Twelve teams boldly challenged high winds and upper 40 degree temperatures to compete in the LERA Bass Club tournament at Lake Kissimmee on December 20th. The team of Richard Boogaerts of Cocoa and Cliff Semonski of Oak Hill were not intimidated by the tough conditions, instead they figured out how to catch quality fish and won the tournament. Their catch of 4 fish was one short of a tournament limit, but at 10.86 lbs, it was enough to edge out the second place team by a scant margin of only 3 hundredths of a pound. Their winning bag was capped by a solid 4.31 lb fish Cliff caught which earned big bass honors for the tournament. The team of Mike Hampton of Malabar and Tim Kopf of Melbourne were the only team in the field to bring a tournament limit of 5 fish to the scales and at 10.83 pounds it was enough to earn them a second place finish. The team of Ralph Litton of Vero Beach and Steve Bistarkey of Palm Bay finished third with 4 fish totaling 6.59 lbs.