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LAKE WILHELM BASS TOURNAMENT
Posted by Leo Cancilla in Cancilla's Fishing Blog on July 28, 2010
This past Sunday, Jon and I fished an open bass tournament together at Lake Wilhelm. The tournament was set to start at 6 am and end at 2 pm. Although the open event was held at what I consider the second best lake in the state it was a low turn out. Even though the turn out was low, some of the best fishermen in the area came out that day to compete.
The tournament started and we ran to an area that was holding a good number of fish. We started the tournament relatively slow. Each of us boated only 1 keeper on our normal lures in the first hour and a half of the tournament. We didn’t switch spots, but I switched tactics. I switch to a crankbait and boated 6 fish in the next hour and a half including a 3+ and a 2+. Finally, a couple decent fish. The next hours was dead as we ran spot to spot looking for more fish. Finally, we decided to make a longer run to a couple spots which we have history with. It was a good move. By 12:00 we caught 3 more good fish. One was over 4lbs and the others were 3+ and 2+ respectfully. Even though we had a decent bag of fish we knew we needed more. We moved around an hit more spots and some spots twice with no results.
When we got to the launch we had discovered that we weren’t the only boat that had struggled. Most boats had between 10 and 12 pounds with or without a limit. Jon and I managed to bring in a 5 fish bag that weighed 15.06lbs. It was good enough to finish 5th place I believe. That may seem like a great day, but typically at Lake wilhelm you are going to need 20+ pounds to contend. The tournament was won with a total weight of 17.80 pounds. The weather played a role in the out come of the tournament, and a great adjustment was made by the team that won the event. Congrats to them. Thanks to the club which put the event on. I look forward to fishing it next year.
Allegheny Mountain 2010 Buddy Tournaments
Posted by Staff in Open Tournaments on June 8, 2010
Allegheny Mountain / Jr. Bass Anglers
2010 Annual Buddy Tournaments
DATES: JUNE 13TH (YELLOW CREEK)
JULY 11TH (YELLOW CREEK) Held by Jr. Club
AUG. 8TH (YELLOW CREEK)
SEP. 12TH (YOUGH DAM)
TIME: 6:00 AM or First Safe Light
PLACES: Yellow Creek@Rt. 259 Launch,Yough Dam@Spillway
ENTRY FEE: $60.00 Per Boat (Two Anglers)
LUNKER: (OPTIONAL) $10.00 per boat, winner takes all
PAYOUT: One Place, per every 5 Boats
RULES:
- Boat numbers determined by receipt of application.
- Boat check from 4:30 am to 5:30 am.
- Artificial lures only- NO LIVE BAIT.
- 15 inch size limit,(Yellow Creek Only) 5 fish per boat.
- EIGHT ounces deducted per dead fish.
- 20 Horsepower limit, (Yellow Creek Only) one functional live well or aerated cooler per boat (minimum).
- Life jackets must be worn when combustion engine is in operation.
- No trolling, only one road per angler in use at anytime.
- Ties are broken by weight of 1 heaviest fish.
- Protest must be lodged within 15 minutes of the closing of the scales.
- Late penalty of 1 pound per minute past check in time.
- No Refunds.
- Decision of the AMBA Tournament Committee is final.
- All PA Fish and Boat Commission and State Park Regulations apply.
Memorial Day Weekend
Posted by Leo Cancilla in Cancilla's Fishing Blog on June 2, 2010
Memorial Day weekend is typically about picnics and getting together with friends and family for me. This year was no different with the exception that I fish a bass tournament at Pymatuning Lake. West Penn Bass Hunters and I went out of Manning Launch at 6:00 am and weighed in at 2:00 pm. It was a good thing we fished the earlier time slot because it was almost unbareable during the last hour. The weather was sunny hot and very little wind.
I started my morning by fishing a roadbed in about 10 feet of water. With the water temperature nearing 80 degrees I felt that the fish would be retreating for deeper water. I proved myself wrong in the first couple hours. I spent nearly 1 hour fishing deep and only caught 1 bass. Then I decided to head to Tuttle Bay and throw some buzzbaits. I left having caught 7 bass and probably had near 7lbs of fish with our 3 fish limit. Around 9:30 I decided to run south and try the other end of the lake.
When I got to my weedbed in the south I quickly notice that the water temperature was 3 degrees color and the water clearity nearly reached 6 feet. In my first 10 casts I caught 2 nice bass, one was on a white buzzbait and the other was a creature bait. Being able to see into the weeds gave me a huge advantage. Mainly because I discovered that the bass were spawning all over the weed flat. Quickly, I switched to finesse gear and proceded to catch bass after bass off of the beds. Boat traffic started to kill my bite around 12:00 so I moved to the drop off and caught several more fish. Although I didn’t managed to catch any more good ones it was still fun. I cannot give you a definate best lure to use, but I managed to catch fish on senkos, buzzbaits, frogs, swimbaits, chatterbaits, creature baits and beavers. Once thing was for certain the fish were only willing to hit finesse baits on the beds but there were plenty of feeding bass to catch in between the beds.
I ended up winning the tournament with a 3 fish limit that weighed 8.66lbs. My limit was anchor by 2 fish around the 3lb mark and lunker of the tournament. Looking back I believe the move to the south was the correct move to make because everyone else fish the north end of the lake.
The next morning I took a couple friends, Nick and Steve Black, out for a couple hours to see if I could show Nick spawning bass. We were a little disappointed because the wind was blow enough to eliminate sight fishing, but we were still able to catch around 20 bass on buzzbaits and finesse gear. Steve had hooked into one bass that I believe was 5lbs. Overall it was a great morning on the water and I look forward to my next trip with those guys.
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