an and Shortie McCline won the final Buckeye Lake final Tuesday evening pot tournament of the season Sept. 14 with two fish that weighed 4.16 pounds. They also tok big bass honors with a 2.99-pound fish.
Bruce Tankovich and Wayne Hanley finished second with three bass that weighed 3.1 pounds, Richard Peters and Mike Terry placed third with a 2.59-pound bass, Doug Moran took fourth with two fish that weighed 1.71 pounds and Jerry Mossman and Tim Magers were fifth (weight was omitted from the report).
Twenty-eight anglers participated.
Organizer Robin Cross said tournaments next spring should start about the second or third week of April. He'll let me know when the date is set. He is also planning on running an open at Buckeye in the spring, which is in response to many requests from the Tuesday night participants.
Participation was strong all season with consistently more than 30 competitors each week. I've heard people say they like the format which allows you to fish either alone or with a partner and they like not having a championship because they don't feel pressured to be there every week.
They payout looks pretty good to. If there are 35 anglers, Robin pay $142 for first, $91 for second and $47 for third, along with $70 for big bass. If there are fewer than 21, he cuts out big bass.
Robin said he only pays three places and big bass to keep the payout high enough to make it worthwhile. He said he did that because of an experience where he won $12 for finishing tenth in a contest with about 30 anglers at another lake.
I don't know what other pot tournaments pay, but these seem to be pretty good. That fishermen kept coming all season, even when Buckeye finally went onto its summer doldrums, says they like the format.
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