Roostertales Bass Club
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Apache Lake Tournament is in the books and it was a good Tournament after all the worry about the lake being dead from the Golden Algae. We had 12 teams that fished and 48 fish were brought into the scales for a total of 119.96 lbs with an average of 2.499.
Congrats to Pat and Russ 1st place finish with 15.70 and second Big Fish 3.83, 2nd place Jay and Michelle 14.83 and Big Fish 4.2, 3rd place Jai and Danny 13.30.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The Roostertales Bass Club held its second tournament of the year on February 17 at Apache Lake. Water temperatures were between 52 and 56 degrees. A calm morning was followed by about three hours of wind with the wind laying down in the afternoon.
First place was taken by Weir and Frost with 10.29#. Second place was Petersen and Shaw with 10.23# and big fish of 3.39#. Third place went to Tucker and Brooks with 9.11# and second big fish of 2.87#.
Most fish were reportedly caught on drop shot and some shakey head. The bite was light and mostly in shallower rock and points.
Our next one day tournament is on Lake Havasu on Saturday March 17. Our pre-tournament meeting is on Monday March 12 at 6:30pm at Sportman’s Warehouse.
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.
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.
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.
Saturday February 13, 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.
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.
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.