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Saguaro Lake

Monday, November 25, 2013

The Roostertales Bass Club had its last tournament of the year on Saguaro Lake on November 16. The day was windy and cloudy, and it laid down a bit in the afternoon. Water temperatures were around 76 degrees. It was generally a tough day for most. There were only 5 limits. The largest bags were 12.37#, 9.24#, and 8.3#. The three biggest largemouths were 5.01#, 4.44#, and 3.33#. Most of the fish were caught relatively shallow, although prefishing showed a deeper bite in the week preceding the tournament. Fish were caught on dropshot and some reaction bite tactics. A fair amount of the grass was still green and some of the fish were caught in grass. All in all, it was a very competitive 2013 season.

We are looking forward to an awesome 2014 season as our schedule has been set. If you have an interest in joining our club for one- day (Saturdays) tournaments in 2014 (one each month). See you on the water. 

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Apache Lake

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.

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Canyon Lake

Friday, September 20, 2013

The Roostertales Bass Club had its ninth one-day monthly tourney for the year on Canyon Lake on Saturday 9/14. The wind was blowing in the am and it stood down in the afternoon with general sunny conditions and water temperatures between 72 and 76 degrees. There were 18 boats. It was a really good day of fishing on Canyon. Thirteen boats weighed limits. The biggest bags were 19.4#, 18.7#, and 18.3 # respectively. There were 3 fish weighed over 5# with the largest at 5.8#. Fish were caught with multiple techniques and both in the river and main lake. Fish were scattered but fairly easy to find- as they were primarily feeding on shad balls between 10- and 40-feet. Fish were caught on crankbaits, dropshot, and large texas rig worms with other secondary presentations also catching fish.

Our next tournament, originally planned for Alamo Lake, is now at Apache Lake on October 19th going out of Burnt Coral. Our next meeting is at BassPro upstairs conference room at 7pm on October 14. If you have an interest in joining our club, you are welcome to come to the meeting. 

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Willow Springs

Thursday, July 18, 2013

The Roostertales Bass Club held its annual July tourney on Willow Springs Lake- Saturday July 13. It was a beautiful day following a rainy Friday. Sunburns all around. Water temperature was in the 72 degree range and fish seemed to be completely off the spawn. Sixteen teams fished with 12 teams showing 5 fish limits. Sacks were dominated by smallmouth, but some largemouth were caught. The winning weight by Nelson and Carrol was 6.63#. Big fish were 3.93 # (SMB), 3.79 # (SMB), and 3.40 # (LMB) and were caught on dropshot, rattletrap, and dropshot respectively. Many fish were also caught with various jerk baits.

Our next tourney is a night event at Roosevelt on August 24. We will be meeting at BassPro, 7 pm on August 19 before the event. Come and visit with us at the meeting, and join our club if you have interest.

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Bartlett Lake (Open)

Thursday, July 11, 2013

The Roostertales Bass Club held their Annual Open Tourney on Saturday night- 6/29- from 6 pm to 2 am. Forty-six boats participated. The tournament organization and launch was well done- despite a number of misguided ski boats and water fleas taking out when we were putting in. We won’t complain about the bikinis wandering around. It was hot, hot, hot and it seemed to be warmest after the sun went down and the heat settled on the lake. The fishing was good- but a typical Bartlett event where checks were separated by 0.10 pounds, although the first and second spots dominated. Lawrence and Schattenberg took first with a bag of 10.68# anchored by the big fish of 3.67#. They won $2000 total. You can see the rest of the results below. Fish were caught on a variety of presentations- but mostly dropshot and jigs with others reporting a topwater bite and crankbait fish.

The tournament returned 80% of the money to the top 9 places, and 100% for the two biggest fish. About $1500 in raffle prizes and money was given out with a number of personal contributions from club members to the prizes including a $500 club donation.

If you have interest in joining the Roostertales Bass club, join us at our next meeting at BassPro at 7 pm on July 8. Our next tourney is at Willow Springs on July 13.

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Roosevelt Lake

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Roostertales Bass Club fished Saturday May 11 on Roosevelt Lake. There were 20 boats in the tournament. Fifteen boats returned limits. The three biggest bass were 7.17, 6.73, and 4.38 #. The three biggest bags were 15.5, 14,22, and 12.95 #. Water temperatures were around 70 degrees, and fish appeared to be mostly post spawn although there were some bass on beds. In various areas of the lake- both main lake and major creeks- bass were chasing shad along the shorelines. Various patterns worked including topwater, crankbait, jerkbait, senko, spinnerbait, frogs, and worms including dropshot. Although the dropshot bite was solid through the day, the fish were reportedly relatively small compared to the reaction bait fish.

Our next tournament is on June 29 at Bartlett Lake from 6 pm to 2 am. This is our annual Roostertales OPEN tournament. You can sign up on the site under the Memorial Open tab or at the lake prior to the tournament.

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Saguaro Lake

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Roostertales Bass Club had an awesome tournament day on Saguaro- Saturday April 20. We had 19 boats. Fifteen boats weighed limits. The top two winning bags were 17.02# and 16.94#, followed by bags of 14.6# and 14.2#. Fish were still on the beds, although not as heavy as in March. It appeared that new fish were moving up consistent with the upcoming full moon. Water temperatures were in the prime zone- 68 to 72 degrees. Various methods worked including bed baits, dropshot, senkos, flukes, jerk baits, and jigs.

Our next tournament is May 11 on Roosevelt Lake. Our meeting is at BassPro on Monday May 6 at 7 pm. See you then.

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Lake Havasu

Monday, March 11, 2013

Our Roostertales Bass Club had its third tournament of the year on Lake Havasu on Saturday 3/15. It was an outstanding day with 15 boats fishing and 12 limits weighed in. Bags of 24 pounds, 19 pounds, and 18 pounds were weighed with the big fish of the day at almost 10 pounds. Many of the members pre-fished Friday, and it was tough –rainy, blowing, and even hail. Bed fish were tough to see. Saturday was mixed clouds and increasingly calm in the afternoon. With main lake water temperatures around 56 degrees, the fish seemed to move up. A number of different patterns produced fish –crankbaits and dropshot on ledges, bed fishing for both smallmouth and largemouth, and some reaction baits including jerk baits and blades. There were a few fish reported spawned out, but it appeared that we were right on the front end of the spawn. Some bags were only largemouth; some only smallmouth; many mixed. This is a testimony to this outstanding fishery where a combination of bass species and patterns result in good bags. Our next tournament is on Saguaro Lake on Saturday April 20. Our next meeting preceding the tournament is at BassPro on Monday 4/15 at 7 pm. See you there.

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Apache Lake

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.

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Canyon Lake

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Roostertales Bass Club had its 2013 kick-off tournament at Canyon Lake on Saturday 1/19.  Water temperatures were around 50 degrees, after a 3 day warming trend.  Seventeen teams fished the first tournament of the year.  There was only one 5-fish limit weighed in, and only two 4 fish bags. The three top teams weighed in 14.7, 11.1 and 9.1 pounds respectively. The two biggest fish were 5.8 and 5.1 pounds. The day started with 10 to 15 mph winds and it never laid down until late in the afternoon. Most fish were reportedly caught on spoons in 30 foot of water or deeper. Shad seemed to be stacked in 40 to 60 feet of water. Fish were caught both in the main lake and up river. Secondary patterns besides spoons included drop shot and A-rigs.

Our next tournament is on February 16 at Apache Lake. Our meeting is on the second floor meeting room at Bass Pro on the Monday before the tournament at 7pm. 

Join us if you would like to become a club member and fish Apache with us.