Monday, February 18, 2013
The Roostertales Bass Club fished their second tournament of the season at Apache Lake on Saturday February 16. Although it was sunny, the day was relatively cold and windy with consistent 15 mph winds.Water temperature averaged about 52 degrees. Twenty teams entered the tournament. Eleven limits were weighed. The winning weight was 16.47# (Grubbs/Chubbuck) followed by bags of 15.06# (Liu/Underdown) and 12.63# (Weir/ Redding). Big fish was 4.99#- remarkably weighed by two different teams. Most bags were anchored by largemouths, although there were smallmouths weighed in the 3 pound range. Patterns were generally reaction baits including jerkbait and crankbait in the morning and deeper plastic presentations including dropshot and jigs in the afternoon. Some guys threw hard baits all day; some threw plastic all day- so it varied. Windblown points and rocky areas produced many of the better bags.
Our next tournament is on Lake Havasu, March 9. This spring break tradition has become the norm for our club. Large bags of combined largemouth and smallmouth are expected. Our next meeting is Monday March 4 at 7pm at Bass Pro.