It nearly was 6:30 this morning when I shoved off the 21 anglers in 14 boats that showed up to fish our 16th of 18 scheduled events this year. We all knew there was some fog about, but I certainly never thought it would be as bad as it was when Rob and I got underway about 15 minutes later than the rest of the guys.
We ran the length of West Neck unrestrained by the fog--it even was OK as we turned left out of the creek and headed to Albright's, but that all changed a short distance downriver. We had slowed to a point of just making headway when we suddenly caught sight of a barge being pushed by a tug. They were coming directly at us until I shifted course to the right. We then navigated the rest of our run to the cut-through at marker No. 32 without incident.
All that aside, here's the info I figure everyone is wanting to see: Who were the big winners today? They were as follows:
1st Place, with five fish weighing 7.43 lbs., the team of Al Napier (left) and Chris Napier (not pictured). They didn't weigh a big fish.
2nd Place, with five fish weighing 7.22 lbs., the team of (from left) Randy Conkle and Bob Glass. Bob also claimed Big-Fish honors today with a bass weighing 3.33 lbs.
3rd Place, with five fish weighing 7.17 lbs., Mark London. He didn't weigh a big fish today.
Here's how everyone else finished today's tourney:
* The team of Mitch Portervint and Skip Schaible had three fish weighing 4.77 lbs. They didn't weigh a big fish.
* Lenny Hall had three fish weighing 4.72 lbs. His big fish weighed 1.86 lbs.
* Jim Bauer had two fish weighing 4.71 lbs. His big fish weighed 2.68 lbs.
* The team of John Matyiko and Hayden Capper had three fish weighing 4.10 lbs. Their big fish weighed 1.72 lbs.
* Jim Wilder had five fish weighing 3.72 lbs., after a deduction of 8 ozs. as penalty for operating his gas motor without wearing a life jacket. He didn't weigh a big fish.
* Michael Sims and Allen Napier had two fish weighing 3.71 lbs. Their big fish weighed 2.63 lbs.
* The team of Rob Chatham and Ken Testorff had three fish weighing 3.52 lbs. Their big fish weighed 1.65 lbs.
Steve Bailey, Wayne Hayes, Rob Powell, and the team of Chris Carmell and Charlie Reed didn't weigh any fish.
Those 16 anglers who participated in the weigh-in accounted for a total of 36 bass with a combined total weight of 51.57 lbs., for an average of 1.43 lbs. per fish. (An interesting comparison: One year ago, on Sept. 22, 2012, our tourney had 30 bass weighed in with a combined total weight of 46.10 lbs. On that date, there were 22 anglers in 14 boats, compared to 21 anglers in 14 boats today.)
Three more anglers joined the ranks of those qualified to fish our two-day Classic on Oct. 12-13. They included Michael Sims, Chris Napier and Lenny Hall. We now have a total of 35 qualified to fish our season-ending event.
Winner of the free T-shirt in today's raffle drawing was Wayne Hayes.
For planning purposes, our next tourney is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28. Start time will be safe light (or approximately 6:45 a.m.). Weigh-in will be at 2:45 p.m.
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