Monthly Tournament Newsletter - Clearwater Bass Club

2011 - Monthly Tournament - 2012

TSALA APOPKA (HERNANDO)

APRIL 16, 2011

learwater Bass Club started off the new season with great weather and some decent fishing at Hernando Lake, part of the Tsala Apopka Chain of Lakes, in Citrus County.

I rode up with Buddy Doyle with Bill Covert convoying up with us on Friday morning. We made the obligatory stop at Cracker Barrel on the way up and were fortified for a day’s fishing at Hernando Lake.

Buddy decided to take offense at my observation that I never catch fish when pre-fishing with him, so he put the voodoo on and I actually caught a nice bass and large bream !! We tried out several new-to-us spots and found fish. Buddy landed a couple of nice bass and we did a "leader touch" landing of a small gator. Buddy really needed the jig back from that gator !!

Friday evening we had dinner at a nice local place. We again confirmed that you can dress Bob Gwinn up but you still can’t take him out. He started the evening by asking for a hot dog and Campbell’s chicken noodle soup! Fortunately, our young waitress caught on quickly and we had a great meal and a good time !!

Saturday was much like Friday except the wind really picked up in the afternoon. There were white caps on the lake as folks headed back in. I was fishing with Bill Covert and we experienced some motor problems. Idling across the lake with wind howling was wet but otherwise uneventful. Naturally, as I went to get the truck, Bill stopped and started the motor and it ran like a champ !!

First Place	Second Place	Third Place

Dick Fletcher started the season off with a 1st Place finish: 5 fish, 10.65 pound total, and a 3.19 pound beauty to claim Big Fish.	Second Place went to Bill Tanner. He also had a five fish limit for a total of 6.94 pounds.	Bob "Chicken Noodle" Gwinn took Third with five fish weighing 6.89 pounds.

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Overall, we had 14 anglers, 6 limits, 42 fish weighed for a total of 57.98 pounds. Unfortunately, we also had 4 dead fish and the .25 penalties did affect placement.