Jul 11

Quad State High School Championship

Launching out of the Northeast River of the Chesapeake will be 22 teams from 4 states looking to punch their ticket to the Regional for their State. Due to the Wuhan B********, we will not be allowed to have our traditional trademark family cookout during the weigh in and awards presentation and the weigh in can not be attended by family or other fans. We will be getting as many pictures as we can to post and we will have a small awards presentation so we can give the winners a lot of great prizes. Go to the Youth Tab and then High School for photos and results

Jul 10

PA State Team Regional 1 – Information

Welcome to the PA State Team Regional 1 tournament at Cayuga Lake, NY launching out of the Town of Union Springs; July 17-18. This event will qualify no less than 10 anglers and 10 coanglers to the National Championship Semi Final at Lake Wallenpaupak on September 19-20. It will also qualify at least 20 anglers and coanglers to the 2021 PA State Championship at a location TBD.

Official Practice: Sunrise Monday July 13 until 3:00pm Thursday July 16. During the official practice period, no competitor may be on the tournament waters with anyone who is not registered for the tournament and no competitor is allowed to obtain any information from any non-competitor. The only exception will be for an immediate family member. No competitor is allowed on the water after 3pm Thursday July 16 except during official tournament hours with the exception of driving the most direct route to on the water accommodations. Any competitor needing to be on the water outside the tournament hours for the purpose of testing repaired equipment will have to get approval from the tournament director. This does NOT include any motor break-in period.

Registration: Captains ONLY (DO NOT bring ANY team members) will receive the plates for their team members for both days, pay for the big fish pot of $120 and Facility Fee of $36 (total $156.00 exact change PLEASE). There will be ONE big fish payout for each day. Coanglers are reminded of the expense of operating a tournament boat and should offer to split the DAYS expense with their angler partner.

Location: Weigh-in Trailer at Union Springs

Time:  Wednesday July 15 from 3pm to 4pm AND Thursday July 16 from 3pm to 4pm.

**Any Captain (or designee) who has not registered the team by 4pm Thursday will be dropped from the tournament (no refunds).

**One person at a time at the trailer and remember that NY still has social spacing in effect for those in the line.

Launch Time: 5:30am

Check-in Time: Flight 1 – 2:45pm, Flight 2 – 3:15pm.

Check in boat will be in place at 2:30pm. Do not “buzz” the check in boat. IDLE ONLY speed and be sure you hear him repeat your boat number back to you. Anyone who does not check in with the check in boat will be marked 15mins late. If you come in early, you will have to go out and check in with the check in boat. There will be NO check in at the trailer or with ANY other tournament worker. Late is Late except for a boat towing in a competitor (you should call and let us know) or a boat who has otherwise rescued any competitor and bringing them in (call only when emergency is over). Note: check in times STILL APPLY to the towed or rescued boat.

Weigh-In Procedure: Due to social spacing requirements (at this time) you will remain IN YOUR BOAT and will be CALLED BY BOAT NUMBER to weigh-in. After you weigh your fish, you SHALL put them back in your livewell, hand your weigh in bags to the tournament worker and take your fish NO LESS than 100 yards beyond the buoy – your coangler can get your truck while you are doing this. Any competitor caught dumping their fish at the ramp will be disqualified. If the social spacing guidelines are otherwise relaxed or removed, we will run a normal weigh in with full tanks and announce it in the morning. The fish release WILL REMAIN the same.

Off Limits: There will be NO locking. Any area marked no fishing or if you are fishing in a marina and you are asked to leave, you will leave that area.

Jul 10

Team Regional 2 – Updated, Final Results

Team Regional 2 concluded today and Congratulations to Charlie Sykes on the angler side and Jeff Miller on the coangler side for finishing on top of the individual standings. The Team side would see Blair Bassmasters go out with a 10 pound lead and finish with a TWENTY FOUR + pound margin over second place AMBA. But the other story of the day would see Clarion County come from a last place start and edge Berks Bassmasters out of pay day by 0.12 pounds anchored by the days Big Fish; 4.24LM caught by Jeff Manross. It also stung a little for Crawford County who would miss their pay day by only 0.36 pounds. Here are the results

PlaceClubDay 1Day 2Total weightPayout
1Blair Bassmasters52.9656.90109.86 $   1,050.00
2Allegheny Mtn.43.5442.0085.54 $      630.00
3Clarion County36.8840.0476.92 $      420.00
4Berks Bassmasters43.3233.4876.80 
5Crawford County41.4035.1676.56 
6Susquehanna Valley37.2837.2274.50 
Day 1Day 2Total
PlaceClubAnglers# fishWeightLunker# fishWeightLunker# fishWeight
1Susquehanna ValleyCharles Sykes515.804.66511.122.781026.92
2Blair BassmastersEd Fisher511.54 512.523.061024.06
3Blair BassmastersJason Haney49.22 513.08 922.30
4Crawford CountyMark Hughes511.683.14510.583.621022.26
5Crawford CountyEric Marsh512.224.0859.902.721022.12
6Blair BassmastersMitch Heaton512.143.8259.2 1021.34
7Clarion CountyDaryl Stankewich59.643.14510.503.201020.14
8Berks BassmastersTodd Harris511.362.7057.94 1019.30
9Clarion CountyJared Burrows59.48 58.223.001017.70
10Allegheny Mtn.Mike Vivis57.18 59.442.921016.62
11Berks BassmastersMike Taylor36.22 510.34 816.56
12Susquehanna ValleyDonn Troutman57.44 56.50 1013.94
13Allegheny Mtn.Jim Smith33.04 59.24 812.28
14Berks BassmastersRobert Entler55.28 46.76 912.04
15Clarion CountyJeff Manross46.80 14.244.24511.04
16Susquehanna ValleyDonald Feese34.42 36.042.92610.46
17Allegheny Mtn.Alex Nicoletti33.48 33.50 66.98
18Crawford CountyWade Adams11.82 34.56 46.38
Day 1Day 2Total
PlaceClubCo-Anglers# fishWeightLunker# fishWeightLunker# fishWeight
1Allegheny Mtn.Jeff Miller512.162.78510.622.921022.78
2Berks BassmastersBrandon Esterly511.30 58.44 1019.74
3Allegheny Mtn.Dave Palko512.384.2635.982.78818.36
4Blair BassmastersScott Hileman59.123.257.26 1016.38
5Blair BassmastersBryan Alleman33.22 510.72 813.94
6Clarion CountyBrett DalrympleDNFDNFDNF512.083.68512.08
7Crawford CountyMike Davis36.58 25.283.42511.86
8Blair BassmastersMike Berkheimer57.72 34.12 811.84
9Susquehanna ValleyDaryl Hunsberger11.20 48.783.7659.98
10Allegheny Mtn.Ryan Orsargos45.30 23.22 68.52
11Crawford CountyDon Dick35.18 22.80 57.98
12Susquehanna ValleyRon Boyer34.94 12.02 46.96
13Clarion CountyKevin Johnson36.522.9800.00 36.52
14Susquehanna ValleyTheo Ohler23.48 22.76 46.24
15Clarion CountyPhil Kaber11.08 35.00 46.08
16Crawford CountyKenneth Anderson II33.92 12.04 45.96
17Berks BassmastersCurtis McNeill35.66 00.00 35.66
18Berks BassmastersJonathan Stewart23.50 00.00 23.50
19Clarion CountyHunter Bruner23.36 DNFDNFDNF23.36

Team Regional 2 is off and running on Keuka Lake, NY. Six teams looking for bragging rights while 4 anglers and 4 coanglers hope to punch their ticket for the National Championship Semi Final in September.

Charles Sykes from Susquehanna Valley came out swinging and landed nearly a 16 pound bag anchored by the days Big Fish of 4.66. His weight sends him out in the morning with more than a 3 1/2 pound lead over 2nd place Crawford County angler Eric Marsh. On the coangler side things are a lot tighter and Dave Palko, AMBA, is in the hot seat by 0.32 pounds over fellow club member Jeff Miller. Dave had a 4.26 Big Fish to push him past Jeff. What will the morning bring? In the end though, for Team results it is consistency through the team members and that wins it. Blair Bassmasters owns the top spot after today a little more than 9 pounds in front of AMBA and Berks Bassmasters, a team from District 1 trying to steal the brass ring. Are they going to do both Regionals? Anyway, here are the results of day 1

Team

PlaceClubDay 1Day 2Total weight
1Blair Bassmasters52.96 52.96
2Allegheny Mtn.43.54 43.54
3Berks Bassmasters43.32 43.32
4Crawford County41.40 41.4
5Susquehanna Valley37.28 37.28
6Clarion County36.88 36.88

Individual

Day 1
PlaceClubAnglers# fishWeightLunker
1Susquehanna ValleyCharles Sykes515.804.66
2Crawford CountyEric Marsh512.224.08
3Blair BassmastersMitch Heaton512.143.82
4Crawford CountyMark Hughes511.683.14
5Blair BassmastersEd Fisher511.54 
6Berks BassmastersTodd Harris511.362.70
7Clarion CountyDaryl Stankewich59.643.14
8Clarion CountyJared Burrows59.48 
9Blair BassmastersJason Haney49.22 
10Susquehanna ValleyDonn Troutman57.44 
11Allegheny Mtn.Mike Vivis57.18 
12Clarion CountyJeff Manross46.80 
13Berks BassmastersMike Taylor36.22 
14Berks BassmastersRobert Entler55.28 
15Susquehanna ValleyDonald Feese34.42 
16Allegheny Mtn.Alex Nicoletti33.48 
17Allegheny Mtn.Jim Smith33.04 
18Crawford CountyWade Adams11.82 
Day 1
PlaceClubCo-Anglers# fishWeightLunker
1Allegheny Mtn.Dave Palko512.384.26
2Allegheny Mtn.Jeff Miller512.162.78
3Berks BassmastersBrandon Esterly511.3 
4Blair BassmastersScott Hileman59.123.2
5Blair BassmastersMike Berkheimer57.72 
6Crawford CountyMike Davis36.58 
7Clarion CountyKevin Johnson36.522.98
8Berks BassmastersCurtis McNeill35.66 
9Allegheny Mtn.Ryan Orsargos45.3 
10Crawford CountyDon Dick35.18 
11Susquehanna ValleyRon Boyer34.94 
12Crawford CountyKenneth Anderson II33.92 
13Berks BassmastersJonathan Stewart23.5 
14Susquehanna ValleyTheo Ohler23.48 
15Clarion CountyHunter Bruner23.36 
16Blair BassmastersBryan Alleman33.22 
17Susquehanna ValleyDaryl Hunsberger11.2 
18Clarion CountyPhil Kaber11.08 

Jul 06

District 2 – Keuka, State Park, 7/12/20

Location – Keuka Lake
Launch Site – State Park Launch
Date – Sunday, July 12th
Time – 5:30 am – 1:30 pm, (if we can launch earlier we will try)
Registration – 4:30 am – 5:15 am

**One person at a time at the trailer and remember that NY still has social spacing in effect for those in line. Face covering are recommended at weigh in, in the restrooms, and whenever social distancing cannot be maintained.

The parking fee is $7 per vehicle (either car or truck with boat) and must be paid when leaving the park.

Payout: (based on 10)
Anglers
1st place – $350
2nd place – $210
3rd place – $140
Co-Anglers
1st place – $175
2nd place – $105
3rd place – $70

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.

It is suggested that the cost of the gas/oil used during the day be shared between the boater and the rider.

The area right at the launch will be off limits. Any areas posted no boats or no fishing 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.

Note about weigh-in. Please tie up to the dock if there is an open slip, pull up on the shoreline, or wait out on the water. If you want to pull your boat out, you can trailer it but fish care should be considered. The co-angler should come up to the trailer to get in the bag line. Please remember to use social distancing. 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, turn in your boat number, give me 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.

The park has recommended that we do not have the awards at the end of the weigh in to promote social distancing. I will do my best to have the results posted Sunday evening. The checks will go in the mail on Monday morning.

Boat # Angler Co-Angler
1 Stosh Wisniewski Ron Boyer
2 Don Feese Jr. Andy Cook
3 David Kozlansky Rick Gaab
4 Keith Houseknecht Daryl Hunsberger
5 Austin Gaab Theo Ohler
6 Tom Prowant Michael Prentiss
7 Donn Troutman Jim Walker
8 Charlie Sykes Grant Michael
9 Gene Snyder Brett Dalrymple
10 Nick Osman Levi McCarty

Thanks.
Brett
Updated: 7/11/20