Got This One in Before the Storms Arrived

When I left the house this morning, the weather forecast was for showers and/or thunderstorms moving in around 2 o'clock this afternoon. As it turned out--thankfully--they were about an hour late getting here, which was enough for us to wrap up the tourney, conduct the weigh-in, and for most of the anglers to get on the road home.

We had another good turnout today, with 16 boats and 24 anglers. Money-winners were as follows:

1st Place, with five fish weighing 11.49 lbs., the team of Joe Glazebrook and Mike Evans (not pictured). Their big fish weighed 4.11 lbs.

2nd Place, with five fish weighing 10.29 lbs., Al Napier. He also took big-fish honors with a bass that weighed 4.32 lbs.

3rd Place, with five fish weighing 9.52 lbs., Jim Wilder. His big fish weighed 3.18 lbs.







Here is how everyone else finished today's tourney:
     * The team of Mark London and Lee Scearce had five fish weighing 9.02 lbs. Their big fish weighed 4.01 lbs.
     * Jared Allbritten had five fish weighing 7.69 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * The team of Randy Conkle and Bob Glass had five fish weighing 7.29 lbs. Their big fish weighed 1.81 lbs.
     * Bobby Moore had four fish weighing 5.99 lbs. His big fish weighed 2.70 lbs.
     * The team of Rob Chatham and Ken Testorff had five fish weighing 5.96 lbs. Their big fish weighed 2.02 lbs.
     * Jim Bauer had three fish weighing 4.14 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Jeff Stemen had three fish weighing 3.66 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * The team of Matt Floyd and Paul Celentano had three fish weighing 3.45 lbs. They didn't weigh a big fish.

Gary Coderre, the team of Duane and Donny Kessel, the team of Mich Portervent and Skip Schaible, Wayne Hayes, and the team of Archie Pritchard and Robert Walton didn't weigh any fish.

Those 16 anglers who participated in the weigh-in accounted for 48 bass with a combined total weight of 78.50 lbs., for an average of 1.6 lbs. per fish.

Three more anglers joined the ranks of those qualified to fish our season-ending two-day Classic by virtue of having fished four tourneys. Those three are Skip Schaible, Wayne Hayes, and Mike Evans.

Winner of the free T-shirt in today's raffle drawing was Wayne Hayes.

For planning purposes, our next tourney is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24. Start time will be safe light (or approximately 6 a.m.). Weigh-in will be at 2 p.m.