If you were on the water early Friday for practice, you were greeted by a nice sunrise over stinky Vermont.
Charlie lead the Summer Classic wire-to-wire with a 2-day total weight of 37.50 lbs.
John C. came in with the big bag of the tournament, a 21.10 lbs. mesh bag to come from 6th place on day 1, but just 2/10th of a pound shy of the win.
Jimmy (pro-staff photo) finished a distant 3rd.
Bob Ski is the newest member of the 6 pound club weighing in a 6.18 lber on day 1 for the big fish of the event and probably the lunker of the year.
Loring caught his first 5+ pounder while practicing on Friday.
We all knew Charlie was confident about his day 2 catch when he came up to the scale singing "Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah yeah."
George looks like he has put on a little weight on his groove thing.
Fresh off his 5th place finish at the BWS event on Saturday, Andre fished with us on Sunday.
Webmaster Chris got a picture of himself in the photo gallery for a change.
Summer Classic dinner at Eddie's.
Summer Classic dinner at Eddie's.
Summer Classic dinner at Eddie's.
Summer Classic dinner at Eddie's.
Frank cashed a check at the BWS event and then fished with Joe on Sunday.
Paul fished out of his new L-7 Nitro, I thought they were Z-7's???
Frank & Loring are ready to go to the Fort. (Photo provided by Andre)
"Where did I put those darn 4" Senkos". (Photo provided by Andre)
Hudson River
1st Place - Hudson River - Andre Fraser - 10.62 lbs.
2nd Place - Hudson River - Bob Ski - 8.12 lbs. and the lunker 3.67 lbs. river slob.
3rd Place - Hudson River - Frank Giner - 4.38 lbs. and leading the AOY race after 4 events.
Sad Matt the Hat caught a rat cat.
Bob and Frank ham it up for the camera.
The President oversees the the weigh-in as 18 anglers weighed in 19 fish, that's a good day on the muddy river.
Congamond Lakes
1st Place - Congamond Lakes - Frank Giner - 9.93 lbs. and leader of the AOY race after 3 events.
2nd Place - Highland Lake - Richie Bose - 9.29 lbs.
3rd Place - Highland Lake - Bobby J. - 9.23 lbs. Excuse the finger.
Matt the Hat had the lunker of the day this Copper Sulfide beauty.
The boys wait for the exciting weigh-in.
Cub is having a great year and is looking forward to our next tournament on the mighty Hudson River.
Highland Lake
2010 Angler of the Year Jimmy Johnsen put another win on his sponsorship resume with a win at our 2nd event of the year. When asked how he caught his fish, he stated "Berkley, Skeeter, Abu Garcia, Gulp, etc, etc,".
Frank followed up his win on Candlewood with a 2nd place on Highland. Frank doesn't need any sponsors to catch fish.
Jon is looking for sponsors, and still managed a 3rd place finish while fishing with John C.
Mustang Survival and Band-Aid sponsored Bobby J managed to catch a few fish, and he didn't fall in the lake. Great job Bobby...
Joe caught his first fish of the year...he may be reconsidering his return to the club. Joe was pretty sure he would not catch this fish because he didn't bring his mesh bag.
Richie's was dissappointed with his .97 lb. day. Richie said "The fish put up a good fight, like a 1 pounder." Richie is going to get the scale checked because he thinks it is malfunctioning.
2011 NYBCF "Take a Soldier
Fishing" Day
The day began with morning registration at Oneida Shores. The water was in the high 40's and the lake level was about 4' higher than normal pool.
PFC Kevin McLain from Houston, TX fished with Chris. They didn't catch any perch, rock bass, blue gills or such, but we caught the heck out of smallie, pickeral and even a largemouth.
Kevin was a slimy toothy critter catching machine.
The big fish of the day was this 3-15 smallie.
If Chris could only catch them like this during a tournament...
How come you can never have a nice day like this on a tournament day?
The smallies were crushing the jerkbait on this fine day.
It was too easy, go to a point, cast your jerkbait and set the hook.
Kevin lands another one...
Anyone that knows Chris, knows that he likes to have his picture taken with fish, but if someone else catches a nice one and want a picture taken, well that's another story :)
Ok stop showing off...
NOOOO KEVIN, DON"T EAT THE LARGEMOUTH, IT IS OUT OF SEASON!!!!
Who cares about the stinking Drum winners.
After the weigh-in, the day ended with a great barbeque (really good baked beans) and raffle prizes included the club's iTunes gift cards...
...And the 8 cases of Girl Scout cookies donated by Daisy Troop #40436.
Kevin is a great guy and both anglers are looking forward to next year's "Take a Soldier Fishing" outing.
2011 Candlewood Lake Opener
Frankie G. won our season opener on Candlewood with an impressive 19.85 lbs. mesh bag on a cold rainy day.
George placed 2nd and had the lunker of the day, a 5.6 LM that could hold up for the lunker of the year.
Richie R. took 3rd place honors.
Phil had a great day while fishing with our reigning AOY Jimmy J.
Jimmy may have finished in 8th overall, but he was 2nd on his boat.
Our new President started the year off with a limit of smallies and large heads.
