Highlights from Roosevelt Lake, May 20

This tournament yielded yet another disappointing Bass Bites. Too many “Did not submit a report” entries. I’m a one-person lobbyist for a rule that if you don’t submit an account, you don’t get a check. How’s that for Draconian justice? Come on, guys, it only takes a few minutes to pump out a few hundred words. Heck, dictate yours to Alexa or Siri or an AI Bot to write and submit to the MWBA Secretary!!

On to Roosevelt: John Hilland, Steve Cook, Andy Goettl, and Bob Bereiter took home the bacon on Roosevelt, with Total Weights that blew away the other contestants. Their weigh-in bags were anchored by a 6- and 5-lber duo for John and Steve, and a 10.2-lb grande for Andy and netter Bob. One of our anglers, let's call him Flo-Rite to protect his identity, had a 7±lber in prefishing. Bad timing for sure! The day before our event, a friend visiting from another world (Alabama) also had a 10-lber on Roosevelt. I was totally impressed with those catches, until I saw the results for Let’s Talk Fishing (a GREAT Tournament Trail, managed well by very nice people!) from May 16: the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Total Weights were 24.98 lb (8.2-lb biggie), 20.80 lb (7.58-lb biggie), and 20.11 lb (11.05-lb REAL BIGGIE!), with eight more bass between 5+ and 8+ pounds weighed in by other anglers. I mention those weights to try to convince more MWBA members that a May tournament on Roosevelt is not to be missed.

Floyd told me today (June 1) that the Roosevelt bite has gotten even better since our tournament. Ten pounders are a dime a dozen (if your dime is an 1873-CC Liberty Seated Dime).

Side Note: What's happening with the fish pics from our tournaments? They aren’t coming to me to archive for Club Donors like me to admire for eternity. We need a Club Photographer!!!

Author: Terry B. Johnson