Great Tournament at Raleigh

Mike Wentz with some nice bass

The day started at 5AM with a loud booming crackle from lightning and thunder soon to be followed by heavy rain and some hail and high winds! Several of us were camping out the night before and it was not a pleasant way to wake up! I about jumped out of my sleeping bag with that first lightning strike! looked outside to observe the weather situation and it did not look good! but alas about 7 AM the skies started to clear and the rain ended and the wind died down and it was looking like it was going to be an OK day for fishing.

Boats were inspected and launched and parked as soon as people arrived at the lake and numbers were drawn and the meeting was held and off we went. the wind died down considerably and the clouds went away and the sun came out it was a nice warm day and some fish even decided to cooperate, most of the tournament leaders caught there fish on soft plastics or worms of different sorts and a lot of fish were caught on spinner baits and top water also. Even some small mouth were caught and some nice looking LMB and of course there were quite a few trout decided to join in on the fun too. there were several tales of big fish getting away.

Mike wentz was the number 1 fisherman of the day pulling in a catch of 3 LMB for a total of 8.72 pounds and first place, Deryk Voller had the lead with 8.77 pounds but a dead fish penalty cost him the lead so he finished in second place, he did however manage to narrowly edge out Curtis Wentz for the largest fish at 3.36 pounds. Marty Mantz finished in third place with a weight of 7.88 pounds. Full results can be found on the web page.

All total 18 members competed weighing in 30 fish totaling 77.09 pounds for an average of 2.56 pounds per fish. A good tournament indeed! After wards the Wentz's cooked up the usual feast and it was much appreciated by all the hungry anglers. A good time was had by all and we got done just in time as the clouds started to build yet again and the sky opened up and the rain and wind came back and pummeled everyone as we all made a mad dash for our vehicles to head home! Llooking forward to seeing you all at the next tournament which will be held at Sweetbriar Dam on July the 10th

Marty