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Contact: Patrick Grady
Phone: (315)491-4299
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6 P.M. EDT, June 30, 2008
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Salt city Bassmasters CoMPLETE FiRST TWO Tournaments of 2008
AND CROWN 2 DAY CHAMPION RANDY LAMANCHE
June 28, 2008
Paul Ruterman earns first victory ever at Chaumont Bay
Long time club member Paul Ruterman secured his first
regular season victory during Salt City Bassmasters opener on Chaumont Bay.
Paul fished a fluke and a variety of other moving baits to fill his limit early
in the day. Paul picked up fish all day
long despite the heavy downpours and having his line float up in the air due to
electrical charge. Paul didn’t let the pending electrical storm rattle him too
much as he was able to dead stick a worm to pick up four quality fish within
the last hour of the day. The fish,
including a beautiful 5 lb smallmouth and 4.5 lb largemouth on successive casts
gave Paul and his boater/netman/guide Patrick Grady a great show of pure power
and acrobatic skills. Paul’s fish came out of rock and weed in about two to
eight feet of water. Paul’s five fish weight a very respectable 17 lbs 12
ounces.
Second Place
went to Randy Lamanche. Randy knew the
bags were going to be huge when the top water bite was on in the morning.
Randy caught a solid limit of smallmouth early on top water
and tubes and crank baits. He then
upgraded with three solid largies with tubes in deeper weeds. Randy’s five fish
tipped the scales at 17lbs 7 ounces.
Third place and lunker went to Josh Phillips. Josh fished a drop shot rigged with a poor
boy goby to get all his fish including the 5 lb six ounce tournament lunker
largemouth. Josh picked up his fish from
two to ten feet of water with scattered weeds and rock. Josh’s limit went 16 lbs even.
June 29, 2008
Charles Pritchard “drops” in on the 1000 Islands
Charles Pritchard was not able to fish Saturday at Chaumont Bay.
He showed up Sunday well rested and with smallmouth on his mind.
With the majority of the river bass having the post spawn
blues Charles was able to drop shot a very good bag of 13 lbs 14 ounces. For most of his fish Charles drop shotted his
Goby baits in depths of fifteen to thirty feet in order to pick up his limit of
smallies in the main river channel. He added to his limit with a drop shotted
5” senko and 3.5” inch tubes.
Starting out the year strong again, two-time Angler of the
Year Randy Lamanche finished in second yet again. Randy used tubes in eight to eighteen feet of
water to coax his 13 lb 7 ounces of smallmouth into the boat. Randy also gathered tournament lunker with a
4 lb 5 ounce smallmouth that looked more like a football than a Bass.
Third place went to defending 1000 Islands Champion Ralph
Alexander. Ralph pitched texas rigged
Sweet Beavers with one quarter ounce weights.
Ralph targeted the fish in weed pockets at depths of four to ten feet of
water to get his 12 lb 9 ounce bag of largemouth.
Two Day Champion – Randy Lamanche
With two great second place performances, Randy Lamanche
earned the honors of 2 Day Champion.
Randy knew he had to be on the offense on the second day as several of
the top place finishers on Chaumont Bay had excellent knowledge of the 1000 Islands. Paul
Ruterman has a home in the thousand Islands and Ralph Alexander was the
reigning 1000 Islands Champion. In addition, Josh Phillips, Carl Moore, and
Steve Balyszak can all be dangerous competition. Knowing that the two pound average fish he
had found in practice would not suffice, Randy worked hard to target specific
areas of the river where large smallmouth might be in for the spawn. The
strategy paid off and Randy had a two day aggregate of 30 lbs 14 ounces which
is believed to be a modern day club record.
Second Place
in the two day went to Ralph Alexander.
Ralph also had solid finishes on both days to bring in a total of 27 lbs
2 ounces of fish. Third place went to
Paul Ruterman. Paul got all the bites he
needed on the 1000 Islands as his fish were
in. However, the hookup ratio was not
there and the big bites slipped away.
Paul’s third place bag went 25 lbs 8 ounces.
ABOUT SALT CITY BASSMASTERS:
Salt
City Bassmasters is an
eighty member organization founded in 1974 dedicated to helping its members
become better bass anglers through discussion, seminars, and interactive
learning. Salt City strives to provide a competitive
bass fishing tournament trail that encourages sportsmanship, fun, and learning.
Lastly, Salt City Bassmasters wants to improve the knowledge of all anglers,
promote ethical behavior and sportsmanship, and increase environmental
awareness.
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