Lake Panasoffkee
September 22nd, 2012
Everyone who showed up to fish this Saturday was hoping the fishing was going to be better than the last tournament. I sure know Steve and I were. Matt and Mike stayed on the lake for a few days pre-fishing and when they came out in the morning and had nothing good to say and from what everybode else was saying it did not look good. Guess with more rain, weed spraying and weed cultivating the lake was a mess. Seven teams showed up to fish. I spoke with Eric and he informed me they would not be there because his dad Gary was in the hospital, but back home. We all wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him soon. With 2 teams fighting for AOTY with just 4 points seperating them, the pressure was on Keith / Justin and Darrell / Brandon for the remaining three tournaments. I do not want to forget that Joe had to fish by himself becase his partner Greg thought he could just close his eyes for 15 minutes after a long night at the Hard Rock. Joe heard the dogs barking like crazy trying to wake him up, and before Greg knew what happened he woke up at 6:30ish. Guess Greg can’t run with the big dogs anymore?
Only 7 bass were brought to the scales. Yes only 7 bass, with no limits and only two teams had 2 bass. 2 teams had no fish including Matt and Mike who I thought were going to run away with this tournament. Thats why they call it fishing and not catching.
First Place with 2 bass weighing 4.54 lbs goes to Mike and Steve
Second Place with 2 bass weighing 3.81 lbs goes to Keith and Justin
Third Place with 1 bass weighing 2.23 lbs goes to Joe
Big Bass weighing 2.70 lbs goes to Mike and Steve
Our next tournament is October 27th on the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes. We will launch out of William G. Roe Park on Lake Shipp. At the last tournament on November 10th on East Lake Toho out of Chisholm Park we will have our meeting to discuss anything the members wish to talk about and to draw the lakes for 2013. We will also have to discuss the 2012 Classic we will fish in 2013.
See You All At The Ramp
Mike