Muskingum River His and Her

Sunday was the first time this year I've been on the Muskingum River. It's just the way things have worked out, since I've only been able to fish on weekends this summer.
Southern Ohio Bassmasters held its annual "His and Her" tournament on the Zanesville pool out of Riverside Park. River conditions were excellent, although the bass weren't hitting quite as readily a I expected.
Anyway, Lindsey and I had a decent day.
Eric Woodrow and his wife, Debbie, won the tournament with 4 pounds, 4.4 ounces, while Lindsey and I were second with 45 pounds, 3.6 ounces. The Woodrows had eight fish, we had seven; when you don't have to worry about size limits, you wind up with some strange weights.
Judy and Tom Sprankel finished third with 3 pounds, 4 ounces; Shirley and Rick Pfeifer placed fourth with 2 pounds, 10.8 ounces and Fawn and Jeremy Parish were fifth with 2 pounds, 10.8 ounces.
There were quite a few smallmouth weighed in, but Lindsey and I didn't catch any. She caught one largemouth, everything else we caught was a spotted bass, including one nice fish of about 14 inches which, unfortunately, I didn't get a weight on.
Al of our fish but one were caught on black/blue flake hand-poured Senkos from Bob's Outdoor Supply. The other fish hit a  chrome Hub's Chub.
Flyers are out for the club's rescheduled Chuck Murrey Benefit Tournament Sept. 11. Check are bait and tackle stores for flyers or go to the Southern Ohio club website, which is included in the links to the left.

Cranberry at Tappan

Cranberry Marsh Bass Club had an excellent tournament at Tappan Lake on June 26, as 28 out of 33 members (the total included two junior members) caught 95 keepers and seven members weighed in five-fish limits.
Bob Fulks won the contest with five bass weighing 7.97 pounds, while Wayne Hanley was second with five bass weighing 7.29 pounds. Hanley also took big bass honors with a 3.19-pound fish.
Gary Frazier finished third with five fish weighing 6.65 pounds, Neil Butt placed fourth with four fish weighing 6.47 pounds and Barry Spangler was fifth with four fish weighing 5.94 pounds.
The club's next event is its His & Her tournament July 24 at Riverside Park in Zanesville, while the next qualifier is July 17 at O'Shaughnessey.

Hot day on Hannibal Pool

It was hot on the Hannibal Pool of the Ohio River Saturday, July 9, both the weather and the fishing. I was drained after nine hours in the sun, but it was worth it after weighing in five bass and finishing third in the Southern Ohio Bassmasters club tournament.
I wasn't ten only one catching bass. Out of 25 anglers fishing, 23 weighed in 67 fish. Six five-fish limits were recorded. Most of the fish weighed were smallmouth, but some spots and largemouth were also brought in.
Randy Brownrigg finished firt with five bass weighing 6 pounds, 1.2 ounces, less than six ounces ahead of Mike Baughman, who had five bass weighing 5 pounds, 11.6 ounces.
I finished third with five weighing 5 pounds, 6.6 ounces, Eric Woodrow placed fourth with five fish weighing 5 pound, 6 ounces and Tom Sprankel was fifth with five fish at 5 pounds, 1 ounce.
Scott Siemer and I ties for big bass honors with 2-pound fish. His was a smallmouth and mine a largemouth.
I fished with Randy Jackson of Zanesville and although he caught only two keepers, we had a good time, catching fish throughout the day. Most of our fish were caught on crankbaits fished in the main river, but I also caught keepers on a spinnerbait in the river and on black with blue flake hand-poured Senkos in a couple of creeks. The largemouth was caught on the stickbait.
ou can check out the complete numbers at the S.O.B. website listed in the links go the right.