June 2019 - Lake Henderson
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Steve and Ryan Mekdeci win the T. A. Mahoney Co. Lake Henderson Rumble. We blasted off in a rain storm but the Mekdeci's made the most out of it. The worked a worm around the outside edges of the grass to coax 15.97 pounds of bass out of this new fishery for Bay Area. They also took big fish honors with a 6.76 pound largemouth. Gary Cox and Larry Tyson take second with 11.61 pounds and third place went to Vinney Picca and Thomas Morris. We have a new dink of the year leader also. Greg Shamblin and Newt Hill set the bar high with a 12" legal bass that weighted .63 pounds. That is going to be tough to beat. Thirty eight boats traveled to the beautiful city of Inverness and 33 were rewarded with a limit of fish.
May 2019 - Lake Istokpoga
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Casey Gongalez and Gene Terkowski survey the field in the Hamilton Engineering Istokpoga Cup. They won by almost 5 pounds with a total of 23.15. They also owned the big fish of the day with a 7.36 pounder. They went flippin. They made a milk run and hit every spot they caught fish on in the past. It worked well for them. Second place went to Brian Stillwell and Fred Haus with 18.13 pounds. Third place went to Clint Kummelman and Jared Young with 17.35 pounds. Twenty two limits crossed the scales on a very stingy Istokpoga day. Fourty boats competed.
April 2019 - Lake Toho
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Rodney and Aaron Yavorsky win the Cartwright Reality Toho Dual. Rodney had a starter fail on him right before blast off. He put his trolling motor over the side and went to work. He fished the hydrilla right outside of Southport and boated 19.07 pounds to win. He used a swimbait to catch all his fish. Second place went to another father/son team. Don and Kenny Garand brought in 17.58 pounds. They also boated the lunker of the tourney with a 7.29 pound beauty. Third place belonged to Jim Stillwell and Gwen Mills-Owens. They came to the scales with17.50 pounds.Forty six boats competed and thirty three limited out.
March 2019 - Lake Istokpoga
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Ryan and Steve Mekdeci bring home the gold on Istokpoga. They ran the mouth of canals to catch some good post spawn fish and even got to look at a few. The bass were in all three stages of the spawn and they took advantage of them all with 19.22 pounds of Istokpoga gold. Tom Craighead and Bob Grosso picked apart vegetation in every corner of the lake to capture their 18.83 pounds for a second place finish. Brian Hofmann and Steve Paynter captured third place with 18.13. They worked bulrush all day in about a 100 yard stretch to claim their prize. The lunker of the tourney belonged to Jerry DeWitt and Paul Sharp with a 7.89 monster to claim their share of Istokpoga gold. 44 boats competed with less than half the field bringing a limit.
February 2019 - Lake Kissimmee
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Our 2018 Classic Champions win the Allstate Kissimmee Clash with 21.79 pounds. Ron Stoker and Greg VanMeter fished the east side of Kissimmee targeting potential beds as well as staging fish. They worked swimbaits around arrowheads and worked isolated pad fields with a combination of stickworms and flippin baits. Second place was captured by Chris Neatherly and Steve Gallette. They subdued 17.74 pounds of Kissimmee fury with a slow presentation to the pads in the north cove area of the lake. Third place belonged to Tom Craighead and Bob Grosso. They had 17.43 pounds from an undisclosed location with a secret bait although this time , they managed to catch of lunker of the month. She would go 7.83 and earn them a nice check. Forty six boats fished stop two of the 2019 Bay Area Bassmasters season. See you in Istokpoga.
January 2019 - Lake Harris
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Greg and Lee Allen found their fish in a community hole just south of the Dead River ripping a lipless crankbait through the hydrilla. So first thing Saturday morning that is what they did. Greg caught a five almost immediately and they were off to a good start. Lee picket up a worm and started working the edges and felt a slight tick. He set the hook on the big fish of the tournament and brought her along side the boat. She would weigh 8.34 pounds. After that the worm was there weapon of choice. they amassed a total of 19.25 pounds to win the Armor Guard Harris Ho-Down. Second place went to Jeff and Jared Crandon, last years Team Anglers Of The Year. They were fishing within sight of the Allen's and brought 15.73 pounds to the scales. Third place belonged to Tom Craighead and Bob Grosso. They had 14.95 pounds from an undisclosed location with a secret bait. Great start for Bay Area Bassmasters season 17. See you in Kissimmee.
