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Panhandle Bass Club Pensacola Florid 2009 Season |
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"Fred's Club Report" 2009 Season mailto:
fred@panhandlebassclub.com |
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Lake Seminole was the site for our March 2009
tournament. It really looked like
we were on the right weather pattern for a good tournament. Several members went down on Thursday to pre
fish and the results were less than expected, a few more of us working men
managed to get there on Friday and too the results could have been better.
Our accommodations at the Seminole Inn were
pretty nice, however the parking left room for
improvement. Several of us brought
grills and cooked out, and others tried the new
Mexican Restaurant at Sneeds. All
reports were, the food was good and reasonably
priced.
Saturday morning came early as there were
several clubs thinking the same as we were, but all went pretty smooth at
Seminole Lodge. Everyone was launched
and ready before the fog lifted, in fact we were all out early thanks to
our GPS trails. I gave up and started
fishing before I got to my first spot. Good
idea, about the 3rd cast I put a 2 ponder in the boat on a swim
bait! We finally got into 4 foot
ditch and boated another keeper, then lost a stud.
The fog was clearing by now and we went on up the ‘Hooch where I
boated a 4.9 pounder on a Manns Jelly worm. At the weigh in the catches were good and bad;
most everyone had fish, but some only one or two and only 1 limit by Wayne
T. Cliffy came in with a monster
7.62 pounder. A slight
drop in temp and a rise in water level changed the bite for Sunday. My fish went away…and so did many others.
A few people found limits John K and Wayne T (again) Lee B and Billy
B. At final tally Billy B took 3rd
place with a total of 9 fish for 17.46 pounds, John K was 2nd
with 9 weighing 19.23 and Wayne T was 1st with 10 fish for 19.63
pounds. Congrats Wayne for a consistent catch. Stump and Richie were 20th.
Most fish were caught on worms, no reports
of top water, a few on cranks and spinner baits. All in all a good tournament, and we were only
a day away from the perfect timing for the big boys.
Keep your line wet!!