It rained...
and it rained...
and it rained some more.
That's why all the anglers in these photos look more than a little wet around the edges. They barely had motored away from the boat basin this morning when Mother Nature opened her arms and started dumping on them. I had chosen to take myself out of today's competition to rehab my arm a bit more from the tendonitis attack I had a couple weeks ago, and I truthfully never missed a single moment of the soaking all my friends had to endure.
A total of 21 anglers in 15 boats participated in this final regular tourney of the 2012 season. Claiming the first place prize was Bob Glass and Randy Conkle (right top), with a five-fish limit weighing 11.70 lbs. after a 0.25 deduction for one dead fish. Coming in second was Mark London (right middle), with a five-fish limit weighing 11.35 lbs. Rounding out the leader board in third place was Wayne Hayes and Paul Celentano (right bottom--Wayne wasn't available when photo was taken), with a five-fish limit weighing 9.89 lbs.Here's how all the other anglers finished today:
* Tom Acree and Joe McDevitt, five fish, total weight 9.72 lbs.
* Rob Peppers, five fish, total weight 9.05 lbs.
* J. P. Twohig and D. McDonough, five fish, total weight 9.04 lbs.
* Andrew George and Drew Iannetti, five fish, total weight 8.97 lbs.
* Chris Fretard and Mike Miller, five fish, total weight 8.12 lbs.
* Bryan Dear, five fish, total weight 6.95 lbs.
* Gary Coderre, four fish, total weight 5.61 lbs.
* Duane Kessel, four fish, total weight 5.10 lbs.
* Al Lemieux, four fish, total weight 4.57 lbs.
* Skip Schaible, two fish, total weight 4.05 lbs.
* John Goodman, two fish, total weight 3.03 lbs.
Jim Bauer didn't weigh any fish.
Big-fish honors today went to Bob Glass and Randy Conkle, with a bass weighing 4.08 lbs. That's the fish that was declared dead at the weigh-in.
The field of other anglers finished in the following order behind Bob and Randy's lunker:
* Wayne Hayes and Paul Celentano, 3.73 lbs.
* Mark London, 3.45 lbs.
* J. P. Twohig and D. McDonough, 3.16 lbs.
* Skip Schaible, 3.03 lbs.
* Andrew George and Drew Iannetti, 2.97 lbs.
* Rob Peppers, 2.69 lbs.
* Bryan Dear, 2.31 lbs.
* Tom Acree and Joe McDevitt, 2.06 lbs.
* Duane Kessel, 2.05 lbs.
* John Goodman, 2.04 lbs.
* Al Lemieux, 1.56 lbs.
Anglers Gary Coderre, Jim Bauer, and Chris Fretard and Mike Miller didn't weigh lunkers.
Those 20 fishermen who participated in the weigh-in accounted for a total of 61 bass weighing a combined total of 107.15 lbs., which amounts to an average of 1.7 lbs. per fish. Added to our seasonal totals, we end up with a total of 765 bass through 17 events and a grand total weight of 1,422.57 lbs. These figures translate into an overall average of 1.8 lbs. per bass.
Here is the list of contestants who have fished four regular tourneys this year and therefore are eligible to participate in the 2012 two-day Classic scheduled for Oct. 13-14:
Gary Coderre Lenny Hall
Steve Bailey Eddie SappPaul Celentano Bob Glass
Randy Conkle Jim Bauer
Rob Powell Wayne Hayes
J. P. Twohig Al Napier
Skip Schaible Chris Napier
Joe McDevitt Jeremy Gatewood
Rob Peppers John Matyiko
Mark Cable Bobby Moore
Al Lemieux Aaron Phillips
Tucker Blalock Mike Evans
Tom Acree Chris Sims
Mark London Duane Kessel
Ken Testorff
Some anglers on this list no longer are in the geographical area. Those who are, however, can be looking for me to contact them by email or phone within the next few days to find out how many of them plan to fish the Classic.
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