• Staring April 5th, 2010.  There will be a Monday night Jackpot Tournament held at Lake Bastrop at the north shore boat ramp from 6pm to 9pm.  Anyone can come.  See Rules below.  If you have any questions please email me at edward.balusek@bluebonnet.coop  Thanks.

 

MONDAY NIGHT LAKE BASTROP JACKPOT TOURNAMENT

1. Entry Fees/ Pay Out

 

Entry fees shall be $32.00 per boat with no more than two (2) people in the boat per tournament. $30.00 will go towards tournament and $2.00 will be donated to the Bastrop County Bass Club for the  use of the scales.

Big bass pot will be $5.00 which is optional. To qualify for the bag bass pot the bass must be over 21 inches. If no big bass is caught the money will carry over to the next tournament on Lake Bastrop.

            1-5 boats will pay 1 place (100% of the pot)

            6-10 boats will pay 2 places (60% for first and 40% for second)

            11+ boats will pay 3 places (60% for first, 30% for second and 10% for third)

All ties will be decided by the flip of a coin with the loser moving down a spot and so on.

1. Registration Times / Tournament Hours

 

Registration will be held from 5:15 pm till 5:50 pm.

 

Contestants may leave the dock at 5:30 pm after they have registered and have had their live wells checked.

 

Tournament hours are from 6:00 pm till 9:00 pm. You must be inside the no wake buoys by 9:00 pm. If you are late your team will be disqualified.

 

1. Permitted Fishing Methods

 

Only artificial baits may be used.

 

All bass must be caught in a sporting manner. (No Snagging)

 

Each competitor may only use one rod at a time. No more than one line in the water at a time per angler.

Trolling with the combustion motor is not permitted.

 

1. Live Fish/ Weigh In   WE DO NOT WEIGH IN DEAD FISH

A limit of 5 fish per team. You can weigh in five (5) fish between 11-14 inches. (fish cannot touch the 14 inch line) or you can weigh in 4 fish between 11-14 inches and 1 fish 21 inches or over.

1. Sportsmanship/ Safety

 

All contestants are required to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, safety and conservation.

 

5:30 pm staging time to 9:00 pm you cannot get within 25 yards or casting distance from another boat without consent.

 

Safe boating must be observed at all times.

 

Any disagreement will be settled by a third and fourth party chosen by picking a team off the sign in sheets.

On March 13th & 14th the Bastrop County Bass Club hosted their tournament at Lake Falcon.  The club had a great turn out with 8 teams participating.  Carl Clardy and Dan Walton took 1st place with 82.23lbs, Willie Spiller and Bubba Balusek took 2nd place with 69.05lbs and JR Bryant and Joe Frey took 3rd with 62.41lbs in this day and half tourmanent.  Congradualtions to the angelers.  On day 1 Willie Spiller won big bass for the day with a 12.62lb bass.  On day 2 Carl Clardy won big bass with a 12.85lb bass.  Nice Fish for both angelers.  Out of the 16 angelers fishing, there was a total of 131 fish weighed in on both days coming out to a total of 461.48 lbs of fish.  Thats alot of great fish brought in.

On March 13th & 14th the Bastrop County Bass Club hosted their tournament at Lake Falcon.  The club had a great turn out with 8 teams participating.  Carl Clardy and Dan Walton took 1st place with 82.23lbs, Willie Spiller and Bubba Balusek took 2nd place with 69.05lbs and JR Bryant and Joe Frey took 3rd with 62.41lbs in this day and half tourmanent.  Congradualtions to the angelers.  On day 1 Willie Spiller won big bass for the day with a 12.62lb bass.  On day 2 Carl Clardy won big bass with a 12.85lb bass.  Nice Fish for both angelers.  Out of the 16 angelers fishing, there was a total of 131 fish weighed in on both days coming out to a total of 461.48 lbs of fish.  Thats alot of great fish brought in. 

For anyone who has GPS or Google earth here are the coordinates to the cabins we will be staying at (26 58 03N, 99 10 33W).  And the 2^nd is for the coordinates to the boat ramp (26 43 52N, 99 06 47W).

In March the club will be hosting a 2 day tournament in Zapata, TX at Falcon Lake.  It will be held on the 13^th  from safe light till 4:30pm and 14^th from safe light till 1:30pm at the Big Tigre boat ramp.  Ken Anderson will have directions to boat ramp when we get down there. 

Directions to Falcon Lake:

Falcon Lake is located on the Mexican border about a 5 hour drive from Bastrop.  Please note that half of the lake is in Mexican waters and if you plan to fish the Mexican side you will need a special fishing license.

A friend on JR’s and Willie has a cabin we can stay at on Highway 16, about a mile towards Zapata, past State Park Road Arroyo Velleno intersection, approximately 6 – 8 miles from Zapata.  It is a blue cabin visible from Highway 16 on the right hand side.  JR will have the key for access. Accommodations are very basic so remember to bring your own bedding and supplies.  There are also hotels in the area if you would prefer. 

Reminder:  Make sure if you are staying in the cabins it is very basic so remember to bring your own bedding and supplies.  Don’t forget extension cords to charge batteries also for you boats.  Hope to see everyone down in Zapata.  Good luck

The February tournament was held on Lake Austin

On the 27^th.  Jim Deiso and Chris Carpenter took 1^st place

with 6.21 lbs.  Dan Starling and Carl Clardy took 2^nd with

5.27 lbs.  Jim Deiso had big bass for the tournament with

a 2.79 lb black bass.  Way to go Jim.

 

March newsletter is now available online.