the first-place prize money was Paul Donnelly, with five fish weighing 12.17 lbs. Close behind, in second place, was the team of Bob Glass and Randy Conkle, with five fish weighing 11.94 lbs. In third place was Steve Bailey, with five fish weighing 8.76 lbs. The other participants finished as follows: Mike Evans, five fish, weight 8.35 lbs., the team of Gary Coderre and Dean Blanchard, five fish, weight 8.19 lbs.; Mark London, five fish, weight 7.85 lbs.; the team of Ken Testorff and Paul Celentano, four fish, weight 7.47 lbs.; the team of Duane and Donny Kessel, five fish, weight 7.22 lbs.; Jim Bauer, five fish, weight 7.10 lbs.; the team of Joe McDevitt and Tom Acree, five fish, weight 6.34 lbs.; the team of Tucker Blalock and Aaron Phillips, three fish, weight 3.78 lbs.; Bobby Moore, three fish, weight 3.03 lbs.; and Skip Schaible, two fish, 2.38 lbs. The team of Wayne Hayes and Chris Sims didn't weigh any fish.

Big-fish honors today went to the team of Bob Glass and Randy Conkle, with a bass weighing 5.71 lbs. Here's how everyone else finished in the lunker category: the team of Ken Testorff and Paul Celentano, 3.42 lbs.; Steve Bailey, 3.17 lbs.; Paul Donnelly, 3.06 lbs.; Jim Bauer, 2.99 lbs.; the team of Gary Coderre and Dean Blanchard, 2.22 lbs.; Mike Evans, 1.93 lbs.; Mark London, 1.86 lbs.; the team of Duane and Donny Kessel, 1.81 lbs.; and the team of Tucker Blalock and Aaron Phillips, 1.59 lbs. Anglers not weighing lunkers were as follows: the team of Wayne Hayes and Chris Sims, the team of Joe McDevitt and Tom Acree, Skip Schaible, and Bobby Moore.

Those 19 anglers who weighed fish today accounted for a total of 57 bass weighing a grand total of 94.58 lbs.

There were no new names added to the list of anglers who have qualified to fish our season-ending two-day Classic on Oct. 13-14 by virtue of having fished four tourneys.

For planning purposes, our next tourney is scheduled for Saturday, July 28. Start time will be safe light (or approximately 0600). Weigh-in will be at 1400.

Epilog: With the soggy conditions that existed during weigh-in today, I didn't break out my camera to take any photos. The picture of Mike Evans at the beginning of this blog entry was taken at our June 9, 2012 tourney. It's appropriate in that he also fished today. My apologies to everyone.

On a personal note: I took one of my two bass today on a Baby Torpedo. The other one came on a Rapala X-Rap Subwalk, a bait I just recently purchased. Also lost a couple bass on the Subwalk. I plan to make this lure part of my regular arsenal, given the way it performed today and its action in the water. My partner, Paul Celentano, took one of his fish on a frog. If I remember correctly, his other bass came on a soft plastic. If you're reading this, Paul, please correct me if I'm wrong.