It seemed as though short fish were everywhere and the majority of bass over 14" in Lake Washington dressed up as mud fish and gar for Halloween at the LERA Bass Club's second tournament of the season. The team of Jimmy Blount of Rockledge and Richard Boogaerts of Cocoa weren't tricked. They managed to bring 4 fish to the scales totaling 9.38 pounds to win the tournament. Blount's 3.34 pounder was the big bass of the tournament. Second place was earned by Alan Elder of Melbourne and Wayne Smith of Palm Bay with 3 fish for 5.42 pounds. The Semonski brothers, Cliff of Oak Hill and Glen of Plant City, finished third with 4.70 pounds in 2 fish.
The winners reported catching their weight using the following tricks:
- 1st place & big bass: speed worms on the west side of Lake Washington
- 2nd place: rat-l-traps and flukes in canals off Lake Washington
- 3rd place: horny toads in Lake Washington