Location – Keuka Lake
Launch Site – State Park Launch
Dates – Friday and Saturday, July 18th and 19th
Time – 5:30 am – 2:00 pm (if we can launch earlier we will try)
Captain’s meeting at the State Park Launch ramp at 4:30 am Friday morning.
All team captains must check in their team, get their team parings for both days and pay Lunker ($10 per day per man) when they check in Friday morning.
The parking fee is $7 per vehicle (either car or truck with boat) and must be paid when leaving the park.
Payout:
1st place team – $ 1050
Top 10% of the field will be offered a spot at the 2024 National Championship Semi Final. Top 40% will be offered a spot at the 2025 PA State Championship.
Do not launch your boat until you have checked in, completed the boat check and met up with your rider.
This will be a 5 fish tournament, 12″ minimum.
No culling of dead fish. Dead fish MUST be taken with you.
Lunker Fee is $10 per day. Lunker must be a live fish.
All NY Boating and Fishing rules and regulation must be adhered to at all times.
All PA Bass tournament rules apply.
The Regional event will be under the Angler / Co-Angler format (same as all other State and District tournaments) so the Angler will operate the boat and choose fishing locations.
It is suggested that the cost of the gas/oil used during the day be shared between the boater and the rider.
The area around the launch will be off limits. Any areas posted no boats means you cannot cast into those areas either.
Keuka speed limit is 45 mph and is enforced by radar. If ticketed, you could be disqualified.
Remember NO POWER LOADING at the ramp.
Note about weigh-in. Please tie up to the dock if there is an open slip, pull up on the shoreline, or trailer your boat. If you want to pull your boat out, fish care should be considered. The co-angler should come up to the trailer to get in the bag line. Get both bags (CANNOT use your own). When you get your bag, you can get your fish and bring them back for weigh in. When you come up to the scale with your fish, tell me your boat number and your name, verify weight and get your yellow copy of the weigh in slip. Return fish to water near the end of the slips, not at the ramp and return bags to the end of the line where you got them.
Last boat will call out numbers and each boat will launch every 10 seconds.
The tournament committee (District Officers present) will make the decision to hold a fog delay if necessary for safety. If so, the committee will make decisions regarding take off time, extending fishing hours, etc.
SAFETY – Life jackets MUST be worn when the outboard motor is running. This includes coming in to beach the boat, taking the boat on and off the trailer. If you are on the boat, the outboard is running, life jacket MUST be on for all aboard. Failure to do so can result in disqualification in the tournament.
**Any culling system utilized must reduce fish handling stress and injury (e.g., clips and color coding). Devices that use or require punching / piercing a hole in the fish’s mouth are NOT permitted. Fish should not be lifted from a livewell by culling tubes, ropes, etc., in an attempt to reduce stress.
These are the team applications that I have received to date.
- Allegheny Mountain Bass
- Blair Bassmasters
- North Branch Bass
I plan on doing the pairings on Wednesday night to post here.
| PA Bass Fed. Regional 2 – Keuka, Day 1 7/19/24 | PA Bass Fed. Regional 2 – Keuka, Day 2 7/20/24 | |||||
| Boat # | Angler | Co-Angler | Boat # | Angler | Co-Angler | |
| 1 | Alex Nicoletti | Raymond Severns | 1 | Ed Fisher | Jeff Miller | |
| 2 | Jim Erb | Daniel Foresman | 2 | Keith Houseknecht | Tim Bodenschatz | |
| 3 | Mitch Heaton | Tim Bodenschatz | 3 | Jason Haney | Daniel Foresman | |
| 4 | Mike Richmond | Jeff Miller | 4 | Mitch Heaton | Rod Derricott | |
| 5 | Keith Houseknecht | Scott Hileman | 5 | Mike Richmond | Scot Neely | |
| 6 | Levi McCarty | Todd Hamer | 6 | Alex Nicoletti | Todd Hamer | |
| 7 | Mike Vivis | Scot Neely | 7 | Jim Erb | Craig Thomas | |
| 8 | Jason Haney | Rod Derricott | 8 | Levi McCarty | Scott Hileman | |
| 9 | Ed Fisher | Craig Thomas | 9 | Mike Vivis | Raymond Severns | |
I do have another club that is looking for a boater to complete their team. If anyone is not fishing the tournament and is able to help out at weigh in or is up fun fishing on Friday or Saturday and have room for me on their boat, let me know. If you are interested in fishing the District 2 tournament on Sunday, let me know.
Thanks.
Brett (570-916-5139)
Updated: 7/19/24
