One of Our Best Turnouts of the Current Season

Nineteen boats with 28 anglers showed up to fish our 10th event of the current season. Here's a look at the day's big winners:

1st Place, with five fish weighing 12.20 lbs., (from left) Al Napier and Red Bruun. Their big fish weighed 3.13 lbs.

2nd Place, with five fish weighing 11.80 lbs., (from left) Jon Guzman and Jesse Munden. They also weighed big fish at 3.30 lbs.

3rd Place, with five fish weighing 11.14 lbs., (from left) Bob Glass and Randy Conkle. Their big fish weighed 3.00 lbs.







My sincere apologies go out to the 2nd and 3rd place finishers today. I let distractions interfere with my review of the final tallies and ended up announcing them backwards of what their placements really were. As if that wasn't bad enough, I also announced the wrong big-fish winners. It wasn't Duane and Donny Kessel, as originally reflected in this blog post. Rather, it was Jon Guzman and Jesse Munden, the 2nd Place finishers, who, as you see above, weighed a 3.30-lb. bass, compared to Duane and Donny's bass that tipped the scales at 3.15 lbs.

I take full responsibility for these mistakes and offer assurance that I will do everything in my power to avoid any repeats. My thanks go to all the parties involved for being so gracious and understanding and for helping me to right the wrongs. I knew from the git-go that trying to fill the shoes of Dewey Mullins was going to be an awesome undertaking, and this debacle on my part--and I emphasize "my part only"--has confirmed all those fears. I couldn't and wouldn't rebuff any efforts to appoint a new tourney director. Please believe me when I say, "I'm so, so sorry!!!" to everyone for everything.

All that aside, here's the way the other contestants finished the day:

     * Jared Allbritten and Chris Napier had five fish weighing 10.90 lbs. Their big fish weighed 3.11 lbs.
     * Chris Fretard and Mike Miller had five fish weighing 10.15 lbs. They didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Jim Wilder had five fish weighing 8.60 lbs. His big fish weighed 3.00 lbs.
     * Duane and Donny Kessel had three fish weighing 7.50 lbs. Their big fish weighed 3.15 lbs.
     * Rob Chatham and Ken Testorff had five fish weighing 7.10 lbs. Their big fish weighed 2.10 lbs.
     * Michael Sims had four fish weighing 6.90 lbs. His big fish weighed 3.10 lbs.
     * Bryan Dear had four fish weighing 6.70 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Jim Bauer and Rob Powell had five fish weighing 5.11 lbs. They didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Paul Starcher had one fish weighing 1.15 lbs.

These participants didn't weigh any fish: Steve Bailey, Gary Coderre, Ronnie McLaughlin, Mark London and Lee Scearce, Tim Ackal, Wayne Hayes, Bobby Moore.

Those 20 anglers who participated in the weigh-in accounted for 52 bass with a combined total weight of 99.25 lbs., for an average of 1.9 lbs. per fish.

Two more anglers joined the ranks of those qualified to fish our season-ending two-day Classic by virtue of having fished four tourneys. Those two are Rob Chatham and Tim Ackal. They join Bob Glass, Randy Conkle, Chris Fretard, Mike Miller, Gary Coderre, Steve Bailey, Al Lemieux, Noah Alford, Al Napier, Jim Wilder, Duane Kessel, and Ken Testorff.

For planning purposes, our next tourney is scheduled for Saturday, July 13. Start time will be safe light (or approximately 5:30 a.m.). Weigh-in will be at 2 p.m.