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5 Finishers, left to right, 1st to 5th place:
Paul Milles, Joe Liptak,
Joe Angelone, Carl Nesello, Jim Missel
Saturday
Arrived at the ramp at 4:00am and set up to what I thought was going
to be a very big tournament because this was going to be our Open
Tournament for the year. However, turnout was much lighter than expected,
we had 18 anglers fishing this tournament. From the reports that were
shared with me we had 11 no shows because fishing was tough and the
weather forecasts were not good. We never received the rain that was
predicted, however we did have the strong winds that were forecast.
It seemed as though at times that it may have gusted up to 40 mph.
Waves hit the North end of the lake were in the neighborhood of 2
to 3 footers. Which made worm and jig fishing with the gusting wind
almost non existent. Six anglers, unfortunately came in with no fish,
and we had only six anglers come in with a limit of fish. Winning
weight for this tournament was extremely light for this lake. Winning
weight was 10.15 lbs. Considering the Saturday before tournament on
this lake, the winning weight was over 24 lbs. Tuesday nights tournament,
winning weight was over 17 lbs, for a 3 hour tournament! So by comparison,
you can see the winning weight for our tournament was very light,
mainly due to the weather conditions.
The wind
condition that I have already mentioned. The skies varied from heavy
overcast to bright sunshine. Water temperature had dropped from 76
degrees down to 71 degrees in just a few days. Water clarity was slightly
stained. Some of the good ole southern boys would call it clear, but
by comparison to some of the lakes up here, this was just slightly
stained. You could still see your crankbait down about 4 feet.
Fish
were caught using spinnerbait, the winner used a crankbait (all day)
(cotton cordelle brand) , senkos, and this is all that the anglers
would admit to LOL.
First
Place Paul Milles 10.15 lbs.
Second Place Joe Liptak 9.58 lbs.
Third Place Joe Angelone 8.24 lbs.
Fourth Place Carl Nasello 8.08 lbs.
Fifth Place Jim Missel 7.64 lbs.
Big Bass
Tony Gallelli 3.71 lbs.
2nd Place Big Bass Paul Milles 3.68 lbs.
Thanks
to all those anglers who weathered out those adverse conditions…
Our next tournament will be at Redfield Resevoir, Jackson Rd Ramp
on July 26th. Hope to see you there. Don’t forget guys, this
is the lake where 80 mph winds won’t bother us, Well, maybe
a little.
Hope
to see you on the water.
Joe Angelone,
Director
Don Tripoli, Assistant Director
Marlene Angelone, Administrator
