None of the twelve teams that competed in LERA Bass Club's February event on West Lake Toho were able to bring a limit of 5 fish to the scales, but what was lacking in quantity was certainly not lacking quality for several of the competitors. The team of Ralph Litton of Vero Beach and Steve Bistarkey of Palm Bay beat the field with only 3 fish that weighed a hefty total of 14.53 pounds including an 8.41 pound lunker caught by Steve. Second place went to the team of Larry Cruce of Titusville and Tim Iler of Port St. John who weighed only 2 fish, but they totaled 11.42 pounds and included a giant 9.78 pound beauty caught by Larry that took big bass honors for the tournament and is now the leading candidate for the big bass of the year. Third place went to Jackie Barber of Cocoa and BJ Biles of Palm Bay who weighed just 3 fish that totaled a stout 10.26 pounds.
Rumor has it that one of the giant bass was caught on a zoom super fluke and one was caught on a spinnerbait.
