Black Lake
July24th , 2004

Top 5 Finishers, Left to Right ,1st to 5th place:
Joe Swader, Clark Dingman, Jim Missel,Joe Liptak. Steve Sharland

Black Lake Report

July 24th, 2004:
We arrived at the lake at 4 am as usual. We had a total of 13 pre-registered anglers and 7 more showing up at the ramp. We had a full field of 20 anglers. With many saying that the bite was tough during prefishing. A few anglers seemed to feel that they could bring 13 to 15 pounds to scale, that they were on a good bite. However all the prefishing was done during overcast days and this day was going to be a blue bird day. Not having my boat for this tournament I cannot tell you the water temperature but, the several places we fished, me as a non-boater, the water was stained. We had a northeast wind which made the main lake a little choppy.
Weigh in started at 2:30 pm, there was a lot of talk that the bite was extremely tough. By the amount of weight at the scales that proved to be true. Usually Black Lake would take 14 to 15 pounds to win a tournament, but as you can see above First place was just a little over 10. Out of 20 anglers, we only had two limits brought to the scale and that turned out to be first and second place. No one was willing to share too much information because our regional finals are on this lake. However, knowing some of the fishermen and what they use I can tell you that the fish were caught using jig and pig, worms, and a few on a crank bait. That is the best info that I can provide at this time.


The TOP FIVE:
1st Joe Swader 10.57lbs
2nd Clark Dingman 10.21lbs
3rd Jim Missel 8.80lbs
4th Joe Liptak 8.11 lbs
5th Steve Sharland 7.88 lbs

Big Bass lbs Steve Sharland 5.25 lbs.

Next tournament is at Keuka on Aug 7, 2004. PLEASE be on time at the Launch site..
See you at the ramp!
Joe, Don and Marlene.

Next tournament is Aug 7th on Keuka Lake

Morning registration starts at 4:15 and CLOSES at 5:30am Promptly. Boaters will be assigned their boat number as they register

Remember your Boat Insurance forms:
Spot checks will be held!

Hope to see you all on the water!

Joe, Don and Marlene