Another Classic and Tourney Season in the Record Books

It oft has been written that "all good things must come to an end," and so it was with the 2013 Dewey Mullins Memorial Bass Classic that launched out of West Neck Marina yesterday and today, Oct. 12-13. This two-day tournament, with its 16 boats and 23 anglers, officially brought the 2013 Dewey Mullins Memorial Bass Tourney Series to a close.

Laying claim to 1st Place today was the team of (from left) Chris Napier and Michael Sims. Their two-day total was 10 bass with a total weight of 26.37 lbs. Their big fish weighed 4 lbs. even.

Finishing in 2nd Place was the team of (from left) Bob Glass and Randy Conkle. They weighed a five-fish limit each day, with a grand total weight of 22.05 lbs. Their big fish for the two-day contest weighed 3.39 lbs.; however, Bob claimed the Seasonal Lunker Award with a bass that weighed 6.89 lbs. He caught that latter fish back on Sept. 7, 2013. Bob further walked away with the first-ever Bass Angler of the Year Award for the Dewey Mullins Memorial Bass Tourney Series.

Capturing 3rd Place in the Classic was Jesse Munden. He likewise weighed 10 bass during the two days for a total weight of 22.01 lbs. His big fish tipped the scales at 4.14 lbs.

And last but not least was the Classic Big Bass Award, which went to Rob Powell, with a fish weighing 4.78 lbs. His total weight for the two days was 16.75 lbs.







Here is how everyone else finished the Classic competition:
     * Mark London had a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 20.85 lbs. His big fish weighed 4.07 lbs.
     * Chris Carmell had a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 19.41 lbs. His big fish weighed 3.37 lbs.
     * The team of Lenny Hall and Gary Coderre had a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 19.38 lbs. Their big fish weighed 3.60 lbs.
     * The team of Wayne Hayes and Red Bruun had a two-day total of 9 bass weighing 16.78 lbs. Their big fish weighed 4.07 lbs.
     * The team of John Matyiko and Mark Cable had a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 16.67 lbs. Their big fish weighed 3.34 lbs.
     * The team of Rob Chatham and Ken Testorff had a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 14.73 lbs. Their big fish weighed 2.58 lbs.
     * Bryan Dear had a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 14.12 lbs. His big fish weighed 3.08 lbs.
     * Duane Kessel had a two-day total of 7 bass weighing 9.90 lbs. His big fish weighed 2.39 lbs.
     * Jeff Stemen had a two-day total of 5 bass weighing 7.36 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Jim Bauer had a two-day total of 4 bass weighing 6.06 lbs. He didn't weigh a big fish.
     * The team of Mitch Portervint and Skip Schaible had a two-day total of 3 bass weighing 3.77 lbs. They didn't weigh a big fish.
     * Steve Bailey had no fish to weigh the first day and didn't return for day 2's competition.

Those 22 anglers who participated in the weigh-ins accounted for 124 bass with a combined total weight of 236.12 lbs., or an average of 1.90 lbs. per fish.

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

The final tally for our 2013 donation to the Amercian Cancer Society in Dewey Mullins' name was $971.

The final event in this weekend's season-ender was a Sunday cookout, hosted by the marina manager, Steve Winfree, and his assistant, Kim. Here are some photos from that event:

While this weekend's contest concludes the current season for the Dewey Mullins Memorial Bass Tourney Series, a new one kicks off next Sunday, Oct. 20, at West Neck Marina. John Goodman will launch his 2013-14 schedule of Goody's Big Bass Tournaments. Fishing hours for this and the three other events of this series planned to be held at West Neck are as follows: Oct. 20, 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Nov. 3, 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Nov. 17, 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Nov. 24, 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. If you have any questions, call John at 427-0659, or email him at johngoodman3@cox.net.