Tag: January

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.  

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.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The RoosterTales Bass Club had its first tourney of the year at Canyon Lake on Saturday, January 25. Seventeen boats participated. There were 9 limits weighed. Conditions were generally clear with very light winds and blue afternoon skies. Water temperatures averaged around 56 degrees. It seemed that most fish were caught early morning with a tougher bite after 9 am. Some really nice bags were weighed. The two largest bags were 17.2# and 17.0 #. The two biggest fish were 7.4# and 5.8#. Fish were primarily caught deeper- in 35 feet to 60 feet both in the main lake and up the river. However, some shallow fish were also reported. The best baits were spoons and soft plastics- mostly on dropshot. Some A-Rig fish were reported. Several large schools of fish were discussed.

Our next tournament is on Apache Lake- February 22. Our next meeting is Monday, February 17 at Bass Pro in the upstairs conference room. Come on and join us, and register for the season and the Apache Tournament.   

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.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

We started the 2012 season on Canyon Lake. The weather was perfect but, the fishing was not. Only 1 team brought in 5 fish to the scales. Most of the fish were caught deep as a storm front moved in mid-morning and pushed them deep. Spoons and drop shot was the bait to throw.

We got some new members this year and hope to get some more.