Salt City Bassmasters Compete On Cayuga Lake

[Jen Cardinale]

On Sunday August 12, 2012 24 SCBM members competed in a tournament on Cayuga Lake. The 12 boat field blasted at 6am from the Long Point ramp and returned at 2pm for the weigh in.

Boater Division:

Pat Grady finished in first place weighing in 15.72 lbs. Grady’s winning bag also contained the boater division Lunker. The Lunker bass weighed in at 5.72 lbs. Grady landed all his fish on crankbaits.

Dave Ottman finished in second place weighing in 15.39 lbs. Ottman did not respond with further comments.

Randy Lamanche finished in third place weighing in 13.76 lbs. Lamanche started out targeting shallow largemouths with a spinner bait, he caught a couple keepers doing this in 4-8 feet of water. Later he switched to deeper water throwing crank baits, and finesse plastics. This deeper pattern didn't pan out the way that he had hoped so he spent the afternoon shallow again 3-6 feet of water with a 5" black stick worm.

Co-Angler Division:

Curtis Waterman finished in first place weighing in 13.46 lbs. Waterman practiced and came up with a small plastics/crankbait pattern. On tournament day crankbaits still worked but small plastics were catching small fish. Waterman decided to try a 10" Berkley worm in "plum" with a 5/8oz tungsten screw in weight, just to see if bigger fish would hit it. They seemed to like it and he used that worm all day. Waterman did try small drop shot baits but caught small fish including rockbass and sun fish.

Mike Fragola finished in second place weighing in 8.52 lbs. Fragola did not respond with further comments.

Pat Ponto finished in third place weighing in 7.69 lbs. Ponto’s winning bag also contained the co-angler division Lunker. The Lunker bass weighed in at 3.88 lbs and was caught on drop shot. Ponto fished drop shot, senkos, and crankbaits in 12-16 feet of water.

About Salt City Bassmasters:

Salt City Bassmasters is an organization 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. www.saltcitybass.com