News
June 28, 2008
Rodney Oberdick of Felton, DE took First Place last weekend fishing a frog over grass in 4-5 feet of water on the main river. His 5 bass limit weighed in at 14.02 lbs. Less than a pound behind was Shawn Ezerski with another limit of 13.57 lbs. to take Second Place and Ernie Freeman just .20 lbs less with 13.37 finished Third Place. Todd Allan Langford finished Fourth with 12.98 lbs. And in Fifth Place came Pete Baumgartner with 12.47 lbs.
Big Bass was weighed in by Danny Moffat Sr, at 5.25 lbs.
Anglers are lined up from 5th-1st
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May 31, 2008
Been having problems with my PC. Finally found my Frontpage 2003 CD or I should say my wife found it, right under my nose. I've loaded it on my backup PC and my laptop so I'll have it available.
May 31 brought out 39 anglers in some nice weather until after weigh-in when the Thunder and lightening showed. Some of you really appreciated the 2:30 weigh-in over a later time.
Our Top 5 anglers
Ernie Freeman just signed up for membership this morning slammed us with 5 bass @19.57 plus the Big Bass: 6.42. With almost 6 lbs less, John Till took 2nd weighing 5 bass @ 13.78. Close behind with 12.90 lbs and another 5 bass was Scott Randall taking 3rd Place. In 4th Place, James Charlesworth brought 5 bass to the scale weighing 12.76. In 5th Place, affectionately know as The VooDoo Man, finished our Top 5 with 11.62.
Next Tournament is June 28 when the size limit will return to 12 inches. Maybe I'll get a limit finally.
Side Note: I'm still missing 3 boat number cards. Two I have heard from. If you have the card, please return it on the 28th. These cards make it easier to find you during launch.
Early Report
The weather man was wrong, it didn't rain or thunder. It turned out to be a nice, warm, mostly sunny day. Still fishing was tough. This what our top 5 brought in.
1st Chad Scroggs 17.58 lbs
2nd Richard Roselle 12.48 lbs
3rd Richard bates 12.37 lbs
4th William Younkin 12.04 lbs
5th Richard Vann 9.37 lbs
Big Bass 5.40 goes to Chad King
Next Tournament...May 31, 2008.
Smallwood State Park
Sign in: 5:00 - 6:15 AM
Launch: 6:30 AM
Check In: 3:00 PM
Status page has been updated. If any errors, please let me know. Numbers seem to run together after awhile. If I have missed points for prior events, let me know.
April 19, 2008
April 19, 2008- Our best show ever! 40 anglers came out to challenge the bass on this fine day. We were fishing in 80+ degree weather with water temps averaging 62 deg. Tide outgoing all day. Promised to be a good day. And for Rich Weldon, it was.
Rich brought what is to be the largest bag we've had in this division. Though his Big Bass of 6.99 lbs didn't take the Pot, his 5 fish, 20.68 lbs bag took 1ST Place, over 5 lbs greater than 2ND Place. Wow!
2ND Richard Bates 15.18
3RD John Till 14.95
4TH Eddie Tinsley 14.89
5TH Richard Vann 14.43
Big Bass by Brian Wright 8.32 lbs Unfortunately my camera glitches and I lost the photo. For that I apologize.
April 5, 2008
The weather forecast for April 5, 2008 was heavy rain with thunder storms. I didn’t expect the 35 anglers that showed this morning, ready to face a tough day of foul weather. Turned out the weather man was way off. We had clouds overhead, but no rain or thunder boomers. By late afternoon we actually had a sun beating down on us. Still it was a tough day catching that 15 inch limit. Only half the field brought a bag to the scale and of that only one angler, Alvin Dixon from Severn, MD, had a limit to finish in 3rd Place.
Three anglers weighed in what would be Big Bass or at least what you’d think would be. Charles King of Waldorf, MD with a 6.04lbargemouth was beaten by Dan Moffat SR from St. Charles, MD with a 6.34lb Largemouth. Then John Gaertner of Stafford, VA topped those with a 6.96lb Largemouth.
If that wasn’t enough, Chad King of Middletown, MD with a total weight of 16.20 lbs with just three fish blew those Bib Bass away. There may have been larger bass caught in tournaments on the Potomac, but per Ray Borras of Maryland DNR, who has been recording tournament results for the past 20 years, this was the largest he had seen.
Chad fishes the main river only. Today he was fishing the main river somewhere south of Mattawomen Creek with a black and blue jig and pig. Initially he thought he had himself a catfish, then after the battle to bring him up he slipped his hand, like the Ike does, to lift it but his hand slipped off. Not wanting to lose a catch of a lifetime he shoved his fist into the jaws of a 9.08 lb Largemouth tearing his hand up from its teeth. Needless to say, Chad took Big Bass and First Place today earning an average of $94.00 an hour just to go fish for a day.
Chad’s biggest concern after weigh-in was to show his buddy, get pictures, and release this fish alive. Chad, you pictures are on the way.
1ST Chad King 3 fish @ 16.20
2nd Dan Moffat SR 4 fish @ 12.13
3rd Alvin Dixon 5 fish @ 11.52
4th Scott Randall 3 fish @ 9.31
5th 2 fish @ 8.61
Big Bass Chad King 9.08
Hey,
As of 01-04-2008 we are still waiting on the plaques. Talked with Ellen today and should see them in February.
Six anglers from Division 11 attended the 2007 National Championship on the Harris Chain of lakes in Florida. They had it tough with the low water conditions and worked hard to persevere
Scott Randall ended up on day 3 with 14.86 lbs. on the boaters’ side. Though he didn’t make the cut he did make the Marine Corp Team.
Tony Douglas finished in the boater field at 54 with 10.66 lbs.
Paul Dunn who has moved to Florida and now resides in New Port Richey had a good practice. Even fished the canal that the winning weight came from. Too bad he didn’t go back to that canal. Paul finished up with a nice round number…”0” lbs for the week. Next time Paul.
On the Non-boater side we had Tony Roberts who might have preferred to fish until 5 PM each day. His finish as a non-boater was 88 with,…oh yeah, he wasn’t alone…there were a bunch of 88’s, “0” lbs.
Then came the “Voo-Doo” man, Richard Vann who squeaked a whopping 2.21 lbs to the scale. I think he finally made it home.
Andre Toraine could-of, should-of made the cut. Cept he was .13 lbs short. Nice try Andre.
I was rooting for you all. I checked the weights each night and wishing I could have made it.
Still it took Carl Hughes to take any money from the national. Even though he did not get to fish the national his name was pulled by Ardent Reels to win $1000.00. Now that's the way to do it.
Note: Plaques should be available after the first of the year. When I get them I will send those that earned them for the Early Birds.
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OCTOBER 20, 2007
Our “Early Bird” tournaments for the 2008 season are now officially over. Despite the weather man’s reporting winds to 25 mph we had a good turn-out and great weather for an October day. The wind didn’t cause any problems because the weather man was wrong. The wind just made enough ripple to bring on the spinner-bait bite, for me anyway. It was bright sun until the afternoon when a few clouds rolled in to kick up the little wind we had. The going baits were plastics slowly dragged through the edge of the grass and spinner-baits with a slow retrieve at the edge of the grass. I was expecting to see bigger fish brought to the scale, though all but one angler weighed fish. Richard Bates again showed his stuff by weighing in the winning weight of 11.01 lbs. with just 4 fish. He also presented a 5.53 largemouth to cinch the Big Bass award. Just .36 lbs behind, Chad Scroggs with 5 fish took second place with 10.65 lbs. Third place went to Mark Allan Sipos yet another 5 fish at 10.02 lbs. In fourth place with 5 fish, Richard Weldon Fifth place went to co-angler Kevin Smith with 4 fish @ 7.51. 6th Pete Baumgartner 5 @ 7.45 7th Terri Rose 5 @ 7.35 8th Eddie Tinsley 5 @ 7.09 9th Jerry Jeranka 4 @ 6.58 10th Alphonso Taylor 5 @ 6.13 11th Charles King 2 @ 4.67 12th John Till 3 @ 4.54 13th Kelly Weber 2 @ 4.29 14th Dale Boyle 3 @ 4.28 15th Chuck Hartzman 2 @ 3.21 16th Richard Vann 2 @ 2.95 17th Lin Gan 2 @ 2.16 18th Jason Harlan 1 @ 1.56 19th Carl Hughes 1 @ 1.38 20th Jessie Moore 1 @ 1.25 Welcome to new anglers fishing the Potomac River: Jessie Moore, Alphonso Taylor, Lin Gan, James Jones, Carl Hughes, and Kevin Smith ( of Division 10). Of course, thanks to all who have come out to fish with me this past year. It was my pleasure to have you here and look forward to seeing you all next April. ood luck to those that are heading out to the National Championship. Drive safe and have a safe winter. I’ll be updating the web site as any info of interest comes in over the next few months so keep coming back to check. It is with mixed feelings that I close for the season. No more rushing out on Friday nights to get in the campground or Super 8. I’ll have long weekends to relax now. Or I’ll have long weekends with no excuse to get those neglected honey-dos done. And then I’ll miss the comradeship of fellow tournament anglers. See you in the Spring! Well the 2008 season Early Birds are almost over and anglers are still making their mark. Speaking of Mark Allen Sipos, first place weight was brought in by Mark with 5 fish totaling 11.97 lbs. He also pulled out of his sack the Big Bass of the day with a 5.88 lb. largemouth. Just a tad behind in second place was Richard Bates with another 5 fish at 11.05 lbs. Shawn Ezerski took the third spot with 5 fish at 10.34 lbs. Fourth was Rich Weldon with another 5 fish pushing the scale to 8.49 lbs. Chuck Hartzman showing he is still in the game placed fifth with 3 fish weighing 7.25 lbs. The next five spots are: 6th Chad Scroggs 4 @ 7.05 7th Andre Torain 1 @ 4.42 8th Kell Weber 2 @ 4.11 9th Charles King 2 @ 4.01 10th Jerry Jeranka 3 @ 3.99 A tough day overall, but sure beats working. And yes I caught fish at the Northeast Regional. Just didn't catch any during the competition days. But smallies up to 4.5 lbs. and northern pike to 8.5 lbs. during practice days and on Sunday. The "Take a Soldier Fishing" event was worth while staying the extra day. These guys and gals were very appreciative. Only thing I can't get over, I was calling them kids. They are so young to be fighting for our country. or am I getting that old? Burnie you did a swell job. Thanks to all our sponsors that supported the Northeast Regional and hats off to Mo and the gang August 25, 2007 Sorry! Was so busy with the job and readying for the Regional I forgot to report on the August tournament. So here it is. The fishing was hot, or at least the weather was. We had 24 anglers ( would have been 25 but Noel Cespedes slept in again) busting hump to get their five keepers. Some just trying to get their first keeper. On top of the pack came Shawn Ezerski (Man in Pink) with his limit of 11.00 lbs. His Big Bass of 4.23 lbs fell short of the Big Bass brought in by Richard Bates. Nice bass just the same. Yours truly, that's me (Jerry Jeranka) actually for a change had a pay-day with 4 bass @ 9.24 lbs to take second place. Chuck Hartzman weighed 5 fish to total 7.81 lbs for the Third Place spot. Just a few ounces behind in Fourth Place, Rodney Oberdick with just 3 fish weighing in at 7.65. Richard Bates claimed Fifth Place and Big Bass of the day with 4 fish @ 7.32 and BF @ 4.46 lbs. Okay! I feel better that I got this report in. |
