January
10, 2004 New Melones, CA
McCann And Loper Win New Melones
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1st Place
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3rd Place
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4th Place
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Results
Angler's Choice Motherlode
at New Melones kicked off the new year with a great
tournament. 42 Teams arrived early to what turned out
to be some of the best fishing the motherlode has to
offer. The weather was perfect, the lake is rising,
and the fish were biting. Many of the teams reported
catching multiple limits There were 32 limits with a
total of 187 fish being caught and an average weight
of 1.60 lbs. Some fish were caught from 5 to 20 feet
deep, but most fish were 30 to 60 feet deep. Brown or
green pumpkin jigs 3/8 to 3/4 ounce dragging and hopping
on the bottom was best. Dart heads with brown tubes
or your favorite color zipper or brush hog was also
working well. With more tournaments coming to New Melones,
no one was willing to share location.
The top weight of the
event was caught on brown and green jigs by Bill Looper
and Steve McCann of Oakdale. They had 3 good fish in
their limit for a total weight of 13.88 lbs and reeled
in a whopping $2045 for the effort. Second went to gold
medallist skier turned gold medallist fisherman Kyle
Rasmussen and Joe Menzes of Angels Camp with a total
of 13.10 lbs anchored by a 4.77 big fish which landed
them $1502.
Another well known fisherman,
BASS Delta champion Robert Lee and his dad Dennis brought
11.22 lbs to the scales and scooped up $862. Fourth
place went to the staff team Bob Bellin and Steve Marino,
who are currently the points leaders, with 11.20 lbs
just .02 lbs from 3rd netting them $475. Stealing fifth
with 10.36 lbs, just .01 lbs over 6th, was fishing guide
Johnny Chiarpotti and Joe Bruce, a local favorite, netted
them $400. Eking into sixth with 10.35 lbs was the team
of Norval Garringer and Jeff Johnson giving them a check
for $315. A new team to Angler's, David Permenter and
Aaron Cole placed seventh with 9.62 and took home $295.
Last in the money at eighth place was the competitive
team of Tom Machado and George Amorin with 9.41 lbs
good for $240. Great job by all.
Next tournament for the
Motherlode is February 28 at Don Pedro. There's still
plenty of time to join the circuit and make the TOC
at Oroville, where we will be giving a Bass Cat and
Mercury Opti-Max for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Call Danny
Peluso @ 209-874-9525.
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