There were 23 anglers in 15 boats anxiously awaiting the "go" signal this morning from tournament director Wayne Hayes. At the end of the day, the final tally was 69 bass weighed in, for a total weight of 179.12 lbs. The average weight per fish was 2.59 lbs., and the average weight per boat was 11.94 lbs.
Today's winners included the following:
1st Place, the team of (from left) Rusty Girard and James Calhoun, five-fish limit, 18.84 lbs., and big fish 4.58 lbs.
2nd Place, the team of (from left) Mike Miller and Chris Fretard, five-fish, 18.50 lbs., and big fish 5.32 lbs.
3rd Place, Wayne Hayes, five fish, 17.28 lbs., and big fish 6.13 lbs, which was good enough to lay claim to the day's lunker pot.
4th Place, the team of (from left) Steve Bailey and Bobby Moore, five fish, 16.52 lbs., and big fish 5.04 lbs.
Here is how everyone else stacked up:
* Gary Coderre, five fish, 14.68 lbs., big fish 5.65 lbs.
* The team of David Dozier and Richard Hall, five fish, 13.60 lbs., big fish 4.15 lbs.
* The team of Fred Crawford and Gabe Himmelwright, five fish, 12.81 lbs., big fish 3 lbs.
* Eddie Sapp, five fish, 11.91 lbs., big fish 3.62 lbs.
* Mark Ingram, five fish, 10.81 lbs., big fish 4.83 lbs.
* Jim Wilder, five fish, 10.31 lbs., big fish 2.41 lbs.
* Andy Morath, five fish, 9.65 lbs., big fish 2.67 lbs.
* The team of Jim Crist and Eric Killian, five fish, 7.75 lbs., big fish 2.09 lbs.
* The team of Colton Wynne and Cory McAlea, four fish, 6.41 lbs., big fish 2.62 lbs.
* The team of Zech Morath and Zach Bubier, three fish, 6.00 lbs., big fish 2.36 lbs.
* Ken Testorff, two fish, 4.05 lbs., big fish 2.66 lbs.
In case you would like to see a sampling of today's catch, here are a couple of them:
(From left) James Calhoun and Rusty Girard pose with their five fish that paved the way to their 1st place finish.
Wayne Hayes caught these two (weighing 6.13 and 5.11) within about three casts of each other. The bigger of the two earned him the day's lunker prize money.
Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to everyone who came out to participate, as well as those who had a hand in ensuring the success of today's event. For planning purposes, our next scheduled tournament is next Saturday, June 6, from safe light to a 2 p.m. weigh-in. Hope you can join us.
The story of today's tournament wouldn't be complete if I didn't mention something that occurred during weigh-in. Thankfully, the victim wasn't injured, or I would not even bring the matter up.
Anyway, it seems that while Gary Coderre was reboarding his boat after weighing his fish, his impression of "Twinkle Toes" hit a snag, and he ended up taking an unplanned dive over the side in the boat basin. The angling team of Steve Bailey and Bobby Moore quickly grabbed hold of Gary's boat, to prevent it from floating away, and provided their boat as a platform for Gary to board before stepping back aboard his craft. As the saying goes, "All's well that ends well," and that fortunately was the case today.
I also should point out that angler Eddie Sapp was at the helm of a new Skeeter FXR bass boat today...one fine-looking piece of equipment. They just keep making 'em all better.
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