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HOT! HOT!
HOT!
That’s the best way to describe this last tournament and I don’t mean the
fishing. With temps over 100 degrees both days, it was hard to stay focused
on catching fish. Twenty boats managed to find 34 fish for a total weight of
85.95 pounds. On a positive note, this tournament did make new history, with
the all girl team of Wakim and Sullivan taking fourth place honors. This was
the first time a female team finished in the money, weighing in three fish
(two for Pam and one for Terri) for a total weight of 7.35 pounds. Keep an
eye on these two. If they keep fishing together they’re going to become a
good team and a team to watch out for.
Other winners were: Fourth place, Pam Wakim
and Terri Sullivan; Fifth place, Scott Hasty and Brian Spurell; Sixth place,
Terry Stanek and Bob Treadway.
Congratulations to all the winners.
CLICK HERE for complete results
 Big Bass
for Saturday
Big bass on Saturday went to Jim McPeak with a 3.95 pounder. He said he
caught it on a watermelon colored worm.
Big Bass
for Sunday
Big bass on Sunday went to Paul
 Boehme
with a 4.88 pounder. Paul stated he used a Big ugly worm to catch his fish.
He also got the side pot of $100.00. I guess I should mention that Paul’s
partner also had a bass that weighed 4.48 pounds.
AOY
The top ten ranking didn’t change much. Scott Hasty moved up to tie Brian
Roberson for third place and Terry Stanek passed Jim Evers to take over
eighth place. As it stands now:
1. Dave Sona 132 points
2. Bryan Walker 122 points
3. Scotty Hasty 115 points
3. Brian Robinson 115 points
5. Greg Shands 106 points
6. Ken Jones 102 points
7. Andy Shands 94 points
8. Terry Stanek 87 points
9. Jim Evers 83 points
10. Dean Sullivan 80 points
Classic
Eligibility
The Hawg Hawlers Classic will be the 6th of October on Truman Lake.
Remember, to be eligible you must have fished at least five regular season
tournaments. This will be a one day tournament with 100% pay out. There is a
$60 entry fee, $50 of which goes to places and $10 goes for Big Bass. Only
first, second, and third places will receive checks.
Example: based on 20 boats
20 boats x $60 entry = $1200.00
1st place = $500.00
2nd place = $300.00
3rd place = $200.00
Big Bass = $200.00
Total payout = $1200.00
No Angler of the year points will be awarded for this tournament. Plaques
for the Classic Champs and Classic Big Bass will be presented at the Awards
Dinner. Officers have sold over $600 worth of Classic 50/50 Raffle tickets
so the prize pot is now over $300. If you would like to purchase or sell
tickets, please contact one of your Officers. Thanks to our 50/50 Raffle
sales and a generous donation from Jones Tackle Service (THANKS KEN!!),
there will be some nice attendance prizes awarded at the Classic, including
a new G-Loomis rod. We are now accepting entries for the Classic Tournament
(be sure to mark “Classic” on your entry form). There are currently 24
members who are now eligible to fish the Classic.
Next Tournament
Our next tournament will be held at Pomme de Terre on September 8-9, 6:30 to
12:30 both days. Take out and weigh in will be at the State Park Marina.
Tournament directors will be: Saturday – Greg Hoch and partner; Sunday –
Shands and Shands.
2008
OFFICERS
During the month of August, Hawg Hawlers accepts nominations for new club
Officers. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, please
contact one of the 2007 Officers. All nominees will be contacted on
September 1st. Unopposed offices are approved. Any opposed offices will be
filled by popular vote via the website or direct mailings. If you would like
more information about duties for each Officer position, you can view the
Club By-Laws on our website (under the Membership tab).
 From
Cuz's Boat
By Greg Shands
Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to catch fish on Friday while
you’re pre-fishing than during tournament hours? I honestly think that the
fish know what day of the week it is and they go on a feeding frenzy right
before the weekend. Think about it: Monday through Friday there is just a
hand full of boats out at 5:30 am.-6:00 a.m., but come Saturday morning, 500
boats are racing every direction across the lake and the sound of a thousand
lures hit the water. It must sound like a war zone to the fish. Just like
deer through deer season, the fish learn by the end of summer to stay hidden
out during the weekend and only venture out of their hide outs when it’s all
quiet.
And what about lures? You know that by the end of the summer every fish in
the lake has seen every lure on the market at least a dozen times. I
remember when Buzz baits first came out. You could use one at Wapp. and
catch a fish on every cast. It didn’t even have to have a skirt on it, just
as long as it made the clak-clak-clak sound. Now if you throw one, it has to
be just the right color and have just the right sound and then bites come
few and far between.
Now creature baits are the hot new item. What’s up with that? Is it a
crawdad or a lizard or maybe it’s just something new? They say that all the
little arms and paddles send out vibrations which attract the bass. But why
is it when the bite gets tough, you’re supposed to go to a small do nothing
worm, like the ones our grandfathers used fifty plus years ago? And have you
noticed that the rubber frog is making a come back? With all the knowledge
and techniques at our finger tips you would think we could develop an
artificial bait that would be able to catch a fish on every cast. It’s funny
because what seems to work the best when the bite gets tough is the baits
that were first designed to catch bass years ago. So the next time the fish
stop biting, dig down past the hundreds of bags of plastic baits, past all
the fancy crank baits, to that dark moldy corner of your tackle box that you
haven’t seen in ten years and get out one of those lures you’ve had since
you were a kid. Remember to put on new hooks and hang on.
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