Suwannee River Results: Apr 24, 2010
SHORT ON THE SUWANNEE!
IF YOU'VE EVER FISHED THE SUWANNEE RIVER THEN YOU KNOW THAT IT CAN REALLY BE TOUGH. SATURDAY WAS NO DIFFERENT FOR THE SEVENTEEN ANGLERS THAT LEFT THE LANDING @ SAFE DAYLIGHT. WHEN THE SCALES OPENED AROUND 1:30 THERE WERE ANGLERS CLOSE OR NEARBY THE LAUNCH SITE. WHICH WITH AN HOUR AN A HALF OR SO LEFT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE SUWANNEE HAD ONCE AGAIN WON THE BATTLE FOR THE DAY. AS THE ANGLERS ARRIVED @ THE SCALES IT APPEARED THAT MOST OF THE STORIES WERE CONSISTENT WITH EVERY ANGLER STATING THAT FISH WERE CAUGHT BUT COULD NOT STRETCH THE FISH ENOUGH TO BRING THEM TO THE SCALES. IN THE END IT WAS THE NEW SEASON TEAM OF JASON MCCLELLAN AND CLINT SHEPPARD WEIGHING IN THE LARGEST CATCH OF THE DAY. THEY DID IT EVEN WITH A DEAD FISH PENALTY FOR A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 13.69. JASON SAID, "WE FOUND SOME BASS STILL BEDDING OFF THE RIVER BUT COULDN'T GET BIT BY THE BIG ONES THAT WE SAW." "CLINT HAD A CHANCE, BUT THE BIG FEMALE SPIT OUT HIS BAIT WITHOUT GETTING THE HOOK SET," MCCLELLAN SAID. HOWEVER THEY DID MANAGE TO BOAT THE BIG FISH OF THE DAY WEIGHING IN @ 5.72 WHICH IS AN ABOVE AVERAGE FISH ON THIS RIVER SYSTEM. SECOND PLACE WENT TO THE EVER CONSISTENT TEAM OF DUSTY MCDEVITT AND WAYNE LINDSEY WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 10.46. BOTH OF THESE WEIGHTS WERE ABOVE THE AVERAGE ON THE SUWANNEE FOR SOME TIME. LOCAL ANGLERS PRESENT FOR THE WEIGH IN SAID THAT THE WINNING WEIGHT HAD BEEN BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN POUNDS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. CONGRATULATIONS TO KEITH BUTTS AND DAVID GRAHAM FOR COLLECTING THIRD PLACE WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 6.38.
OVERALL IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT CONSIDERING THAT THERE WERE TWO BAGS OVER TEN POUNDS WHICH BY ANYONE'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUWANNEE IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
Bass Wishes,
Nick
