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Apache Lake

Saturday September 16th 2017   

The Roostertales Bass Club held its 9th single day tournament of the year on 9/16 at Apache Lake. Water temperatures were till around 80. It was hot. Daytime temps approached 95 degrees. Sixteen teams fished. Thirteen five fish limits were weighed. The team of Peterson and Zahn took first with 16.46# and big fish of 6.03#. Second place was the team of Weir and Burgraff with 14.33# and second big fish of 5.44#. Third went to Redding and Redding with 13.85# and fourth was Jensen/ Chubbuck with 13.64#. Fish were variously caught but dropshot seemed to predominate. As well, it seemed that more fish were taken up river compared to main lake although some of the bigger fish were main lake. Signs from the golden algae kill were not evident. The lake was green-brownish in color, but seemingly healthy based on the results of our tournament.

Our next tournament is on Bartlett Lake on October 14. Our pre- tourney meeting is at Sportsman’s Warehouse Gilbert at 6:30 pm on Monday 10/9.

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Canyon Lake (Night)

Saturday August 12th 2017

Clouds and lightning circled us in the distance, but we were not met by a storm. Fifteen teams fished. There were 6 limits. The winners, the team of Weisshaar and Krisher, smoked the rest of the field with a winning weight of 24.46 # and big fish of 9.27#.  Second place went to the husband/wife team of Redding and Redding with 12.72#. Third place was the team of Tucker and Miller with 11.88 # and second big fish of 4.79#. Most of the reports were that the bite really slowed at dusk. Fish were caught both up the river and main lake. Winning presentations included drop shot, crankbaits, and senko. The lake was brownish with scattered dead shad almost everywhere due to the golden algae. However, only one dead game fish was observed.

Our next tournament is a day tournament at Apache Lake September 16. See our website for any updates including the pre-tournament meeting set for 7 pm on Monday 9/ 11.

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Saguaro Lake

Saturday, April 8, 2017

The Roostertales Bass Club had its fourth one-day tournament of the year at Saguaro Lake on Saturday 4/8/17. Main lake temperatures were around 70 degrees and the river was several degrees lower. The high winds that were predicted earlier in the week did not materialize. Seventeen boats participated. There were eight limits weighed. The first place team was Allen and Coleman with 18.83# and second big fish of 5.14#. Second place was the husband/ wife team of Redding and Redding with 17.65# and big fish of 5.71#. Third place went to Club president Joe Jensen and his partner Joe Chubbuck with 15.46#.

Fish were variously caught as they were in pre-spawn, spawn, and post-spawn modes. And fish were caught on various techniques including dropshot, jerk bait, topwater, swimbaits, senkos, and spinnerbaits.

Our next tournament is on Roosevelt Lake on May 6.

On June 10th, we will have our popular OPEN Tournament on Bartlett Lake from 4 pm to midnight. Put this on your calendar. Refer to our website Memorial Open tab for more information.     

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Lake Havasu

Saturday March 11th 2017   

The Roostertales Bass Club had its third tournament of the year at Lake Havasu on March 11. Daytime temperatures were about 90, and water temperatures were 60 to 62. Eighteen Teams fished. There were 11 limits. All fish were returned safely to the water. We take pride in handling our caught fish and releasing them after weigh-in. Many fish came off the beds or while roaming in the area of beds. There seemed to be an equal mix of largemouth and smallmouth. The smallies may have been more locked in on the beds. Petersen and Zahn repeated as Tourney winners from last month. They weighed 19.2# with second big fish of 5.1#. The husband/wife team of Asher and Asher took second with 18.8# and big fish of 7.8#. John caught the big fish while it was cruising around. He said he chased him down, so it teaches you not to disregard the roamers. Third place went to Tucker and Miller at 16# and fourth place was Weir and Burgraff at 15.3#.

Our next tournament is on Saguaro Lake- on April 8. We will be meeting at Bass Pro, second floor near Camping on April 3 before the Tourney at 7 pm. If you are interested in fishing Roostertales, come visit with us at the meeting.

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Apache Lake

Saturday February 11, 2017

The Roostertales Bass Club had its second Tournament of the year at Apache Lake on Saturday 2/11. Twenty boats fished. It was a relatively calm day after the full moon with lake temperature at 56 to 58 degrees. It was also a tough day. Only four limits were weighed, and mostly largemouth. The team of Petersen and Zahn figured it out with a bag of 20.6 # and a big fish of 6.6#. They were followed by Jensen and Chubbuck who only caught two fish but their big fish was 8.3 # which was tourney big fish and their second was 6.1 #. Third place went to Redding and Redding at 13.1#. With the second place finish and big fish, Jensen and Chubbuck took home about $1,000. Fish were caught on drop shot, jigs, spinnerbaits, and jerk baits. Most fish were relatively shallow; some came deeper.

Our next tournament is on Lake Havasu on Saturday March 11. Our next meeting is before the Havasu Tourney at the Bass Pro meeting room near Camping, at 7 pm on Monday March 6.

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Canyon Lake

Saturday January 14th, 2017

The Roostertales Bass Club had its first tournament of the year- at Canyon Lake on Saturday 1/14/17. Seventeen boats fished. Five limits were weighed. Seven boats did not weigh fish. This is a club of very good fishermen and women so this attests to the tough bite on Saturday. Conditions were cloudy with rain spitting through the day. Water temp was around 56 degrees. The tourney was won by the husband/ wife team of Redding and Redding with 10.05#. We know Michele catches most of the fish! Second place went to the father/son team of Swann and Swann with 9.98# and in third place was last year’s Club Champs Petersen and Zahn with 8.89#. Big fish was 4.87# by the team of Coleman/Allen. Fish were primarily caught with drop shot and spoons. The big fish was caught with a swim bait.

Our next Tournament is on Saturday 2/11 at Apache Lake. The pre-spawn fishing should be great. The March tournament will be at Havasu. We will be meeting at BassPro at 7 pm on Monday 2/6 prior to the Apache Tourney on the second Floor in the “Camping” meeting room. Check our website for any updates. Come out and meet our Club members at the next meeting and consider whether you would like to join our Club as we are looking to fill our 2017 tournament season roster.  

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Bartlett Lake – Open

Saturday June 11th 2016

The Roostertales Bass Club held its annual Open Tournament at Bartlett Lake this Saturday June 11. It was a great event. There were 49 boats. Fishing was very good; the raffle giveaways were even better. There were over 100 prizes given including multiple cash envelopes. 44 limits were weighed. Fish were caught in various ways- topwater, drop shot, shaky head, spinner bait, jerk bait, and crank bait. It was a typical Bartlett tournament. Many clone fish and multiple bags in the 7 and 8 pound range.

The team of Jim Sandy & Carlos Colon with 10.54 pounds won the Tournament. Second went to the team of Brandon Morton & Cody Peters with 10.44 pounds, and third was Dan Nicholson & Justin Morton with 10.34 pounds.

Big fish was 3.33 pounds (team of Jim Sandy & Carlos Colon), and second big fish was 3.31 pounds (team of Brandon Morton & Cody Peters).

Roostertales is having their next Club meeting at 7 pm at Bass Pro on Monday 7/11 in the second floor meeting room. Come join us if you want to check out our Club and fish with us.

Our next tournament is tentatively scheduled for Willow Springs on Saturday 7/16. This is subject to change after we determine the condition of the bass fishery after recent Game & Fish removal of bass, and recent tourney results from White Mountain Bass (Johnny Johnson).

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Saguaro Lake

Saturday April 16th, 2016

The Roostertales Bass Club held its 4th Tourney of the year on Saguaro Lake on Saturday 4/ 16.The high wind from the day before lay down on Saturday and it was relatively calm and sunny with water temps 65 to 68 degrees. Twenty boats and teams fished. Thirteen limits were weighed. There were 4 bags over 15 pounds.
Congratulations to the father-son team of Swann and Swann- 17.88 # and 4.81 big fish.

Second went to the husband-wife team of Redding and Redding- 17.77 # and 5.57# big fish. We know Michele is the cornerstone of that team.

Third place was Fisher and Fitzwater at 16.45# and with big fish for the tournament at 7.13 #.

There were still fish on beds. Fish were caught various ways from spawn to post spawn patterns including drop shot, spinnerbait, topwater, and crank bait.

Our next tournament is on Roosevelt on Saturday 5/14. We will be meeting before the tournament at BassPro on Monday 5/9 at 7 pm in the upstairs conference room. Come join us if you want to learn how the winning bags were taken, and if you want to join a great club.

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Apache Lake

Saturday February 13th 2016

The Roostertales Bass Club had its second tourney of the year on Saturday 2/13. Water temps were around 52 degrees. Fishing was generally tough but as always, some of the guys figured it out. Seventeen teams fished. Four teams weighed limits. Congratulations to our money winners- paid to 4 places:

1st      Gause and Corina                       $527     Big Fish- $320
2nd    Jensen and Chubbuck                 $374    
3rd    Petersen and Zahn                       $255
4th     Martin and Martin                     $170

2nd Big Fish- Grubbs and Hoffman    $119

Big fish was 5.8 pounds with second big fish at 4.05. Fish were caught on various presentations including jerk bait, dropshot, and crankbaits.

Our next tournament is on Lake Havasu on March 26. This is a great time as we get a block of rooms at a local hotel and take over the parking lot. Our meeting before the tourney is on Monday March 21 at Bass Pro Shop 2nd floor conference room- 7 pm. Ask for Roostertales. Come meet some of the guys, check out the club, and learn how we caught our fish.

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Canyon Lake

Saturday, January 9th, 2016

The Roostertales Bass Club kicked off its 2016 season on January 9 at Canyon Lake. It was a cold day, little wind, blue bird skies, and water temps around 50 degrees. The water was stained, increasingly upstream. Sixteen boats fished. There were no limits weighed. Two boats brought in 4 fish. But it was a big fish day. Six fish over 5# were weighed. Congratulations to the team of Humphreys and Karl who weighed big fish at 11.12# and took first place with 13.29#. Congrats also to the Team of Asher and Asher who weighed 2 fish totaling 12.66#. Third place was taken by Peterson and Zahn with 10.97#. Fish were caught with typical wintertime baits but mostly spoons, large swim baits and A-rigs.

The Club’s next event is on Apache Lake- Saturday, February 13. Our meeting is at Bass Pro Shop (upstairs conference room located by the camping section) on Tuesday Feb 9, 7 pm. If anyone is looking for a great team club to fish, come to the meeting.