2001 Tournament Results:
I fished the 2 day Fish Odyssey Bass Tournament
with partner Joe Fonzi on September 8 & 9, 2001. We thought we had a good
chance of placing well from the size and the number of bass we were catching
during practice, we had two 18#+ days on Erie and 10#+ on the
lower Niagara/Lake Ontario. But between lake conditions changing, having to
share our best spots, losing several 3-4 pounders and having fish move or
couldn't get them to bite from others spots, all hurt. We choked, managing to
catch only 2 keepers weighing in 3.94 for day one on Lake Erie, the
leaders on day one had around 19 pounds. On day 2 we did somewhat better
catching our limit, weighing 8.27 pounds. We lost one big fish (4-5# Largemouth!)
and just couldn't get any other big fish weeding through the 50 + bass we
caught. This was a problem for just about everyone, the heaviest weight was
around 13 pounds on day 2. The winners had 32 pounds, we had 12.21 pounds and
wound up 19th out of 56 teams.
On June 16th, I finished tied for third in the
Wagon Wheel Bass
Tournament with 8 pounds 12 ounces for 2 Smallies (both were 4 pounds
6ounces). I caught them out of Dunkirk in 14-17' on tube jigs (melonpepper,
rootbeer). My
partner ended up fifth with 7 pounds 11 ounces. There were 72 entrants with the winner
having 2 monsters that weighed 10 pounds 7 ounces from off Sturgeon Point.
Winner
of the 2001 Make-A-Wish
Lake Erie Challenge
A Winning
Weight of 11.38 pounds for 2 Smallmouths!!!
May 19, 2001 Buffalo Smallboat
Harbor, Buffalo, NY
I won the
MAKE-A-WISH LAKE ERIE SMALLMOUTH BASS CHALLENGE out of the
Buffalo Smallboat Harbor on May 19, 2001 with partner Joe Fonzi. We had a winning weight of
11.38 pounds for our 2 fish, beating out 78 other 2 man teams. I had the 3rd largest
Smallie at 5.80 pounds, that was caught after I lost a 2-3 pounder halfway in, I let the
tube drop back to the bottom when it hit. So that's the "TIP OF THE WEEK". When
you miss or lose a fish don't reel it in, let it sink and give it few shakes on the way
back to the bottom. You'll be amazed how many extra fish you'll catch! Most of our fish
came from 19-22' in front of Hamburg on melon-pepper Bass Pro Shops Tender Tubes.
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We were also 6th in the
Chautauqua Lake Bassmasters
Tournament
on May
5th out of Dunkirk with the weight of 10.23 pounds. Fishing the same spot the next day a
client landed a 6.3# monster and I got a 5.8# beauty myself. Too bad, we didn't have them
the day before.
2001
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