New season! New teams! New winners!
A swarm of hungry mosquitoes greeted the twelve teams competing in the LERA Bass Club's 2011-2012 season opening tournament at Lake Washington on September 25th. Leslie Hope of Rockledge and Clarence Jones of Cocoa started their rookie season with the club in stellar fashion by bringing a five fish limit weighing 17.20 pounds to the scales to win the tournament. Their catch included two fish over 4 pounds. Mike Calloway of Titusville and Cliff Semonski of Oak Hill earned second place with five fish weighing 16.36 pounds. Their catch included a 5.26 pounder by Calloway which was the biggest fish weighed at the event. Larry Cruce of Titusville and Tim Iler of Port St. John rounded out the top three with 9.75 pounds.
Air Temperature: upper 70s to upper 80s
Wind: SW shifting to E 0-10
Water Temperature: 84 degrees
The winners reported catching their fish using the following tricks:
- 1st Place: swimbaits and cut tail worms
- 2nd Place & Big Bass: flipping and Super Flukes
- 3rd Place: topwaters and worms