My partner and I hadn't even made it to the dock yet for weigh-in before we started hearing echos about how tough the fishing was today among the 17 anglers in 11 boats. The overall numbers on the day were as follows: 51 bass caught, 110.74 lbs. combined total weight, 2.17 lbs. average weight per fish, 10.06 lbs. average weight per boat.
Here are those anglers who went home with a payday:
1st place, the team of Richard Hall and Zach Whitt, five fish, 16.80 lbs. total weight, 4.80-lb. big bass
2nd place, David Dozier, five fish, 14.62 lbs. total weight, 4.83-lb. big bass (day's lunker winner)
3rd place, Eddie Sapp, five fish, 14.59 lbs. total weight, 4.18-lb. big bass
Mystery weight, Skip Schaible, two fish, 4.19 lbs. total weight (closest to the drawn weight of 4.45 lbs.), 2.40-lb. big bass
The rest of the field finished as follows:
* Gary Coderre, five fish, 11.31 lbs. total weight, 3.69-lb. big bass
* The team of Dave Anderson and Ken Testorff, five fish, 10.91 lbs. total weight, 4.04-lb. big bass
* The team of Bob Glass and J. P. Twohig, five fish, 9.59 lbs. total weight, 2.41-lb. big bass
* The husband-wife team of Andy and Diana Morath, five fish, 8.23 lbs. total weight, 2.74-lb. big bass
* The team of Steve Bailey and Bobby Moore, five fish, 7.21 lbs. total weight after 0.25 deduction for one dead fish, 2.12-lb. big bass
* Jim Bauer, four fish, 7.15 lbs. total weight, 2.17-lb. big bass
* The husband-wife team of Nathan and Marjorie Gottsch, five fish, 6.14 lbs. total weight, no big bass
Two more anglers joined the ranks of those five others now eligible to fish our season-ending two-day Classic contest by virtue of having fished seven regular tournaments. Those two newest additions are Bobby Moore and Skip Schaible.
Congratulations to all of today's winners, and thanks to everyone who came out to participate. My hat's also off to all those who helped make the event another flawless success. For planning purposes, our next tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 29, from safe light (about 5:30 a.m.) to weigh-in at 2 o'clock. Hope you can join us.
If there's one lesson to be derived from today's contest, I suggest that it's "be careful what you wish for."
Anyone who follows my blog knows that I've repeatedly been saying we couldn't catch a break with the weather on tournament days. We finally got that break today, and as it turns out, no one is really celebrating. Why? you may be asking. Because most of us felt that the fishing took a hit in the process.
Back when we were getting all those overcast, rainy tournament days, we, generally speaking, were having considerably better "catching" than most of us realized today. It truly was a struggle just to draw a strike, and early on, at least, many were rewarded with non-keepers when the bites did come. In the final analysis, however, the whole field managed to avoid a skunk, and that fact is always welcomed by everyone. There's no joy in Mudville or, for that matter, anywhere else when someone strikes out.
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