The Freeman Bros with 13.10lbs.  You were warned!

With a summer storm looming, the Bass Angler's Federation launched out of Callville Bay at 7pm for the annual club night tournament.  It was a serene setting with storm clouds moving in from all sides of the lake and fishing was good for most just before dark and again before sunrise.  As it turned out, Lake Mead was the eye of the storm.  Angler's were treated with an awesome light show and skirted the impending thunderstorms, but had to contend with wind and blowing sand.  Thanks to Doug Jones and Jim Shorts for the phone calls and text messages warning of the storm pattern.  If you listen to all the dock talk, most teams stuck it out in the lower basin.  I only heard of one team that went beyond the narrows, and they got pinned by the wind.  However, 8 boats launched and 9 boats returned to weigh in unscathed, each with fish to weigh.  That's not a typo.  Mr. Paul Hemsley (boat 9) had to work and came out to participate.  And by participate, I mean WEDGE himself in to take big fish honors.  Paul weighed in a nice 6.21lb largemouth, and with only 3 fish, his total was 10.07lbs.  Way to go, Paul!  The points race for AOY is heating up and all the contenders are doing what they can to stay in contention.  On the boater side, Keith (a.k.a. KVR) finished 2nd and is holding on to a 7 point lead.  Gary Freeman is the big mover and shaker this tournament.  Finishing in 1st, Gary jumped from 6th place to 2nd.  Paul Hemsley is 12 points out of first, but with big fish capabilities, he could WEDGE himself in, again.  On the non-boater side, Larry Holona is trying to put distance between him and the Godfather, Deejay Evans.  Larry thought his efforts to finish 1st would be enough for a cushion, but Deejay came through with a 2nd place finish to keep the race close.  Matt Durham is only 15 points out of 1st and has had a few good runs to stay in the heat.  With only 2 points tournaments left, it's anyone's championship.  Here's how it all turned out on Saturday.

Paul "The Wedge" Hemsley and Big Fish.  A solid 6.21lb largie!

Team                                               # Fish       Total          Big Fish

1. Gary Freeman / Larry H.                              5          13.10

2. KVR / Deejay (the Godfather)                     5           11.38          4.44

3. Bubba Becker / Luke "Skywalker"                 5           11.10          3.64

4. Toby Robinson / Randall "The" Bruce            5           10.15          3.26

5. Paul "Hemlock" Hemsley                              3           10.07          6.21  BF

6. Rob Jeanotte / Ellison Hubbard                    5             9.27

7. Dave Hudson / Henryik " Grubs"                   4             6.57

8. Tim Meyers / "The Kid" Zach Holt                3              6.28

9. "The Other Paul" Holt / Kevin "VanDammit"   1             3.25

The Bass Angler's Federation launched 13 boats at safe light Saturday to predicted wind and an extremely hot June day.  85 degree water temps and 115 degree above water temps didn't seem to take anyone out of their game.  Lucky for all, the wind never got nasty and was barely a factor.  In fact, the stiff breeze was a blessing for all braving a stifling hot tournament day.  There are only 3 points tournaments left and with AOY on the minds of boaters and non-boaters in contention, Mohave looked like it might be the chance to break away.  As it usually goes, Lake Mohave was not kind to all.  One team was disqualified for bringing in 1 bass over the 5 fish limit, and another team broke down shortly after launch.  Here's the breakdown.

Congrats to Matt La-Chev-Ski and Ellison Hubbard taking the win with 14.23lbs!

Tim Meyers and Randall "The" Bruce showing off 2 of their 14.06lb bag.

Jiggin' Jim Shorts and Dave Naugle get 3rd with 13.92lbs.  Like everyone else, they can't shake Toby Robinson.

The Godfather and a 5.02lb Big Fish!

1. Matt Lisiewski and Ellison Hubbard       5          14.23        4.58

2. Tim Meyers and Randall Bruce             5          14.06        4.21

3. James Cope and Dave Naugle             5          13.93        4.59

4. Gary Freeman and Bob Keck               5          13.90        DNW

5. Dominic Amato and Zach Holt             5          13.59        4.23

6. KVR and Larry Holona                        5          12.78        DNW

7. Bubba Becker and Dallas                    5          12.56        3.45

8. Matt Durham and Rick Pfeffer             5          11.43        3.68

9. Paul Hemlock and Deejay Evans          5          11.04        5.02  BF

10. Toby Robinson and Billy Snyder          5          10.75        4.28

11. Richard Powers and Rick Powers         5          7.15        DNW

12. Paul Holt and Henry Grzyb                  DNW

13. Ray Coble and Kevin Aiken                  DQ

Congratulations to Richard Powers and Deejay Evens For taking the win

Brent Becker showing off the winning Big Fish

Alan Zamora and Larry Holona show us there second place fish.

The Bass Federation held its May tournament at Lake Mead with a bit of confusion.  The scheduled event at Callville was moved due to a permit mix up and put us at launch with another local bass club.  Despite the crowd, it was a pretty stellar day on Lake Mead.  Calm waters, a slight breeze, and our first double digit above water temperature for the year led to a ton of fish caught.  In typical late spring time fashion, fish were caught all over in a variety of ways.  In the backs of cuts, on beds, and out on the points and secondary points with topwater, reaction, and finesse baits.  But, from the sounds of it, keeper fish were a little more harder to come by.  We were all spoiled by the awesome months of March and April and the 8 teams with over 10 pounds were probably scrambling for one kicker fish thinking it would take a possible 20 lb sack to win.  As it turns out, 11.82, brought in by the team of Richard Powers and Deejay Evans, was enough to take the victory.  Congrats, bros!  Here's the breakdown.  Total fish per team was not recorded.

Total weight Big Fish

1.  Bass Powers and Deejay Evans               11.82                       3.61

2.  Alan Zamora and Larry Holona                11.74                       3.66

3.  Bubba Becker                                      11.62                       4.30

4. Gary Freeman and Zach Holt                   10.89                       DNW

5. Keith Van Reil and Matt Durham               10.83                      DNW

6. Anthony Salazar and Randall Bruce            10.63                      DNW

7. Rob Jeanotte and Dallas                          10.13                      3.39

8. Don Hill and Henryk Grybz                        10.08                      4.16

9. Ray Coble and James Salazar                      9.74                       DNW

10.  Toby Robinson and Steve Reed                9.49                      3.37

11.  Dominic Amato and Ellison Hubbert            7.82                      DNW

12.  Paul Hemsley and Jerron Slaton                 6.70                      DNW

13.  Jim Shorts and Bob Keck                          4.49                      DNW

14. Paul Holt and Kevin Aiken                          4.45                      DNW

15. Rick Pfeffer and Luke Vierkent                   4.21                      DNW

Brent Becker shows off his 7.57lb winning Big Fish.

Bass Anglers Federation held our April Tournament at Cottonwood Cove.  Ten teams showed up to fish a near perfect day on Lake Mohave.  Anglers launched around 5:30am to little to zero wind most teams making a left turn heading North.

Lake Mohave is known for wind and Big waves,  not so on this day.  The wind stayed away until 11:00am  with only a 5 to 10 mph breeze and temperatures in the mid 80's.

After a beautiful day on Lake Mohave Anglers met for the weigh-in. Talk at the dock was about Great fishing and Lots of fish being caught.

Taking third place was the Team of James Cope and Zach Holt. They noted catching fish all day with the best Five weighing 15.49lbs.

Second place Team was Toby Robinson and Larry Holona with a total weight of 18.68lbs with a 5.22lb largemouth bass kicker. Toby said "We went north to Willow Beach and worked our way back Dropshoting the step cliffs." "we had our limit by 8am and culled from there."  "We caught our biggest fish around 2 on a zora spook."

Taking the win was Brent Becker and Matt Durham with massive sack of 20.16lbs with the winning Big Fish of 7.57lbs.  "Our day started of good, we had our limit by 7:30am." Brent noted " We stayed around Cottonwood jumping from cove to cove covering a lot of water." "Our Big Fish came late in the day on a spinnerbait" He added  " I make my own spinnerbaits and if felt great to catch a Toad on a Bait I made"

Congratulations to Brent Becker and Matt Durham for taking the win at Lake Mohave with an outstanding weight of 20.16lbs

Brent also won big fish with a 7.57lb Donkey....

1.   Brent Becker and Matt Durham               5        20.16lbs       7.57lbs

2.   Toby Robinson and Larry Holona             5        18.69lbs       5.22lbs

3.   James Cope and Zach Holt                      5         15.49lbs       dnw

4.   Anthony Salazar and Ellison Hubbert      5         15.19lbs        dnw

5.   Paul Hemsley and Bob Keck                    5          14.99lbs       4.51lbs

6.   Kieth Van Reil   and Deejay Evans           5         14.36lbs        dnw

7.   Paul Holt and Randell Bruce                     5         13.52lbs        dnw

8.   Gary Freeman and Dallas                         5         13.11lbs        dnw

9.   Alan Zamora and Henryk Grybz                5         13.02lbs        dnw

10. Matt Lisiewski and Stave Reed                 5         12.67lbs        dnw