And, as usual, there were some acting as though they had totally disengaged their brains. Nevertheless, our 17 anglers in 10 boats went about their tourney business, with one eye on their line and the other on all those folks running helter-skelter, with seemingly little regard for everyone else.
At day's end, a grand total of 33 bass were weighed in. Their total weight was 65.24 lbs., with an average weight of 1.97 lbs. per fish.
Leading the day's charge was this team of (from left) Steve Bailey and Bobby Moore, who brought a 5-fish limit to the scales weighing 16.11 lbs. Their big fish, which came in at 4.51 lbs., was good enough to claim the day's lunker honors.
Finishing in 2nd place was the team of (from left) Rob Peppers and Dave Anderson, who also weighed a limit. Their five fish tipped the scales at 11.11 lbs., including a big fish that came in at 3.56 lbs.
Laying claim to 3rd place was Skip Schaible, who had a bag of three fish weighing 8.39 lbs. His big fish went 4.32 lbs.
Today's mystery-weight award went to Wayne Hayes, whose two fish weighed 4.77 lbs., compared to the 4.60-lb. tab that was drawn. His big fish weighed 3.53 lbs.
Here is how everyone else finished the competition:
* Jim Wilder, five fish, total weight 7.54 lbs. after a 0.75 deduction for three dead fish, big fish weighed 3.27 lbs.
* The team of Gary Coderre and Lenny Hall, five fish, total weight 6.88 lbs. after a 1.00 deduction for four dead fish, big fish weighed 3.42 lbs.
* The team of Eric Killian and Jim Crist, three fish, total weight 4.17 lbs., no big fish.
* The team of Jr. Lindsey and Ken Testorff, three fish, total weight 3.55 lbs., no big fish.
* The husband-wife team of Andy and Diana Morath, two fish, total weight 2.72 lbs., no big fish.
* The father-son team of Chris and Nate Fretard didn't weigh any fish.
As a result of today's contest, two anglers now have qualified to fish our season-ending two-day Classic. Those two anglers are Steve Bailey and Jim Wilder.
Congrats to all of the winners, and thanks to everyone who came out to participate. For planning purposes, our next event is scheduled for next Saturday, June 2, from safe light (about 5:30) to weigh-in at 2 o'clock. Hope you can join us. For those interested, be watching our poster in the West Neck Marina Store window and/or my email reminder this coming week for announcement of the location. It may/may not be West Neck.
Initially ran to Blackwater this morning, only to find muddy water. Spent maybe an hour or little better looking for some fish but didn't find a single one. Decided to run to Albright's, where the water, as usual, was in great shape and yielded a few fish. From there, Jr. and I rode back to West Neck, where the water also was superb.
Unfortunately, it wasn't until the competition had ended today that I discovered where we really should have spent our efforts. Plan to try making a trip or two this week to check out those spots. Haven't fished 'em in a lot of years, but that doesn't stop me from getting reacquainted. Based on what came out of 'em today, it's quite evident they've only gotten better since I quit fishing 'em years ago.
In closing, let me ask everyone to be careful, now that the warm season appears to be kicking into high gear. Learned this afternoon that one of our tournament anglers had his boat trailer damaged sometime today, and while initial reports indicated the perpetrator had not left his contact info for the victim, I later heard that the victim indeed does have a note with the person's name and phone number. If past years are any indication of what the future holds, I would suggest it's entirely possible things may go downhill from here unless we all take the time to be mindful of our own equipment, as well as that of others. Let's all be good citizens.
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