Chester County Bass Masters held the 3rd of five opens for the season on September 12th out of Anchor Marine in Northeast Maryland.
The title sponsor for the tournament was Sunoco.
29 Teams showed up on the Bay to try and figure out the bass who have been in their typical late summer doldrums. Changing weather conditions thruout the day had most teams scrambling to find cooperative fish.
The morning was nice with a few clouds, then a few light showers mid morning thru afternoon gave way to a steadier drizzle at the end of the day. Wind was light for the most part. Air temps at launch were around 65, and headed toward 80 by weigh in
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Water temps were in the 75 - 80 degree range depending where you fished, with some off colored water in areas of the Northeast.
Launch was on a mid rising tide with high around 11:00 a.m. sending teams scrambling to find decent water.
Fishing was tough for the most part with just 6 limits brought to the scales for the 2:30 weigh in and only 2 bags over 15 pounds.
6 cash places were paid along with 5 sponsor prizes from Susquehanna Tackle, Cabela's of Christiana Mall, River Bottom Reels, Sunoco, and GRT jigs.
Thanks to everyone who came out to fish, we and our sponsors appreciate the support.
The next Chester County open will be on Saturday, October 24th out of Anchor Marine.
Results from all the CCBM Opens can be found here :
http://chestercountybassmasters.weebly.com/open-tournaments--results.html (http://chestercountybassmasters.weebly.com/open-tournaments--results.html)
First place payout went to the team of Dominic Simone and Donnie Tomlin, always a competitive team they brought in a good limit of bass for this time of the year, 17.38 Lbs.
Included in that impressive bag was the Susquehanna Fishing Tackle second lunker award for the tournament, a healthy 5.08 girl that also earned them a $ 50.00 Susquehanna Tackle gift certificate.
Congrats to the team on a good limit on a tough day.
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Second place cash was won by the team of Sean Geerlof and Stan Horne who brought 5 decent fish to the scale weighing in at 15.20 Lbs.
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Third place money went to the team of Luke Shrader and Cliff Humphreys who put together a 5 bass limit of 14.13.
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Fourth place coin went to a team always in the hunt, Keith Cowan and John Valdez whose 4 fish bag weighed in at 13.69 Lbs. with a big fish of 4.53 Lbs.
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Fifth place money was earned by the team of Steve Weimar and Sam Montalto, always a threat on the Bay, who brought in a 5 fish bag that tipped the scales at 11.91 Lbs.
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Sixth place and the last cash payout spot went to the team of Lou Croce and Jimmy Pitcherello who brought in 5 Northeast bass weighing in at 10.13 Lbs.
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Seventh place and the first team to finish just out of the money was awarded a $ 50.00 gift card from Cabela's at the Christiana Mall. No strangers to winning, the team of Mike Sentore and Sean McKee brought a limit to the scales that weighed in at 9.29 Lbs.
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8th spot and second team out of the money was awarded a $ 25.00 Gift Certificate to River Bottom Reels for reel maintenance/super tuning. The team of Rich Przybyl and Bob Lehman brought in 3 fish for
9.10 pounds with a big fish of 3.87 Lbs.
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9th place went to the third team out of the money who won a $ 25.00 Sunoco gas card. Rob Steiner and Rick Ungham weighed in 2 bass for 8.97 Lbs.
The Team also had the Tournament Lunker and the cash payout that went along by weighing in a hefty 5.22 largemouth.
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The next Chester County open will be on Saturday, October 24th out of Anchor Marine.
1 - Tomlin / Simone - 5 fish - 17.38 lbs. - SFT second lunker- 5.08 lbs
2 - Geerloff / Horne - 5 fish - 15.20 lbs.
3 - Shrader / Humphreys - 5 fish - 14.13 lbs.
4 - Cowan / Valdez - 4 fish - 13.69 lbs. - big fish - 4.53 lbs.
5 - Weimar / Montalto 5 fish - 11.91 lbs.
6 - Croce / Pitcherello - 5 fish - 10.13 lbs.
7 - Sentore / McKee - 5 fish - 9.29 lbs.
8 - Przybyl / Lehman -3 fish - 9.10 lbs. - big fish - 3.87 lbs.
9 - Steiner / Ungham - 2 fish - 8.97 lbs. - Tournament Lunker - 5.22 lbs.
10 - Bowman / Bailes - 2 fish - 7.14 lbs.
11 - Lutz / Harant - 2 fish - 5.40 lbs.
12 - McGill / McDonald 1 fish - 4.43 lbs.
13 - Machmer / Wood - 2 fish - 3.98 lbs.
14 - Amilani / Mullen - 1 fish - 3.39 lbs.
15 - Aiello / Aiello - 2 fish - 2.16 lbs.
16 - Gerlach / Ely - 1 fish - 2.01 lbs.
17 - Fischer DNW
17 - Heckman / Bowe DNW
17 - White / Kappenstein DNW
17 - Lombardo / Beretsky DNW
17 - Perrago / Stutts DNW
17 - Burke / Yaw DNW
17 - Burger / Burger DNW
17 - Schauber / Gabrielle DNW
17 - Crank / Dallatore DNW
17 - Haynes / Newcombe DNW
17 - Murphy / Best DNW
17 - Vaccaro / McElroy DNW
17 - Waeckel / Wade DNW
All photos can be found here:
http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/ChesterCountyOpens/library/ServPro%20Chester%20County%20Bass%20Mastes%20Open%202015 (http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/ChesterCountyOpens/library/ServPro%20Chester%20County%20Bass%20Mastes%20Open%202015)