The Space Coast Bass Finatics brought their monthly team bass tournament to Lake Poinsett on October 28. Hurricane Sandy churned up some high winds for the competitors but also seemed to coax the fish into an aggressive feeding mood. Palm Bay's Clyde Taylor and his son Raymond Taylor outclassed the field with a 5 fish limit that tipped the scales at 19.32 pounds to win the tournament. Their bag was anchored by a 7.19 pound giant by Clyde that was the tournament's biggest fish. Leslie "Cork" Hope of Rockledge and Gene Dowdy of Cocoa weighed 5 fish for a stout 15.05 pounds to secure second place. Larry Cruce of Titusville and Tim Iler of Port St. John earned a third place finish with 5 fish totaling 13.04 pounds.
Air Temperature: low 60s to mid 70s
Water Temperature: low 80s
Wind: WNW 5-20
Conditions: mostly sunny
The winners reported catching their fish using the following tricks:
- 1st Place & Big Bass: junebug and black worms with blue tails somewhere in the river
- 2nd Place: Rapala topwater baits
- 3rd Place: plastic worms in the river
That's Clyde Taylor with a 7.19 pound beauty he caught somewhere in the St. John's River off Lake Poinsett on October 28, 2012 while fishing a junebug worm with a blue tail.