Night Archives - Roostertales Bass Club

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.

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.