The turnout today included eight boats with 11 anglers, who collectively weighed a total of 39 bass, with a total weight of 101.82 lbs. and an average weight of 2.61 lbs. per fish. Seven of the eight boats weighed five-fish limits.
Now that the 2018 competition for Angler of the Year has concluded, I am happy to announce the winner of this year's title is Dave Anderson (pictured left), who finished with 185.77 points, a new record for this competition. The first runner-up was Rob Peppers, with 180.72 points. The second runner-up was Jim Wilder, with 168.11 points.
Claiming 1st place today was the team of (from left) Chris Fretard and Mike Miller. Their limit weighed 20.36 lbs., anchored by a 5.47-lb. big fish, which took the lunker award.
Taking 2nd place today was the team of (from left) Joshua Overton and Stan Krason. Their limit tipped the scales at 17.02 lbs. Their big fish weighed 4.54 lbs.
Today's mystery-weight award went to Gary Coderre, who brought four fish to the scales, weighing 4.97 lbs. That weight was closest to the drawn weight of 3.90 lbs. Gary didn't have a big fish.
Here is how everyone else finished the day:
* Rob Peppers, limit, 16.22 lbs. total weight, 4.69-lb. big fish.
* Wayne Hayes, limit, 13.76 lbs. total weight, 4.30-lb. big fish.
* Jim Wilder, limit, 10.92 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
* Eddie Sapp, limit, 9.32 lbs. total weight, no big fish.
* The team of Dave Anderson and Ken Testorff, 9.22 lbs. total weight (after 0.25 penalty for one dead fish), 2.99-lb. big fish.
One more angler, in the person of Stan Krason, joined the list of 17 other anglers who now are qualified to fish our season-ending two-day Classic contest scheduled for next Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14. We will be fishing from safe light (about 6:45 a.m.) to weigh-in at 3 p.m. both days.
Congratulations to all of today's winners and thanks to everyone who came out and participated.
My friend, Skip, called and warned me yesterday that I was likely to see and/or hear duck hunters today (first day of the season), and he was spot-on. Dave and I hadn't even cleared the channel this morning before we started hearing the pop from hunters' guns. And it kept up most of the morning.
We worked hard and had a limit in the boat by 12 noon. Upgrades, however, were nearly non-existent. We kept plugging away, though, right up to 2:45. As is always the case, some of the fellas found some nice fish, as evidenced by five bags that were in double digits.
With only the Classic left on our schedule this season, I'm already starting to look forward to my winter break to rest up and regroup. Plan to take a couple of months off before I even start thinking about what I want to do with the tournaments next year.
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