The LERA Bass Club held its annual Classic tournament at Lake Cypress on August 28th. The top 10 teams in regular season points competed in this invitation only tournament. The team of Mike Calloway and Gary Brill, both of Titusville, weighed a 5 fish limit totaling 12.87 pounds to win the tournament. Second place was earned by Larry Cruce of Titusville and Tim Iler of Port St. John who weighed 5 fish that totaled 11.06 pounds. Mike Hampton of Malabar and Tim Kopf of Melbourne took third with 5 fish weighing a total of 8.10 pounds. The big fish of the tournament was caught by Wayne Smith of Palm Bay who weighed a 6.60 pound beauty.
Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy with a late thunderstorm, Highs in the mid 90s, Wind SSW 5-20 MPH
The winners reported catching their fish using the following tricks:
- 1st Place: topwater baits and flipping in Lake Kissimmee
- 2nd Place: topwater and Super Flukes in Lake Kissimmee
- 3rd Place: I'm not sure, but I think they went to Kissimmee and probably threw something watermelon red... most likely flukes
- Big Bass: watermelon Super Fluke in Lake Hatchineha
