Another Big Turnout for Today's Event

Today's tourney, which was event No. 12 of 18 this calendar year, drew a total of 19 boats and 29 anglers. Those numbers were good enough to pay three places, as well as big fish.

Claiming the first-place prize, with a five-bass total weight of 13.3 lbs., was the team of (l-r) Jeremy Gatewood and Joe Glazebrook. They also walked away with big-fish honors for a bass that tipped the scales at 5 lbs. even.

Second-place prize money went to the team of (l-r) Dennis Cohen and Ronnie McLaughlin, with a five-bass total weight of 12.7 lbs., anchored by a bass weighing 3.1 lbs. My hat's off to Ronnie, who, for the second time this season, volunteered to run the weigh-in for me.

And last, but not least, the team of Mark London and John Goodman (not pictured) rounded out the winner's circle with five bass weighing a total of 9.3 lbs. Their big fish weighed 2.13 lbs.






Congratulations to all of you on your success today.

Here's how everyone else finished:
     * The team of Duane and Donny Kessel had five bass weighing a total of 8.8 lbs. They didn't weigh a big fish.
     * The team of John Matyiko and Mark Cable had five bass weighing a total of 6.9 lbs. after taking a 0.25 deduction for one dead fish. They didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Bryan Dear had three bass weighing a total of 6.3 lbs. His big fish weighed 2.13 lbs.
     * Skip Schaible had one bass weighing a total of 3 lbs. even.
     * Jeff Stemen had two bass weighing a total of 2.7 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Jim Bauer had two bass weighing a total of 2.6 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Jim Wilder had one bass weighing a total of 1.2 lbs.

Those who didn't weigh any fish today included the following: the team of Rob Chatham and Ken Testorff, Gary Coderre, Jesse Munden, Paul Donnelly, Rob Powell, the team of David Dozier and Nelson Anderson, the team of Al and Chris Napier, the team of Tim and Zachary Ackal, and the team of Bob Glass and Randy Conkle.

Those 15 anglers who participated in the weigh-in accounted for a total of 34 bass with a combined total weight of 66.8 lbs., which translates into an average of 1.9 lbs. per fish.

Three more anglers joined the growing circle of fishermen who have qualified to fish our season-ending two-day Classic. The latest additions are Mark London, John Matyiko, and Ronnie McLaughlin.

For planning purposes, our next tourney is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10. Start time will be safe light (or approximately 6 a.m.). Weigh-in will be at 2 p.m.