Sodus Bay
August 19, 2012
Sodus Bay is located along Lake Ontario. We began our tournament at 6 AM and fished for 7 hrs..
Boaters waiting for the tournament director to give instructions in regards to the tournament.
The sun begins to rise, boats lining up for blast off
Weather: Air temp. started at 50 deg. with a slight wind out of the NE., skies were a little cloudy. A recent cold front had passed through two days prior. At 1 PM, air temp. was a mild 73 deg., sunny with small amount of clouds.
Water: Water surface temp. 75 deg. calm water, the wind did pick up during the day a little adding to a slight chop to the water.
Tom Zedick showing off a couple of nice bass that he caught. At the end of the tournament weigh in, these fish will be released back into the waters of Sodus Bay to be caught another day.
Tom Zedick and Bill Peck
Nolan Edwards and John Woods fishing in one of the little bays on Sodus
Tom Hudson with a large mouth bass that he caught
At 1 PM we met back at the launch and after retrieving out boats began the weigh in.
The weigh in committee (Fred Blom and Jack Wilson II) begin the weigh in. Joe Valerio is having his fish weighed. John Woods is waiting his turn
After the fish are weighed, they are taken back to the water and released alive back into the waters of Sodus Bay. The winners are:
Big Bass: Evan Interlichia @ 4.35 lbs, sponsored by
Just out of the money, sponsored by Bass Pro Shops of Auburn
Joe Valerio @ 12.95 lbs.
5th place: Duane Poole @ 13.01 lbs
4th place: Fred Blom @ 13.39 lbs.
3rd place: Jeff Botting @ 14.65 lbs.
2nd place: Bill Kays @ 15.08 lbs.
1st place: Ron VanBenschoten @ 15.86 lbs.
So you might ask how did Ron V. do it? Ron states that he used a blue june bug senko in the weeds to catch his bag of 5 fish. Next time you are at Bass Pro Shops of Auburn ask Ron how he did it, after all he works in their fishing dept..