When You're Hot, You're Hot...

And that's the way it was today for this duo: (from left) Mike Miller and Chris Fretard. They easily walked away with 1st place, boating five bass weighing a total of 20.26 lbs. Their limit was anchored by the lunker of the day, a 7.47-pounder, caught by Mike.

I should point out here, however, that Ronnie McLaughlin's 7.15-lb. bass still rests at the top in the competition for the seasonal-lunker award, since neither Mike nor Chris have been contributing to this pot.

Laying claim to 2nd place today was this team of (from left) Dave Meers and Mark Walk. They, too, had a five-fish limit weighing 12.53 lbs. Their big fish was a 4.93-pounder.

In 3rd place at day's end was this team of (from left) Jim Wilder and Chris Vitovich, whose limit tipped the scales at 11.76 lbs. Their big fish weighed 4.72 lbs.

And much to my surprise was yours truly, finishing in 4th place with a limit weighing 9.83 lbs. I didn't have a big fish.

Rounding out the group of those who went home with a money envelope today was Jesse Munden, who, for the second tournament in a row, won the mystery-weight drawing. He weighed three fish, totaling 4.51 lbs., which was closest to the drawn weight of 4.40 lbs. He didn't have a big fish.







Here is how everyone else in the field of 16 boats and 27 anglers finished today's competition:

     * The team of Mark London and Jeremy Gatewood, five fish, 9.60 lbs. total weight, 1.98-lb. big fish.
     * The team of Chris Napier and Jared Allbritten, five fish, 9.30 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * The team of Jim and Matt Funk, five fish, 8.60 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * The team of Jake Milligan and Zack Rhodes, five fish, 8.31 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * The team of Randy Conkle and Bob Glass, five fish, 7.86 lbs. total weight, 2.32-lb. big fish.
     * The team of Skip Schaible and Mitch Portervint, five fish, 7.52 lbs. total weight, 3.65-lb. big fish.
     * The team of Red Bruun and Al Napier, five fish, 7.21 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * Gary Coderre, three fish, 4.11 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
     * The team of Eric Meyers and Brady Snyder, one fish, 1.32 lbs. total weight.
     * Steve Bailey and Wayne Hayes didn't weight any fish.

Overall, the anglers today weighed a total of 62 bass for a total weight of 122.72 lbs. The average weight was 1.97 lbs.

For planning purposes, our next event is scheduled for next Saturday, Sept. 13, from safe light (about 6:15) to 2:30 p.m. I hope you can join us.