Central Florida Bass Anglers

Another fine start for the Toughest Central Florida Bass Club going. Weather for the day was very good with heavy clouds most of the morning and sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90's, winds out of the Northeast 5-10mhp and no sign of rain. There was lots of dock talk about nice fish being caught during practices. Most Teams had a good Toad and a flip bite going but it was sounding like the Teams were all fishing close together. I practiced Monday with my father, Marshall Bloom, we saw a few teams on the water during the day. We found some schooling fish in Lake Minneola and caught them on Rattle Traps and Carolina Rigs. I noticed that the water came up 8 to 10 inches since Monday due to all the strong storms through the week. I think this was why there were No 20lb sacks at the scales this time. Blast off, it looked like half the boats went North some stayed close to the ramp and the others went South. 1st Place went to the Team of Nate Bloom and Tom Burk. The team earned a $404.00 cash pay out that will help the fuel cost for a little while. We started out fishing some schooling fish and had a small limit by 8:00am throwing a Carolina Rig Gitem Warlock (junebug/silver) then the bite slowed so the Run and Gun method was next. Tom Burk caught our biggest fish, a 3.90 on a Texas rig Gitem Warlock (junebug/silver) fishing some sticks on a shoreline in Lake Palatlakaha. We Flipped all day and never could get a bass to hit but in the last 2 hours of the day Tom wanted to try an old spot out that we didn’t have a chance to practice at and we managed to land our 2nd biggest fish, a 3.75lb bass on the Gitem Toad (black/Red flake) this fish put us on top with the winning weight of 12.25lbs. We caught 8 keepers, 3 shorts, 1 Mud fish, and 1 Cat fish. Nice job for a tough day. 2nd Place went to the Team of Bob and Jimmy Demola who were very close to taking first place with a 5-fish limit weighing in at 12.21lbs. The Team focused on Lake Cherry where they put together a pattern running Cane Toads (brown/white) and Flipping Gambler Ugly Otters (black/blue). Their biggest bass, a 4.90 fell for the Ugly Otter flipped in some thick cover. The team said they lost some nice bass on the Toad that would have been the difference for 1st but they were happy with their day’s finish. This is a New Team for the Club this year and this is their highest finish so congratulations and keep it up. 3rd Place went to the Team of Paul Frauenhoffer and Fay Rowles which once again Fay was M.I.A. but no worry’s because Teddy Sullivan came back to help out. The duo found fish on Lake Cherry also Flipping Gambler worms (blue emerald) and one of their 4 fish weighed in came on, dead sticking a Devil Horse. The Teams 4 fish weighed 11.60lbs with their biggest bass weighing 5.23lbs, nice fish. This means that one more fish could have made the limit and maybe the difference for 1st place. (I’m glad you didn’t have it, and so is the Demola’s, LOL.) Thanks again Teddy for the help, I’m sure Fay will be happy with your efforts. Good job you two. 4th Place went to the Team of the Reid Watkins(A.K.A. Doc) and Hans Forsell with 3 fish weighing in at 9.45lbs, very nice fish. Doc said they caught them on Rattlin Rouges (black/chrome) on the out side grass line. The two also lost some big ones that straighten out their hooks. (Sounds like a fish story to me) Thursday during practice Doc caught a 13.5lb giant which he did have some nice pictures to prove it. That’s a fish of a life time, it’s to bad you didn’t catch it on Saturday. Good finish guys. Big Bass for the Day went to the Team of Mike and Steve Warner weighing in at 5.88lbs. The brothers fished Lake Hiawatha throwing Toads (black/blue) to weigh only 2 fish for the day but they still walked away with some nice cash in their pocket. They caught the Big fish on the 3rd cast. Nice Catch! Recap: Thanks to Bitters Bait and Tackle for the raffle items donated to the Club. For your information Chip and John got Disqualified, they did have a limit of fish around 9+lbs and lost a giant at about 9am on a toad. The team was making a wake in a No Wake Zone which they did get a ticket for. This made the Angler of the year race a bit more interesting, with Chip and John not making any points for the DQ. Now taking 1st place in points is Nate Bloom and Tom Burk with 900, moving up 3 places to 2nd place is Reid Watkins and Hans Frosell with 805, tied for 3rd is John Brazzell and Mike Brown with 800, and Paul Frauenhoffer and Fay Rowles also with 800, 5th place is Brent Wysong and Jeff Holland with 775, and Chip Dover and John Ricketson move to 6th place with 765. Only 3 limits were caught, not counting Chips and Johns, water came up 8 to 10 inches in 1 week, Lake Cherry still the best fishing, 8 zero’s, 4 dead fish, and Lake Toho Downtown ramp voted in for the Classic. Lake Kissimmee next up, C-ya there.