John Buck | John's
Club Report Covering The Pensacola Hawg Hunters 2014 Season |
Founded In 1975 |
March Tournament Total Fish Caught 96 Total Dead Fish 4 Total Limits 7 Big Fish 5.91 Total Fish Weight 212.01 lbs |
Total Year Standings |
Don Jahnke 5.91 lbs |
Lake Seminole
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Don Jahnke 5.91 lbs |
1st
Place Don Jahnke 8 Fish 23.21 lbs |
2nd
Place Marion Johnson 7 Fish 18.70 lbs |
3rd
Place Dave Bock 7 Fish 17.67 lbs |
4th
Place Jere Jaillite 9 Fish 17.56 lbs |
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Tournament Results Also Fished: Everyone Caught Fish! Guest: None
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TOURNAMENT REPORT
Lake Seminole |
March 22 & 23, 2014 |
Land's End Landing |
Lake Seminole was the site for our March tournament. We fished out of Trails End Marina. We also stayed in the cabins there. It was a new location for us and personally I
really enjoyed it. It was nice to be
away from the crowds like in a motel. We
had great access to the ramp and the grounds and cabins were clean and set up
well. The only bad thing was the beds need
to be replaced with better mattresses.
The management and staff worked hard to accommodate us and were outgoing
and friendly. I vote to go there again
if they fix the beds. The weather was pleasant for us with partly cloudy skies and light
winds for the most part. We had a small
rain shower on Sunday. The water temps
ranged from about 58 – 68 depending on where you were. Clarity was slight stain to very clear
depending where you fished. The water
level was a bit high but not bad from recent rains. Ron Bridges and I drew out as partners with me fishing behind him as a
non-boater. We went up a day early and
fished hard in the lower areas of the Hooch but we never found any good
concentrations of fish. Saturday of the
tournament we made some bad choices and only caught 3 keepers between the two
of us. We only found fish on soft
plastics and when we did throw a spinner bait we just caught jack fish. At the Saturday weigh-in Ron and
I learned that while we had a terrible day, almost everyone else had a very
good day. Don Jahnke led the pack with a beautiful limit @ 15.29 lbs. He also
had a “boo-ray” fish for the lunker @ 5.91 lbs.
If I am not mistaken guys, this is the second time in 2 years that he
has done this at Seminole. Maybe we
should not let him fish Seminole again or at least find a way to slow him down
a bit. No matter what, Don, “you done
good!” Congratulations. Coming in 2nd place was Dave Bock
with 5 pretty fish @ 14.44 lbs. That was
a great bag of fish Dave. Taking the 3rd
slot on Saturday was Billy Myrick with a limit @ 13.39 lbs. Good job Billy! I think Billy, Dave, and Don were all fishing
in the lower lake area near the junction of the Flint and Hooch. 4th place for day one was Marion Johnson with
5 fish @ 11.99 lbs. Hey Marion wow you
did great. Keep up the good fishing. Oh
yeah Don and Marion were partners in the tournament. That boat was really in some good fish. As for the rest of the group we had a lot of fish and everyone did
catch a fish on Saturday. We had a total
weight Saturday of 125.35 lbs. For a
club total weight that was good. Most of
the fish were caught on trick worms in dark colors fishing deep grass. A few said they caught bass on spinner baits
and few were caught on crank baits. We had a great place for our cookout with a beautiful large deck on the
lakeshore and we all enjoyed ourselves eating hamburgers and bratwurst. Thank you for all who helped in this
effort. Too many to mention here cause I
will forget someone but “Thank you” for all who did the work and helped. We started day 2 with cloudy skies and light breezes and a bit of
fog. We did not have any mishaps and
that was a good thing. Ron and I decided
to head up river to something different from what we had tried Saturday. We went up to the cut through that leads to
Paramores from the lower end and started fishing backwater coves. We both caught a few short fish and we both
got broke off a couple of times but at least we got some bites. As we started to fish our way back to the
weigh in Ron spotted and small cut and suggested we try it. It was a great call! In about 100 yards we caught 5 keepers. We fished the place 2 more times without any
more bites then it was time to head to the scales. Day 2 was typical for many tournaments for us because many who caught
fish on Saturday did not do as well Sunday.
The places did change a bit for the final weigh in but, Don Jahnke did
NOT lose his place. Don won the
tournament with a total weight of 23.21 lbs.
Great win Don! Marion Johnson
moved up to take 2nd place with a total of 18.7 lbs. Wow Marion you really had some nice
fish. Do not show Don any more of your
fishing spots. Taking the 3rd slot was
Dave Bock. Dave you hung in there and
kept “chunking”. Nice total weight @
17.67 lbs. Jere Jaillite did not stay
quiet for the second day and he rebounded with a nice bag of fish and took 4th
place with a total weight of 17.56 lbs. Jere,
I must admit you have been so consistent each month now for the past 2
years. The 2nd day lunker
went to John Buck with a nice fish @ 4.22 lbs. Overall we weighed in a total of 96 fish for a total weight of 212.01 lbs. Most fish once again were caught on dark worm and soft plastics. For the club it was a really good tournament and it was fun like always to visit and socialize with everyone at the cookout. Next month we travel to Wetumpka, Alabama to fish Lake Jordan. This is one of my favorite lakes even though sometimes I do not do so well but I do love to catch the big spotted bass. We will have another cookout on Saturday, and if you have not fished a 2 day tournament in a while this should be on your list to fish. Remember the meeting next month is April 15 but because of Easter Sunday the tournament will not be until April 26 & 27. Until next time ..Keep your hooks
sharp! John |