tomp

As might be predicted, today produced big numbers of bass. Unfortunately, most were dinks. Congrats to Bruce on the win!Good job to everyone who fished in our last Tourney of the year!

1. bam1970(Bruce): 5 14
2. tomp(Tom) 5 10
3. drshakenbake (Jeremey): 5 3

Lunker: drshakenbake: 2 7

Post any pics if you can, guys.

Lunker

As is usually the case, Ponky produced some lunkers. 2 4.5s, a 5, and a six. Everyone scored fish. The winning pattern was fishing shallow vegetation. Of course, this was the only pattern since the whole place is shallow with vegetation! Congrats to purpleturkey who is almost always in the money. Also congrats to kfrabass with Lunker at 6.0. Don and I were feeling pretty good about our 4.5s, until we heard Chris come in with a 5, only to be followed by Kevin's 6!

Good job to all who fished!

1. purpleturkey: 13.4
2. kfrabass: 12.9
3. tomp: 12.7

Lunker: kfrabass: 6.0

Please post any pics if you can guys.

It only took me 3 years to do it but I finally broke the 10 pound bag barrier with the win going to yours truly, tomp. Bam1970 caught over a dozen keepers and got second. At the site, it looked like 3rd place was a tie between purpleturkey and rivethead with purpleturkey winning the big fish tie breaker to be awarded 3rd place. Upon examining the tally later, it appears that purpleturkey shortchanged himself in his tally and really had an additional ounce which gave him third outright anyway. Whew!

Great job by drshakenbake with Lunker!

It was pretty good action and good quality out there today. Props to the Western Mass guys for making the trek and giving a good account of themselves. Also good to see a few new faces.

1st: tomp- 10 8
2nd: bam1970- 7 12
3rd: purpleturkey- 6 15

Lunker: drshakenbake- 4 1

Please post any pictures if you can, guys.

As could be expected, Farm Pond was a minefield of Pickerel. Ken did the best job of dodging them to find to find 3 keepers and the win. Nice Lunker for Kevin! He asked me to witness the scale reading as I was fishing near him at the time and the sun can make it tough to see in in the picture. I was tempted to try to net the fish as he released it but wasn't quite willing to stoop that low! Good to see some new guys one of whom finished 3rd.

1st: kenwood- 5 14
2nd:kfrabass- 4 9
3rd:John- 4 6

Lunker: kfrabass- 3 5

Post pics if you can guys.

Tough bite. The 2 best fish of the day were caught in the last half hour. And sadly, there lies at the bottom of Lake Boon a cell phone with a picture of a 3 and 4 pounder on it!

Don was the man today with the win and lunker. Good job to you and to everyone else who was grinding it out on Saturday! Good to see some new anglers too!

1st:purpleturkey- 4 4
2nd:sardinehunter- 2 8
3rd: chrisg- 2 2

Lunker: purpleturkey- 4 4

Anyone who fished, please feel free to post pics (especially Don!),

So, we wrapped up this year's Kayak Tourney series today at Norton Reservoir. The day started calm and cool with the wind picking up considerably a few hours into the proceedings. Priority one was locating the duck hunters as the sun came up and staying out of their line of fire! Again it was good to see some new participants one of whom finished in the money. First and second went to the father son duo of Ken and Paul. Good job guys. Ken wielded his trusty spinnerbait for a nice limit on a tough day. For those of us who didn't make out so well I suppose we realized things could have been worse after seeing the poor guy who shredded the front end of his SUV while trying to launch his Ranger! Thanks to everyone who participated this year and special thanks to those who stepped up to keep things running smoothly when I couldn't attend.

Here's the final tally:

1. kenwood- 7lb 10oz
2. paulreed- 5lb 7oz
3. will Hannon- 2lb 0oz

Lunker: kenwood- 2lb 3oz

Please post any pics if possible guys. I would do so but dinks and picks aren't too interesting!

This was a new place for almost everyone who fished today. Having the most experience at this pond of anyone in the field, I, of course finished out of the money in 4th! Everyone caught fish one way or another although, for some, it was a "crappie" day! Good news is I'm pretty sure everyone was pickerel free. The day started out with the water like glass although the wind gradually increased as the morning progressed. It was mostly a grind today with purpleturkey grinding it out for the win. Good job to everyone who fished today and congratulations to those who placed.

1. purpleturkey- 6 lb 11 oz
2. brownie- 4 lb 12 oz
3. mainiac- 4 lb 5 oz

Lunker: purpleturkey- 2 lb 12 oz

To those who fished, please post pics if you can.

Today was a mixed bag of bags at the Nip. Some good, some not so much. Also, a few broken hearts from lost fish. In the end, places 1 through 3 went to newcomers with brownie, a veteran, getting a nice lunker. Here's the results:

1. swampyankee- 8 lb 6 oz
2. jrap71- 7 lb 12 oz
3. kreid20- 7 lb 2 oz

Lunker: brownie- 4 lb 10 oz

Lot of new faces today. We even had husband and wife entrants! Congrats to all who fished and especially those who placed.

Anglers, please post any pics you can. I would lead by example, but, unfortunately, not much to add on my part!

Good day for quality and quantity. And the Pickerel even stayed (mostly) out of the way. This place has all the right elements for a good kayak tourney (except for the walk from parking lot to water!).

Congrats to purpleturkey on the win and putting together a nice bag. Also, nice lunker for Joe. Good job to all who turned out today!

1. purpleturkey: 10 lb 9 oz
2. buffalo78: 9 lb 12 oz
3. kenwood: 9 lb 7 oz

Lunker:Joem617- 4 lb 7 oz

Please add pictures to the trip if you can guys. Thanks!

Parking: No problem!
Big Boat Traffic: No problem!

The action today was good for some and not as good for others. As he has done in the past, buffalo78 put together a strong day with, in the words of the FLW announcer, "A 5 bass limit!" Good to have a few newcomers on board, one of whom finished 2nd. Here are the results:

1st: buffalo78- 7lb 7oz
2nd:Mike C- 5lb 14oz
3rd: purpleturkey: 4lb 4oz

Lunker: joem617- 3lb 12oz

Good job today, guys! Please post any pics by going in to edit trip.