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

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

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

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