On August 31st, the SCBF's top ten teams in regular season points headed to the Miami-Garcia Impoundment for the annual invitation only classic tournament. For the second year in a row, the team of Mike Calloway of Titusville and Cliff Semonski of Oak Hill were victorious. This time, they sacked 5 fish for an impressive 25.32 pounds. Mike Hampton of Malabar and Tim Kopf of Melbourne took second with 5 fish for 21.39 pounds. Bob Barnette of Port St John and Dwayne Haga of Sanford finished third with 5 fish for
19.18 pounds.
The top two teams flipped hydrilla and hyacinth around the area known as "The Pit". The biggest fish caught by both teams came casting junebug colored trick worms however. Mike Hampton caught an 8.58 pound lunker on a Carolina-rigged junebug colored trick worm that was the tournament's biggest fish.
All of the club's all-time classic records that have stood since the 2003 classic at West Lake Toho were broken during this tournament. Classic records for biggest bass (8.58 pounds by Hampton), team total weight (25.32 pounds by Calloway/Semonski), combined total weight (151.90 pounds), and combined number of fish weighed (47) were all set.
In case you are wondering why these photographs are so awful, we had a bit of a photography malfunction. Apparently, we need to have the subjects stand much closer to the GoPro in order for them to be properly focused. We'll get that straightened out next time.
Air Temperature: lower 80s to mid 90s
Water Temperature: mid 80s
Conditions: calm and sunny first thing in the morning becoming mostly sunny with a hint of a NE wind at times
The winners reported catching their fish using the following tricks:
- 1st Place: junebug colored Zoom Trick Worms and flipping something
- 2nd Place & Big Bass: Zoom Trick Worms and flipping something (big bass ate carolina rigged trick worm)
- 3rd Place: junebug Zoom Speed Worms
