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July 16. 2009 by Short Bus.
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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July 8. 2009 by Short Bus.
I guess that when I posted the article on the club homepage about the 3-way Team of the Year tie, I got what I asked for. All three of the teams responded with solid finishes tonight, hoping to keep the dream alive. The competition is hot, the fishing’s not.
Wrapping their collective arms around another first place finish are the Tueday Night Tournament Series anglers Scott “Put me first” Bree and Jamie Maisenbacher (Editor’s note to Jamie: I left your nickname off because you made good on the sportsmanship Tuesday!) who just keep the victory train rolling. This is their fifth win this season. Tonight they sacked up 4 fish for a total of 8.77 pounds. You can be sure there were some jigs, hogs and frogs thrown around on their boat. Celebratory drinks were not offered by the winning team, which was called unsportsmanlike by one of the fellow club members.
Following close behind were Randy Ferguson and Larry Russell with another 4-fish bag weighing 7.55 pounds. Their bass came from mostly shallow waters, but it was noted one came deep. Since Jerry was gone on vacation, Larry stole his Banjo Minnows to use. He’s not giving them back, either.
Jack Menssen and Jason Estes came out of the woodwork to post a third place finish with two fish going 5.16 pounds. Congratulations, guys!
Fred Myers and Keith Bahler chalked up a bit of big bass cash with a 3.26 pound beauty.
Dave Norris and Greg Bayles left early to find some cold ones before the crowd came in.
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July 1. 2009 by Short Bus.
The wheels of the bus…
After a couple of weeks of extreme heat and humidity, the weather let up and offered our 19 teams some pleasurable conditions to fish in. Air temps were between 71 and 67 (at the end of the evening) with a mild breeze from the Northeast. Water temps had fallen several degrees to about 75. All of this lead to some fantastic fishing, and the best Tuesday Nighter we’ve had to date. 36 bass were brought in for a total of 91.67 pounds! That is a 2.5 pound per fish average. Here’s how the teams did it.
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June 26. 2009 by Short Bus.
The second Tuesday Night Tournament at Clinton Lake was hot. Air temps in the low to mid 90’s with humidity thicker than Aunt Jemima syrup made things slightly uncomfortable for the seven angler teams. Water temps in the low to mid 90’s made things slightly uncomfortable for everything underwater. Last time, there were four fish weighed in. This time would prove to be no different. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 19. 2009 by Short Bus.
The BNBC fished a new venue this evening under post-front conditions (just how we like it!) at Clinton Lake. Eight teams tested their mettle; three were lucky enough to have fish. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 19. 2009 by Short Bus.
There’s a hot team on the Tuesday circuit. They now have 4 first place finishes after tonight’s event.
Sixteen boats hit Evergreen hard for three hours and half of them returned with bass. Fishing’s been slightly tough on the lake this year, and tonight was no exception. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 19. 2009 by Short Bus.
Lake Bloomington fishing has been getting better this year, and the BNBC went out to collect. Nine 2-man teams and two lone boaters ventured forth and hunted down the green swimmers. 29 fish were brought in for show and tell. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 5. 2009 by Short Bus.
With summer fast approaching, the fishing is heating up as well. Fourteen teams convened on Lake Bloomington under mostly cloudy skies with a good chance of rain and temps in the low 70’s. Yes, rain again during a BNBC tournament. Two teams would bring in the first limits of the Tuesday series. Let’s recap the action.
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May 27. 2009 by Short Bus.
Remember the weather we had at Spring Lake on Sunday? It wasn’t sticking around for Tuesday. Heavy rains and storms were in the area again, but that didn’t stop ten teams from taking to the lake and showing what they had. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 27. 2009 by Short Bus.
…And the South shall rise again!
Unbelievably great weather conditions lead to the best tournament this year at Spring Lake on May 24. Mostly sunny skies, light breezes and NO RAINS were enjoyed by our club for the first time in a tournament this year. And it showed at the weigh-in. We had an incredible 32 members fish and only a few (4) didn’t have fish. Let’s dive in and recount the day… Read the rest of this entry »
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