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WESTERN DIVISIONAL CHAMPION
Written by BAF Admin   

Anglers look forward to May 5, 2012, the second of four Qualifying tournaments of the 2013 Nevada State Team.

Ben Grande 2009 State Champion

2012 Qualifying schedule:

April 7- Cottonwood Cove,  Lake Mohave

May 5- Lake Mead Marina,  Lake Mead

August 25- Temple Bar,  Lake Mead

November 10- Cottonwood Cove,  Lake Mohave

Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 02:14
 
MARCH 23-24 LAKE HAVASU, AZ
Written by BAF Admin   

Congratulations to Brent Becker and John Hans for taking the win at Lake Havasu with a two day total of 31.16lbs.

Brent Becker and John Hans showing off there day two fish with a 6.21lb kicker caught by Brent Becker.

 

Bass Anglers Federation held the March tournament at Lake Havasu. Ten teams made the trip to Lake Havasu for two days off spring time fishing.  The angles were treated with great weather with the wind coming up on Sunday afternoon.  Lake Havasu fished well with plenty of fish in full spawn mode.

 

Day one started good with most teams coming down Friday to mark fish for Saturday.  Ten teams Launched at 6:20am as they set off to there biggest fish.  Most teams found fishing good finding small mouth bass on beds all over the lake.

At the end of the First day Alan Zamora and Murphy held the lead with 17.29lbs.

 

Sitting in Second place after day one was the team of Paul Hemsley and James Cope bringing in 16.1 lbs.

 

Third place after day one was held down by Tim Myers and Cody Robison with 15.55lbs

 

Sunday started out with calm wind and light cloud cover.  The ten teams headed out on the lake for another great day of fishing.

At the end of the day it was Brent Becker and John Hans with 16.56lbs on day two taking the win.  Brent and Jon caught a two day Total of 31.16lbs.

Ending up in Second place was the team of Tim Myers and Cody Robison bringing in a solid 14.48lbs on day two for a total of 30.03lbs.

Paul Hemsley and James Cope came with 13.09lbs dropping them to third place with a two day total of 29.19lbs

 

 

 

Don Hill showing some Havasu Smallies.

 

 

TEAM                                    BIG FISH                        TOTAL

1.   Brent Becker and John Hans              6.21lbs                        31.16lbs

2.  Tim Myers and Cody Robison              4.57lbs                         30.03lbs

3.   Paul Hemsley and James Cope           4.67lbs                         29.19lbs

4.   Dave Naugle and Dominic Amato        5.18lbs                        27.92lbs

5.   Alan Zamora and Murphy                  4.67lbs                         27.48lbs

6.   Don Hill                                          4.29lbs                         25.57lbs

7.   Toby Robinson and Henryk Grybz      5.83lbs                          23.73lbs

8.   Richard Powers and Matt Hoffert                                          23.23lbs

9.   Billy Snyder and Ellison Hibbert          3.04lbs                          20.02lbs

10.  Gary Freeman and Sam Scheirs         4.38lbs                         17.04lbs

 

Big fish winner was Brent Becker   6.21lb Largemouth Bass

Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 05:06
 
FEBRUARY 4, 2012 COTTONWOOD COVE, LAKE MOHAVE
Written by BAF Admin   

Doug Jones and James Cope knock everyone's lights out on Lake Mohave with a HUGE 22.19lbs sack.

Doug Jones and James Cope show off there Monster Bag.

 

"I Love Lake Mohave In February." said Brent Becker as we concluded the weigh-in of the February tournament.  A lot of big fish made the scales at the end of the days fishing.  Anglers started the day with 20-25mph wind at launch and light cloud cover.  As the day went on the wind slowed slightly in the late morning and pick up again after noon making Lake Mohave rough to say the least.

Taking third place with 14.47lbs was the team of Greg Cyphers and Henryk Grzyb.  They had a solid bag of all Largemouth Bass.  "Lake Mohave Rocks" said Greg Cyphers

Second place team was Dave Naugle and Marco Irneze.  Dave and Marco brought 5 Largemouth Bass to the scales that went 15.61lbs with a 5.16lb kicker.

Taking the win by a large margin was Doug Jones and James Cope.  The team brought in 22.19lbs of bass, 3 Smallmouth and 2 Largemouth Bass, wth the winning big fish of 7.75lbs.  'We fished steep bluff walls around Cottonwood Cove with hot pink jigs and bubble gum worms texas rigged in 40' to 50' deep." said Doug Jones.  " Most of our bites came while the bait was falling" said James Cope after weigh-in.

 

Big fish Winner James Cope with Two Monster Lake Mohave Bass.

 

Congratulations to Doug Jones and James Cope for Dominating the February tournament.

 

February Tournament Results

Team                                    no. of fish                     weight                    big fish

1.   Doug Jones and James Cope                     5                             22.19lbs                  7.75lbs

2.   Dave Naugle and Marco Irneze                   5                             15.61lbs                  5.26lbs

3.   Greg Cyphers and Henryk Gryzb                 5                             14.47lbs

4.   Matt Lisiewski and Justin Cambell                5                             13.29lbs

5.   Don Hill                                                        4                             12.24lbs                 5.06lbs

6.   Brent Becker and Bobby Kimbro                4                              11.94lbs                 4.73lbs

7.   Toby Robison and Larry Holona                 3                                9.62lbs                 4.29lbs

8.   Paul Hemsley and Matt Hoffert                  2                              7.10lbs

9.    Kyle Gibson and Elliot                              1                              2.19lbs

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 February 2012 02:13
 
JANUARY 7, 2012 TEMPLE BAR, LAKE MEAD
Written by BAF Admin   

Doug Jones and Matt Hoffert showing off the 11.63lbs winning sack.

Bass Anglers Federation kicked off the 2012 season at Temple Bar, Lake Mead on January 7.  Don Hill launched the 11 teams at 6:20am to clear skies.  The day started at a cool 38 degrees with little to no wind;  warming to the low 60s and 20mph+ winds hitting Temple Bar just before weigh-in.

 

Taking third place was the team of Jason Randell and James Cope.  The two of them brought 2 fish to the scale for 5.57lbs.

Second place plaques will go to Matt Lisiewski and Alan Zamora.  They fought a faulty trim motor forcing them to stay close to Temple Bar and at the end of the day weighed in 3 fish for 5.89lbs. Matt said  "We had to stay close and worked all the points we could get to and caught all are fish with custom made jigs"

First place money went to Doug Jones and Matt Hoffert, with five keepers and two short fish.  Doug said "We worked points around Temple Bar and some to the North...We fished between 5-15 feet and did not have to 'fizz' any of our fish.  All are fish came on jigs and Texas-rigged worms."

Brent Becker showing the winning big fish a 4.51lb Largemouth.

 

Congratulation to Doug Jones and Matt Hoffert for a dominating win.

 

 

FINAL RESULTS

Team                                                        Weight

1.  Doug Jones and Matt Hoffert                     11.63lbs

2.   Matt Lisiewski and Alan Zamora                    5.89lbs

3.   Jason Randall and James Cope                     5.57lbs

4.   Greg Cyphers and John Hans                       4.93lbs

5.   Matt Warner and Larry Holona                      4.92lbs

6.   Brent Becker and Dominic Amato                    4.51lbs

7.   Gary Freeman and Sam Schiers                     4.12lbs

8.   Toby Robinson and Henryk Grzyb                  4.06lbs

9.   Don Hill and Bob Keck                                  3.21lbs

10. Billy Snyder and Justin Campbell                      0

11. Paul Hemsley and Marco Irneze                       0

 

 

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 23:31
 
DECEMBER 10, 2011 ECHO BAY TOURNAMENT
Written by BAF Admin   

Billy Snyder and James Cope show off there 11.99lbs including a 4.59lb Largemouth winning big fish.

 

On December 10, 2011 Bass Anglers Federation launched out of Echo Bay Marina.   After watching  a Lunar Eclipse ten teams met at tires to get the day started.  After a cool morning with temperatures in the high 30s the weather turned out great.  There was light wind and a high of about 58 degrees a great day to be on the lake.  After a day of fishing all the teams met up to see how the day went.  Most teams struggled with only one team bringing a limit to the scales.  Here is how everyone stacked up.

 

Third place went to Toby Robinson and Alan Zamora weighing in 4 fish @ 7.74lbs with a 2.93 Smallmouth Bass big fish.

Second place team was new club members Jason Randell and Jason Burchfield.  They brought 4 fish to the scales weighing 9.09lbs with a 4.04lb impressive Smallmouth Bass kicker.

Smashing the field was the team of Billy Snyder and James Cope.  Fishing the points outside Echo bay with jigs and a drop-shot worm catching a limit before 9:30.  Billy and James brought there best five Bass to the scales weighing 11.99lbs with a big fish of 4.59lbs.

Congratulations to Billy and James for winning the tournament.  Billy Snyder also won the big fish pot with a 4.59lb Largemouth Bass.

 

Here are the complete results

 

1.  Billy Snyder and  James Cope           5 fish      11.99lbs     4.59lb big fish

2.  Jason Randell and Jason Burchfield    4 fish        9.03lbs     4.04lbs

3.  Toby Robinson and Alan Zamora       4 fish        7.74lbs     2.93lbs

4.  Matt Lisiewski and Randell Bruce       4 fish        7.63lbs

5.  Paul Hemsley and Henryk Grzyb        4 fish        7.03lbs

6.  Vince Genaro and Deejay Evans        3 fish       6.24lbs     3.19lbs

7.  Don Hill and Brandon Sheldon           3 fish       5.77lbs

8.  Gary Freeman and Krista Mantano      1 fish       2.59lbs

9.  Bob Keck and Larry Holona               1 fish       2.50lbs

10. Jimmy Landon and Lauren               1 fish       2.44lbs

 

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 04:30
 
NOVEMBER 12 -13, 2011 LAKE HAVASU ,AZ
Written by BAF Admin   

Joe Raftery and Justin Cambell show their day 1 sack with a  5.31lb Largemouth

Bass Anglers Federation made the trip to Lake Havasu to hold the 2011 Club Championship.  6 teams made the trip to compete for two days at the Southwests best fishery.  Mother nature cooperated well treating anglers to near perfect fall weather with temp in the mid 60s.  With the water temps hovering around 61 degrees most found the fishing tough for Lake Havasu.

Gary and Curtiss take the early lead.

At the end of Day 1 Gary Freeman and Curtiss Easter served notice they had a solid pattern that produced 11 keepers with the best five weighing 11.13lbs.  Gary and Curtiss weighed in a nice 3.90lb Smallmouth Bass.

Joe  Raftery and new member Justin Cambell  stood in second place with 10.45lbs including a solid 5.31lb Largemouth Bass taking the lead in the big fish option.

Don Hill and Matt Hoffert came to the scales with nice 4.28lb Smallmouth Bass helping them hold down third place with a total of 7.60lbs.

 

Day 2 started out cloudy after some overnight showers sent some campers into the cab of their trucks.  After the teams launched some of the teams bites died while other found some nice fish.

 

After 2 days of fishing it was Doug Jones and Randell Bruce taking third place with a two day total of 13.52lbs.

Don and Matt showing their day 2 catch.

Finishing in the second spot was the team of Don Hill and Matt Hoffert adding 9.59lbs to there day 1 catch.  Don and Matt ended up with 17.19lbs with the day 1 Smallie as a kicker.

 

Joe Raftery and Justin Cambell pull some last second heroics to take the win catching a solid 4.34lb Largemouth in the final minutes to steal the win from Don and Matt.  Joe and Justin added 9.19lbs to their day 1 total.  Their two day weight was 19.64lbs including the 5.31lb Largemouth from day 1.

Taking the big fish option was Paul Hemsley weighing in a 5.75lb Largemouth.

Team                                  No. of fish           Total                Big Fish

1. Joe Raftery and Justin Cambell             9                19.64lbs             5.31lbs

2. Don Hill and  Matt Hoffert                    7                17.19lbs             4.28lbs

3. Doug Jones and Randell Bruce              7                13.52lbs

4. Gary Freeman and Curtiss Easter           5                 11.13lbs             3.90lbs

5. Paul Hemsley                                     2                  8.51lbs             5.75lbs

6. Billy Snyder and Joyce                         1                 2.05lbs

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 November 2011 02:32
 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 ECHO BAY, LAKE MEAD
Written by BAF Admin   

 

Matt Warner and James Cope showing 4 of their 5 winning bass.

 

Bass Anglers Federation wrapped up the regular points season at Echo Bay.  Following a windy night the weather switched on and anglers were treated with near perfect morning.  Nine boats lined up at the tires just before dawn to enjoy a great day on Lake Mead.  On the line was two Angler of the Year titles in both Boater and Non Boater classes with three anglers in the hunt for each class.  At the weigh in Most boats weighed in a limit of bass with Brent Becker and John Hans taking Third place with 5 bass weighing 8.56lbs.   Finishing in Second was Greg Cyphers and Bob Keck weighing in 5 bass at 9.65lbs.  Greg also won big fish with a 2.81lb largemouth bass.  Matt Warner and James Cope weighed in 5 bass at 9.73lbs taking a very close win by 8/100ths of a pound.

 

After a close season the Angler Of the Year races were concluded with Brent Becker winning the Boater class and Bob Keck winning the Non-boater class.

2011 BAF Angler of the Year Brent Becker and John Hans show their catch.

 

Congratulations to all the winners at this months tournament.

Team                                      No. of Bass        Weight           Big Bass

1.  Matt Warner and James Cope                5                9.73lbs           3.16lbs

2.  Greg Cyphers and Bob Keck                  5                 9.65lbs           3.18lbs

3.  Brent Becker and John Hans                  5                8.56lbs           2.67lbs

4.  Tim Myers and Randell Bruce                 5                7.91lbs             dnw

5.  Don Hill and Cody Robison                     5                7.72lbs             dnw

6.  Toby Robinson and Matt Hoffert            5                7.38lbs             dnw

7.   Paul Hemsley and Billy Snyder               5                6.89lbs             dnw

8.  Matt Lisiewski and Larry Holona             5                6.78lbs             dnw

9.  Gary Freeman and Joe Raftery              2                4.04lbs              dnw

 

Last Updated on Sunday, 04 December 2011 16:15
 
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