1st Bassmasters Tournament Results
Lake Champlain, NY - June 10th,  2007  6:30AM-2:30PM

1st Bassmasters of Sullivan Co. NY  fished it's 5th event of the year up on
Lake Champlain. The club launched out of South Bay putting the main lake a
fair run to North, even Ticonderoga would take about a 1/2 an hour to get
to.

The air temperature at start time was just under 60 degrees, and the winds
were clam. The competitors scattered, fishing as far north as Chimney Point,
and as far South as the back side of South Bay. The water temperatures
varied from 76 in the river, and 80 in the backwaters, to as low as 63
degrees up north. The fish were in all different stages, from a typical post
spawn pattern,  to a mid-Summer pattern in the backwaters, to bedding up
North. The river was very murky with the only clear water in very end of
South Bay, or all the way back in the backwater areas off of the main river.

While the fishing was not easy, the results were good, with everyone
weighing in fish, and 9 out of 15 anglers bringing limits to the scales. The
winning bag was a 5 Largemouth, 13.25lb limit caught by Rich Degroat. Rich
made the farthest run up North, and used a creature bait in weed beds in
about 6 feet of water. 2nd Place was a 11.80lb bag weighed in by Darren
Smith, and 3rd place was a 10.35lb limit weighed in by Mike Fox.  The
³Lunker² for the day was a 3.95lb Largemouth brought in by Rich Degroat. In
total, 61 fish were weighed in, all Largemouth, and all were released alive.

1st Bassmastersı next event is on Toronto Reservoir June 24th.


Air Temp:  59 Start- 80 Finish
Weather: Sunny-Clouds late
Water Temp: 63-80
Water Cond: High, Dirty - Clear

                              
 
Place Angler #Fish Total Weight Pts.
1st Rich Degroat 5/5 13.25lbs 40
2nd Darren Smith 5/5 11.80lbs 39
3rd Mike Fox 5/5 10.35lbs 38
4th Ralph Cheney 5/5 9.55lbs 37
5th Joe Sullivan 4/5 8.90lbs 36
6th Ken Cutler 5/5 8.50lbs 35
7th Noam Freedman 4/5 7.60lbs 34
8th Kurt Albers 3/5 5.10lbs 33
9th Joe Sauers 2/5 2.90lbs 32
10th Jimmy Mead 2/5 2.75lbs 31
         
Junior Guests:      
  Kyle Albers 5/5 10.25lbs  
  Nick Wolf   5/5 6.90lbs  
  Tom Graziano 5/5 6.75lbs  
  Danny Hoffman 5/5 5.35lbs  
  Billy Morris 1/5 1.10lbs  



8 Boats ­ 10 Club Members
5 Juniors - 9 Limits
61 Fish ­ 61 Alive - 0SM/61LM
Total Weight:  111.05lbs
Ave Fish: 1.82lbs

Lunker:   Rich Degroat   3.95lbs Largemouth

 


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