Dec. 15, 2012 Goody's Big Bass Tournament

Will Filomarino
with his 3rd place 3.42-lb. fish

Let me say right now that what you see in this posting may not be what you'll ultimately get, once Cox Communications email service is back online. And for those who haven't called Cox this morning for an update on that situation, here's what I learned when I called about 9 a.m. and waited 30 minutes to talk to someone. They're working on the problem but don't have a clue how long it will take to restore service. The rep I talked to wouldn't even rule out the possibility of it being days or weeks.

As a result, I won't know how this posting will look in the final analysis until service is back up and I find out if John Goodman was able to shoot some photos of yesterday's event--he earlier had said he was going to try.

In the meantime, the best I can do is repeat what I learned from checking out the website for Bob's Fishing Hole. It seems they had 20+ boats with 28 anglers participating yesterday, which, according to John's guestbook entry, was "a record number." Here's how everyone finished:


Cathy Brandt stands with Jim Sumrell
and his 2nd place 3.89-lb. fish

In 1st place, with 4.44 lbs., was John Goodman; in 2nd place, with 3.89 lbs., was Jim Sumrell; in 3rd place, with 3.42 lbs., was Will Filomarino; in 4th place, with 3.37 lbs., was Ken Kipler; in 5th place, with 3.21 lbs., was Sid Ryan; in 6th place, with 2.84 lbs., was Eddie Sapp; in 7th place, with 2.70 lbs., was Mark London; in 8th place, with 2.53 lbs., was Shawn Dunlap; in 9th place, with 2.05 lbs., was Brian Skeens; in 10th place, with 1.79 lbs., was Hunter Clark; in 11th place, with 1.70 lbs., was Steve Bailey; in 12th place, with 1.63 lbs., was Henry Boyd; in 13th place, with 1.49 lbs., was John Banks; in 14th place, with 1.36 lbs., was Darrell Kidd; and in 15th place, with 1.22 lbs., was Josh Clark.

Not weighing any fish yesterday were: Roger Armentrout, Austin Berg, Cathy Brandt, Paul Celentano, Bob Clarkson, Chris Fretard, Mark Ingram, Kevin Love, Ronnie McLaughlin, Tyler McNair, Kyle McNeal, Mike Miller, and Richard Woods.

The next Goody's Big Bass Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 29, said John Goodman, tourney organizer.


John Goodman
with his 1st place 4.44-lb. fish

UPDATE: As is evident by the addition of these new photos to this story, folks in Virginia who subscribe to Cox Communications for their email are back online after being down for more than 48 hours. Thanks, John, for being so quick to send the photos.