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Last month it
was stormy skies and sub-zero temps. This month it was blue bird skies and
temps pushing the 90 degree mark. But at least the fish were biting. 48
anglers brought 99 fish to the scales and everyone caught lots of short
fish. The big bass record for the year was broken this weekend with a 6.27
pounder that’s just .02 bigger but never the less it’s big bass so far.
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husband and wife team of Kelly and Brian Robinson. They brought in a
total of 15 fish, with Kelly having most of the fun, as she had 8 fish,
one which went 4.72 pounds on Sunday. Their total weight was 21.61
pounds. Brian said they caught all their fish on a custom made top water
bait. See Brian about ordering some of these baits. They earned $212.
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| Second Place went to Dan and Paul
Ketterer; they had 7 fish for a total weight of 17.35. Dan brought a
real monster in on Saturday, bending the scales down to 6.27 pounds.
They reported using 3 main baits, white spinner bait, brush hogs, and
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Third place goes to
Dave Sona and Larry Berry, with 10 fish weighing 12.7 pounds. They used
Brush hogs to claim their check. They earned $138.
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Taking fourth place this weekend was the team
of John Ward and Mark Boyette ($106). Fifth place was won by the team of
Jason Kennedy and Scott Hasty ($82). Brian Schumacher and Gary Kreutz won
sixth place ($58).
Congratulations to all the winners.
CLICK HERE for complete results
Big Bass
for Saturday
It looked like Greg Shands was going to take big bass for Saturday with a
2.72 lb. bass but Dan Ketterer was waiting at the end of the line with, what
was not only big bass for Saturday, but also big bass for the year so far.
He weighed in a 6.27 lb. bass that he reported catching with a spinner bait.
This earned him $90 from the club. He also earned $120 on the side pot.
Big Bass
for the Year
You would think that a 6.25 lb. bass would stand good for
 big
bass for the season. But, low and behold, on Saturday, Pomme gave up a 6.27
lb. bass this weekend. Dan Ketterer is now the front runner for Big Bass of
the Year. Way to go Dan!
Big Bass
for Sunday
Kelly Robinson weighed in a 4.72 lb. bass on Sunday, which earned her $90
from the club. She reported catching the fish on custom made top water bait.
AOY
Dave Sona moves into first place, with a total of 55 points. Next is Brian
Robinson, with 52 points. And dropping to third place is Ken Jones with 49
points. Rounding out the top ten is: fourth place, Scott Hasty; fifth place,
Bryan Walker; sixth place, Terry Stanek; seventh place, Bob Treadway; eighth
place, Dave Jett; ninth place, Kelly Robinson; tenth place, Brian Schumacker.
New Members
Please welcome the following to the club:
Tom Balk
Larry Berry
Jim Cobb
Mike DeArmon
Steve Hill
Scott Sullivan
Darren Zesch
Sponsors
Special thanks goes out to Ken Jones of Jones Tackle, Eagle Claw hooks,
Pomme de Terre State Park Marina, and Nemo Bridge Resort for providing the
attendance prizes this weekend.
Next Tournament
Next tournament is at Truman Lake on June 2 and 3. Take off and weigh in
will be at Sterett Creek Resort. Take off is at 5:30 a.m. and weigh in is at
11:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
 From
Cuz's Boat
By Greg Shands
Well, the Pomme tournament came and went
like a speeding train unless you ventured down to the Pizza Bowl Friday
night because there, time seemed to stand still. We all walked in as young
men and what seemed like 20 years later, walked out. As Scott said, their
oven must have broken and they were using someone’s Easy Bake oven. The
local people must be accustomed to the long waits because there was a girl
who appeared to be 7 or 8 years old that was claiming she was old enough to
smoke. We also saw a guy come in who looked to be in his 30’s, but when he
walked out, he had his pizza box sitting atop the walker he was pushing and
he now looked to be around 80.
Time definitely did not stand still on Saturday night as one group of Hawg
Hawlers celebrated Cinco de Mayo, maybe a little too much. Picture this; a
group of grown adults, after having partaken of probably too many
margaritas, began attacking this poor defenseless piñata. They beat it till
they knocked it out of the tree. Once on the ground, they continued to whack
the living daylights out of the thing till they spilled its guts out onto
the ground, at which time they began hording the loot. To make up for the
horror that the neighboring children witnessed, they donated all the candy
to the kids. Rumor has it, the vicious group has been banned from all future
birthday parties involving piñatas.
The following story is true. The names have been changed to protect the
innocent. It seems like our beloved president, Pam, attempted to stare a
wall hanging bass down but lost the battle. Story has it that with minutes
left to fish, Pam made a final “Hail Mary” cast, as she called it, to the
bank. As the worm settled to the bottom, she slowly raised her rod tip.
Feeling pressure on the business end, she instinctively set the hook and
held her rod high waiting for a battle but nothing moved. Thinking she had
buried her hook in a log, she held her line tight and with all her strength
began slowly pulling the heavy log up to retrieve her bait. As the “log” got
closer, a monstrous fish used its fin to pull back the water and raise its
enormous head. The fish’s cold, devilish eyes glared at Pam like a scene
straight out of the movie “Jaws”. As he opened his mouth and roared, there
lying on the top of the beasts tongue lay Pam’s black and blue speckled
worm. He spit the worm, laughed mocking her and was gone in a SPLASH. After
10 minutes of combined laughter and tears, Pam issued a warning to the fish
that if he had the guts to stick around until September, she would deal with
him then. It will be interesting to see who is hanging on who’s wall after
September.
Cuz
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