But am fairly certain it was welcomed by all 22 anglers in 13 boats. At least until about noon, the fishing was comfortable and productive, as evidenced by the day's final totals: 58 bass caught, 128.85 lbs. total weight, 2.22 lbs. average weight per fish, 9.91 lbs. average weight per boat.
Here are those anglers who earned themselves a payday by virtue of having the highest totals:
1st Place, the team of Jared Allbritten and Eddie Sapp, five bass, 14.84 lbs. total weight, 4.65-lb. big fish
2nd Place, the team of David Dozier and Nelson Anderson, five bass, 13.75 lbs. total weight, no big fish
3rd Place, the husband-wife team of Nathan and Marjorie Gottsch, five bass, 12.95 lbs. total weight after a 0.50 deduction for two dead fish, 3.95-lb. big fish
4th Place, the team of Gabe Himmelwright and Rusty Girard, five bass, 12.40 lbs. total weight, 5.62-lb. big fish
Lunker Award, Don Carter, five bass, 12.17 lbs. total weight after a 0.25 deduction for one dead fish, 5.98-lb. big fish
Mystery Weight Award, Wayne Hayes, three bass, 6.05 lbs. total weight (closest to drawn weight of 3.15 lbs.), 2.44-lb. big fish
Here is how everyone else finished the day's competition:
* The team of Andy Morath and his cousin Zech, five bass, 12.02 lbs. total weight, 3.98-lb. big fish
* The team of Matt Paxson and his son Tate Andrews, five bass, 10.31 lbs. total weight, no big fish
* The team of Bobby Moore and Steve Bailey, five bass, 9.42 lbs. total weight, 2.65-lb. big fish
* The team of Dave Anderson and Ken Testorff, five bass, 9.29 lbs. total weight, 3.87-lb. big fish
* Stan Krason, five bass, 8.10 lbs. total weight, no big fish
* Gary Coderre, five bass, 7.55 lbs. total weight, no big fish
* The team of Chris Napier and his brother Allen didn't weigh any fish
Three more contestants, in the person of Dave Anderson, Andy Morath, and Stan Krason, completed their eligibility requirements to compete in our season-ending two-day Classic. That brings the total number eligible to 10.
Congratulations to all of the winners, and thanks to everyone who came out to participate, as well as those who assisted me today. For planning purposes, our next event is scheduled for Saturday, July 13, from safe light (about 5:30) to weigh-in at 2 o'clock. Here's hoping you can join us.
When 8:30 rolled around this morning, my partner and I already had a small limit but figured, based on how things had gone thus far, that it should be no problem to upgrade our smaller fish. After all, we even had scored a keeper-double early this morning.
Little did we know what lay ahead. When the early bite died, we were left scratching our heads, wondering what we had to do to restart a bite of any kind. Throughout the remainder of the day, the best we could muster was one minor upgrade, coupled with a whole bunch of dinks.
We agreed to be looking for some different water before it comes time for the next tournament.
And I gave my partner my word I'll do whatever it takes to remember to load my cooler in the boat before launch time for our July 13 event. I went off and forgot to get mine out of the front seat this morning before we left the dock. Thankfully, my partner had enough to keep us both supplied throughout the day.
As I told Gene this afternoon before leaving the marina, "This getting-old gig isn't always fun."
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