August is hot in West Texas making the fish bite slow, but our C.A.S.T./North’s final tournament of the year turned out to be a fun time for our couples, with the majority catching and weighing fish. Lake Bridgeport is a great lakeif you like to catch fish the most of the day, and being a slot lake you neverknow if those fish are going to be large or small. Even though most of the fish were of the smaller size our couples did manage to boat some keepers.
Most of our couples reported using small white or shad colored crankbaits and white/chrome blade spinnerbaits to land their keepers, with a few comingearly on poping topwater baits fished next to the banks close to deep water drop offs.
David and “Bassin’ Buffy” Burks netted five small keepers weighing in at 5.10 LBS for first place heavy stringer.
Don and Chris Mahanay almost decided not to weigh the “Big Bass” of the tournament because they thought that it would never be “big enough”, but when you fish a slot lake even a small fish can be big bass of the day, and after careful consideration decided that it might be a possibility. That 1.55 Lb possibility turned into the first prize money and trophy that the Mahanay’s have won this year.
Top Six C.A.S.T./North Teams for Lake Bridgeport:1) David & Buffy Burks – 5.102) Ronnie & Margaret Sherbert – 4.853) John & Joyce Thompson – 4.104) Garry & Connie Darby – 4.055) Roy & Glenda Flechtner – 3.756) Rod & Rosanne Simpson – 3.60
Top Six C.A.S.T. / North Final point totals for 2001:1) Ronnie & Margaret Sherbert – 579 /Anglers of the Year2) Don & Dixie Rodgers – 5643) Snake & Penny Allen – 5574) David & Buffy Burks – 5025) Bobby & Tammy Hodges – 4966) Ronnie & Susan Barker – 416
C.A.S.T. / North would like to thank all of our sponsors for their help in making these tournaments possible. Ranger Boats, Mercury Outboards, Berkley,Quantum Motor Guide, Continental Batteries, Eagle Claw, The Shad Connection, J & G Enterprises, Horizon Lure Co., Lucky Craft Co. Limited, The Minnie Bucket, and fishingworld.com. By: Garry & Connie Darby, Director / C.A.S.T.
