Good Ole Boys Bass Club

of

Central New York

Oswego River

Sunday, July 18th  2005

Blast off time was 5:30 am. It was just a great day, no wind, but hot. The boats dispersed up and down the river and began catching fish on the very first casts. Just at first light, the fish were right on the shoreline. Any surface lure worked within a few feet of shore caught fish, and started to fill live wells.

Larry LaClair and Chris French

Later in the day, some fish moved deeper, and some moved in under the "mats".  Around 8:00 am, the canal system opened the dams upstream and the current picked up on the river.

Boaters wait for their non-boaters to back their trailers in.

At noon, all boats returned to the "stop 28" launch site and began to dewater.

Jack Laughrey begins the weigh-in

"Sarah" our mascot, looks real interested

Larry LaClair takes 5th with 9.27 pounds

Dick Hyde takes 4th with 11.10 pounds

Chris French take 3rd with 11.40 pounds

Ryan Smith takes 2nd with 12.92 pounds

And Jake Waloven takes 1st with 16.90 pounds

Congratulations "Big Jake"

Bass Pro has generously donated a rod for the first angler just out of the money, Today that prize went to Jack Loughrey

Dick Hyde from Bass Pro presents the rod to Jack Laughrey

Big Bass for today went to Chris French with a 4.95 pound bass.

Chris with his big bass.

We had a un-fortunate incident. One of our members, Eric Wilsey currently in first place, lost track of his count and returned to the weigh-in with 6 fish. When he realized his mistake, he told the tournament committee, and his weight was disqualified. Too bad, because he did have five fish that weighted in at 14.75 pounds good enough for second place. All fish were returned alive.

How did Jake do it?

Jake moved in to work the "mats" from just after light and stayed there all day.

He worked this brown frog over the mats, and ended up culling many fish.