Top
5 Finishers, left to right, 1st to 5th place:
Mark Hertlein, Ben Whipple, Jason Pierce
Doug Curtis, Jim Missel
Chautauqua
Lake Results
8-6-2005
This
is the final one-day tournament for the 2005 ABA season. The weatherman
was predicting high 70’s to 80’s sunny day and it turned
out just as predicted. It was a beautiful day to be on the water.
Morning temperature at launch at 6 am was somewhat chilly most of
the anglers had pulled their light jackets out of hibernation to fight
off the morning chill and dew. We had a partly cloudy morning and
for anyone that noticed there was a Hot Air Balloon fest coming out
of the Jamestown Airport…which at one point we were able to
see 10 Hot Air balloons flying over the western hillside. Water surface
temp started out in the morning at 78 degrees warming up to 82 degrees
in some areas. We had light winds with very little wave action on
most of the lake.
We had
a lighter turnout than expected, several anglers had to cancel out
of this tournament due to personal circumstances beyond their control.
We had a total of 17 anglers. From all information that was provided
by the local parks officer…there were 5 other tournaments on
this lake going out of different ramps. The winning pattern was jig
and pig in shallow water. With the winner breaking off couple of good
fish in some heavy structure. All top five finishers reporting catching
their fish in shallow water, meaning less than 5 feet with 4 out of
the 5 using senkos of various colors. The lunker was caught in 1 ½
feet of water with no visible weed cover or structure, there was only
shade from the dock for this fish to hide in.
The top
5 finishers were:
1st Place
Mark Hertlein 10.90
2nd Place Ben Whipple 9.38
3rd Place Jason Pierce 9.22
4th Place Doug Curtis 8.29
5th Place Jim Missel 8.05
Big Bass
Doug Curtis 5.54 Smallie
2nd Big Bass Jason Pierce 5.36
There
were 4 fish over 5lbs caught in this tournament and if I remember
correctly 3 out of the 4 were smallmouth.
The final
tournament for the 2005 season … will be our 2-Day on Oneida
Lake…August 20th and 21st we will be launching out of Boats-A-Float
Marina…directions are on our website… www.upstatenybassanglers.com
Remember to qualify for the 2-Day Event at Oneida Lake…you must
have fished at least 4 one-day tournaments. We have 26 Anglers that
have qualified to fish the 2-Day at Oneida…which is another
record for our district. Great job guys!
