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LOTSA Tournament Participants

What a weekend! The fishing overall was pretty good for a lot of the teams. A good amount of fish but most had to battle all the debris in the water.

The Curt Tournament, we had some really good boxes come in. Congrats to Brian Gregson and his team Totally Hooked on the win with a box of 61.73#! We also had a monster King come in for the Friday Big Fish. Robert Vazquez of Team Reel Chaos weighed in a 27.56# King! That fish ended up winning the Summer LOC Derby!

On the Saturday Main Tournament, the weigh in did not disappoint. After we all saw a big 27# King on Friday, we saw another one on Saturday! LOTSA president Joe Yaeger and his team Salmonella, weighed in the Summer LOC Derby 1st place King coming to the scales at 27.32#!

The 323 Tournament is always an interesting one. For this tournament it required a 20# average to place in the money. It’s always a tough decision on how many fish to weigh in on Friday. I know a few teams that probably would have liked to have changed some of those decisions. But that’s what makes this tournament so much fun. The winner is a familiar name in this tournament, Reel Chaos. The 27.56# King caught on Friday gave this team a great head start going into day 2. The team was able to pull together 2 more nice Kings on Saturday, which gave them the win with a box of 62.21#.

With all these great tournaments over the weekend, a ton of volunteers are needed. I would like to thank Marty and his team providing and cooking the Friday food. Next the 50/50 and raffle ticket boys, always do a great job! We had a great group of fish cutters that did an amazing job! Next are the guys that check the coolers in and help at the scales. Another quick and smooth job!After the weigh in were need to thank Marc for his many checks written over the weekend. We had some great pics taken thanks to Joe. He captured some excellent photos over both days. And lastly our president Joe Yaeger for all the behind the scene work he does to keep things running smoothly. I know I probably missed some people, but everyone’s hard work made this tournament a success and I thank you!

This year at our Saturday picnic, we had 220 people come to our BBQ dinner and tackle raffle. It was a great turnout and I thank everyone that supported the tackle raffle and 50/50. Your support for the club is always very impressive! But this tournament wouldn’t be possible without our great tournament sponsors!! The following are the sponsors for this tournament, Dreamweaver, ITO Flies, Traxtech, Town of Newfane, Musselhead Tackle, Scotty, Salmon Candy, Okuma, Gibbs, GRC Trolling, Times Two Fishing Charter, TLC Tackle, DeAngelo Fish Art, Fish Hawk, Chinook Divers, Sonny’s Fishing Center, Cisco Fishing Systems, Torpedo Divers, Fish USA, Pro Troll, Finn Tackle, 3L Flies, Erie Bottom Bouncers, Outdoor News and Gambler Rigs. As you can see, it takes a lot of sponsor support to make this tournament happen. I’m very thankful for all of them and I ask everyone to support these company’s whenever possible!

The club tournament was a success once again,and I want to thanks all 56 teams that participated. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and hope to see you at the LOTSA Tournament Scales next year!!