The Titusville duo of Mike Calloway and Lloyd Griffin completely dominated the January 31st LERA Bass Club tournament at Lake Cypress. For the second tournament in a row, the event started with with a cold front passing through which ushered in cold temperatures and high winds to challenge the competitors skill, trolling motor batteries, and mental fortitude.
Mike Calloway and Lloyd Griffin were not thrown off their game by the atmospheric conditions. In a tournament where all competitors weighed at least one fish, Mike and Lloyd sacked the only tournament limit of 5 fish tipping the scales with a stout 17.14 pounds to win the tournament handily beating out their nearest challenger by over 8 pounds. Their bag was punctuated by a 5.93 specimen caught by Calloway that took big bass honors for the tournament. The team of Ed Brewer and Don Francoeur, also both of Titusville, finished in second place with 4 solid fish weighing a total of 8.93 pounds edging out the third place finishers by just over a half pound. The team of Bob Barnette of Port St. John and Dwayne Haga of Titusville took third place with 3 fish weighing a respectable 8.33 pounds.
In the true spirit of the LERA Bass Club, Mike and Lloyd won the day with teamwork. They made a long run to Lloyd's spot in Lake Kissimmee where Mike proceeded to put his spinnerbait to work to load the boat catching 4 of the 5 fish they brought to the scales.