In this edition of the tournament blogs, I’m going to focus solely on the positive things that transpired during the event, because there was much drama to be had. I’ll save my commentary for another article.
Rod “Always a bridesmaid” Wallace and Adam Stark landed two fish for a third place posting. Their fish went 5.12 pounds, anchored by a nice bass of 3.16 pounds. Adam and Rod are striving to be recipients of some first place cash this year during a Tuesday Night event. If you’ve noticed, since Stark came on board they’ve placed in the money at two events. Watch out for these boys in the upcoming tournaments!
Another solid 2 fish bag got Brian Bounds and Eric Sharrow a second place check. Their 5.28 pound bag was anchored by an almost identical twin of Rod and Adam’s fish, weighing 3.18 pounds. Eric should have gotten the “Best Dressed” award for the evening, as he was swanked out in business casual attire. Nice job, guys!
Larry Russell caught a super-nice 17+ inch smallmouth during the event. For those of you who didn’t get to see it, I’m posting a photo of it just because it is that cool. Plus, our stocking efforts will one day yield more catches like this at Lake Bloomington. Nice catch, Lar!
Chad and PJ caught a nice bass weighing 3.41 pounds and another bass to gain ground on TOY leaders Bree and Maisenbacher. Keep up the good work!
Honestly, right here I was going to write a quick note on not wanting to sound like I’m ringing my own bell for what I’m about to write. Forget that, because the bell has been rung! Dennis and I got first place and big bass.
Dennis (Bierbaum) and I weighed in three fish for a total of 8.63 pounds, with the tournament’s big bass of 3.92 pounds. Here’s a picture of the fish, and the expression on my face is priceless. I look angry and DB is all smiles! Thanks to Gena Norris for taking the pix. Bierbaum caught a bass late in the night, but neglected to catch the right species. He made me get the net anyway after fighting a 10-inch white bass for a minute. A few key bites were lost that may have cost us a limit. We didn’t see the fish to tell if they were Dave Norris sized or not. We try to lose them well away from the boat so as to not get that discouraged. Dennis and I bought a couple rounds of celebratory drinks at Green Gables as is customary, and a good time was had by all in attendance. I even sold some Sweet Beavers at a super cut rate while there.
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