What's a Fish Story Without a Fish?

In response to that fish-story question, here's Mark London with the 3.77-lb. bass he caught today to claim the big-fish pot in this second event of the current 2013 Dewey Mullins Memorial Bass Tourney Series. This bass also gives him the season lead.

Anyone who fished this tourney likely will be quick to tell you that, while it wasn't as cold as our March 23 tourney, it certainly still felt like anything but a typical spring day. When those strong northeast winds kicked in early this morning, it made all of us dig for the warmest clothing available to us. The winds also made us wonder if there would be enough water at the ramp at quitting time to recover our boats. Fortunately, there was, but not with a lot of room to spare.

Thirteen anglers in 10 boats showed up for today's competition. Here's how everyone finished:

Accepting first-place money on behalf of himself and his partner, Jared Allbritten, is Chris Napier. This team finished the day with 5 bass weighing a total of 10.99 lbs.

Holding up the envelope with second-place money is Bob Glass, who, along with his partner, Randy Conkle, weighed in 5 bass totaling 8.59 lbs.

Here is Mark London again, who added to his day's winnings by capturing third-place with  5 bass  weighing a total of 7.70 lbs.

Claiming fourth-place prize money was Jim Bauer, who brought 3 fish to the scales, with a total weight of 5.38 lbs.







A couple other anglers also weighed fish today but finished out of the money. They included Al Napier with 3 bass weighing 4.33 lbs. and Gary Coderre with 2 bass weighing 2.47 lbs.

Those who didn't weigh any fish were Ronnie McLaughlin, the team of Mike Evans and Jeff Garnes, Al Lemieux, and Ken Testorff.

One of the 10 boats in today's competition motors back toward the ramp for recovery.





The day's grand totals are thus: 23 fish weighing a combined total of 39.46 lbs.

For planning purposes, our next tourney is scheduled for next Saturday, April 13. Start time will be safe light (or approximately 0630). Weigh-in will be at 1430. Hope you can join us.

I would like to take this opportunity to again thank the marina owners, David and Teresa Winfree, for their donation of bonus prize money to each of our first two tourneys this year. I also would like to thank marina manager, Steve Winfree, and Kim for having hot coffee and biscuits available each tourney morning. They also get a "2 thumbs up" from me for the new light that is trained on the parking lot and ramp areas. This light indeed is a welcome addition.