Alan Fulks wins big at Tappan

Alan Fulks of Nashportmade the fishing look easy Saturday at Tappan Lake, winning the Southern Ohio Bassmasters club tournament by a margin of 3 1/2 pounds. Alan had five bass with a total weight of 12 pounds, 5.6 ounces, which included the big bass of the tournament, a 3-pounds, 6.6-ounce fish.
Each of the next four anglers also had five-fish limits, but none found the consistent quality of fish that Alan did.
Finishing a disnt second was Eric Woodrow of Duncan Falls, with 8 pounds, 14.4 ounces and Randy Brownrigg of McConnelsville was close behind him at 8 pounds, 6.4 ounces. Chris Lighthizer of Zanesville was fourth at 7 pounds, 15.6 ounces, and Chad Lighthizer placed fifth with 7 pounds, 8.2 ounces.
Out of 27 members fishing, 22 weighed in a total of 59 bass.
I knew it was going to be a tough day for me when I lost the first bass I had on. I didn't think it was a keeper at the time, but I caught a couple later that looked smaller, but still measured 11 1/2 inches or better.
Getting fish to hit wasn't my problem Saturday; keeping them hooked was. For some reason this spring I have been losing too many fish on soft plastic. I didn't have that problem last year and I'm using the same lures and same type of hooks on the same rod.
Maybe, like the pitcher who suddenly can't hit the strike zone, there's something wrong in my mechanics. I'll have to work on it.
The club's next tournament is at Piedmont May 15. I'll be looking forward to that.

Third win in a row

Gary Perkins and Dwayne Nauer made it three wins in a row at Buckeye Lake Tuesday evening, April 27, boating four bass weighing 6.48 pounds in the cold, windy conditions. Their catch included the big bass of the evening, a 3.27-pound fish.
John and Jason Harter finished second with four bass weighing 5.94 pounds. and Robin Cross and Jack Miller took third with four bass weighing 5.61 pounds.
Scott Clark paced fourth with four bass weighing 4.28 pounds and Mike Goodin as fifth with two bass weighing 3.98 pounds.
Twenty-eight anglers competed and weighed in 25 bass.

OBF Region 2 results

Matt Vermilyea of Erie Bay Bassers won the two-day Ohio Bass Federation Region 2 event at Grand Lake St. Mary's April 24 and 25 with 10 bass weighing 23.77 pounds. Close Behind was Scott Klaus of St. Mary's Bassmasters with 10 bass weighing 23.68 pounds and not far behind him as Steve Taylor of the St. Mary's club with 10 bass weighing 22.21 pounds.
Gary Shepard of Buckeye Pro Div. slipped in at fourth with nine bass weighing 20.54 pounds and Bob Flowers of Trophy Bassmasters wound up in fifth with 10 bass weighing 19.21 pounds. He would have finished fourth, but he had four dead fish.
Big bass was a 4.25-pound fish caught y Howard Jackson of Allen County Bassmasters.
Of 34 anglers competing, 26 weighed in 142 baqss, of which 135 were released alive.
For complete results, go to the Ohio Bass Federation web site.

Shell wins Cranberry event

As bad weather threatened, but never really hit, Buckeye Lake Sunday, April 25, John Shell won the opening Cranberry Marsh Bass Club tournament of the season with four bass weighing 7.66 pounds. Bob Sherwood was a close second with four bass weighing 7.21 pounds.
Randy Swihart took third with two bass tipping the scales at 6.05 pounds, including a 4.35-pound fish that took big bass honors.
Adam Richards had the only five-fish limit of the contest, weighing in at fourth place with 5.84 pounds, while Neil Butt finished fifth with three bass weighing 4.95 pounds.
Out of 33 members fishing the tournament, 23 weighed in 51 bass.
The club's next tournament is at O'Shaughnessy May 23,

Hammer wins Piedmont

Wesley Hammer won the opening Y-City Bass CLub tournament of the year, held at Piedmont April 18. Hammer had five bass weighing 8.88 pounds, including 2.19-pound fish that took big bass honors. Dave Allen of Zanesville finished second with four bass weighing 5.65 pounds and Mike King took third with four bass weighing 5.49 pounds. Mark Delancey placed fourth with four bass weighing 5.46 pounds and Stve Bullock was fifth with three fish weighing 4.04 pounds. A total of 49 bass were weighed by 22 of the 30 members fishing.
You can see the complete results by using the link to Ohio Bass Clubs, then clicking on the Y-City Bass Club logo.