Sunday, October 27, 2013
The Roostertales Bass Club had its monthly one-day tourney on Apache Lake- Saturday October 19. It was a sunny day and the wind blew most of the day, then laid down near the end of our tourney which ended at 3 pm. Water temperatures were generally 66 to 68 degrees. There were 13 boats and 8 limits were weighed. The winning bag was 17.35 #, followed by 12.73# and then 12.67#. The winning bag was anchored by the tourney’s biggest fish at 5.02#. The second biggest fish was 4.10#. There were mostly largemouths weighed, but there were several nice smallies. Various patterns worked as the Fall fish were caught shallow to deep. The reaction bite was limited although jerkbait, topwater, and several crankbait fish were caught. Most of the fish were caught on dropshot, and most of the boats were challenged to find tournament-sized fish. Our next tournament is on Saguaro Lake- November 16. Our meeting is on the preceding Monday at BassPro Shops at 7 pm on November 11. Our schedule for next year has been issued. We look forward to a strong finish in 2013 as there were 10 teams still legitimately in the running for end of year overall top finish payouts.