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1st: John Richick (3) 10.13lbs 4.06

2nd: Matt Houtz (3)  10.00lbs 5.06 lunker

3rd:  Ken Eng (3)  10.00lbs 4.04

4th:  Brian Howard (3)  9.08lbs 4.09

5th:  Joe Montoya (3) 8.03lbs 4.00

6th:  Troy Duff (3) 7.09lbs 3.00

7th:  Tyler Crawford (3) 7.05lbs 3.06

8th:  Ken Berry DNF

8th:  Kevin Beaudean DNF

8th:  Joe Williams DNF

8th:  Dave Enderlein DNF

The '24 season started on the Potomac River this year.  After finding the new Aquia Ramp to be complete garbage, we once again launched from the back.   Pre-fishing found many teams finding fish here and there and everywhere all at the same time.  In total, 285+ bass were caught during this trip club-wide.   The Potomac is healthy!

1st place went to John today with a bag of 10 lbs 13 oz and a fine kicker over 4lbs.

2nd place went to Matt with 10lbs even with the kicker of the day going 5.06 lbs.  

3rd place went to Ken Eng with another 10 lb bag anchored by a smaller kicker of 4.04 lbs.  Brian Howard took 4th place and Joe Montoya rounded-out the top 5.  Troy went 6th and Tyler 7th at the scales with nice bags of their own.  

Grass and wood cover held most the fish and with windy conditions present through-out the last two  days, the club fished hard and most were beat and ready for rest after a great trip.

1st: Ken Berry (2) 6.02lbs 4.05 lunker

2nd: Matt Houtz (2) 5.13lbs 3.00

3rd: Troy Duff (3) 5.02lbs 1.13

4th: Ken Eng (2) 4.05lbs 2.05

5th: Joe Montoya (2) 3.10lbs 2.02

6th: Kevin Beaudean (1) 2.09lbs

7th: Tyler Crawford (1) 2.03lbs

8th: John Richick (1) 1.14lbs

9th: Brian Howard (1) 1.13lbs

10th: Joe Williams DNW

11th: Dave Enderlein DNF

Junior Angler Timmy Duff (2) 3.10lbs 2.08 lunker

Anglers fished alongside the Ratz today and the two clubs weighed-in together so all members could participate in the Tourny today.  Congrats to Ken Berry on his 1st Hazzard County Win!!  Ken also came in with the days' lunker.  Matt took second and has another strong finish followed by Troy for 3rd place.  Rounding out the top 5 we have Ken Eng and Joe Montoya with good finishes to the day.  The weights were lower than expected today due to FLOOD conditions.  Finding deep water today was never a problem as the water really never went out today.  It is reported that structure held the fish today more than grass.

1st: Ken Eng (3) 11.11lbs 4.07 Lunker

2nd: Kevin Maccallini (3) 10.02lbs 4.02

3rd: Troy Duff (3) 9.10lbs 3.07

4th: Brian Howard (3) 9.03lbs 3.14

5th: Dave Enderlein (2) 6.00lbs 4.02

6th: Kevin Beaudean (2) 5.05lbs 3.00

7th: Ken Berry (2) 5.01lbs 3.00

8th: John Richick (1) 3.02lbs

9th: Joe Montoya (1) 2.13lbs

10th: Matt Houtz DNW

10th: Joe Williams DNF
10th: Tyler Crawford DNF

JUNIOR ANGLER DIVISION

Reese Enderlein: (1) 2.01

Timothy Duff: DNW

Ken Eng came to the scales with the 1st place bag today.  He tipped the scales at 11 lbs 11 oz with a nice 4 1/2 lb lunker.  Kevin Mac came in with a nice bag of bass for his first weigh-in with the club.  His bag went 10.02 lbs and was good for 2nd place.  Troy came in 3rd with just under 10 lbs followed by Brian's nice bag of 9 lbs 3 oz and Dave Enderlein rounded out the top 5.  

Bass came from all over today,  From the Flats to Northeast, to Furnace Bay and Garrett Island, the bite was all over the place.  The BIG BITE, however, was found by mostly by the top 4 Anglers today.  

1st: Tyler Crawford (3) 9.11lbs 4.11 lunker

2nd: John Richick (3) 9.06lbs 4.00

3rd: Brian Howard (3) 8.05lbs 2.12

4th: Ken Berry (3) 5.06lbs 2.08

5th: Matt Houtz (3) 5.01lbs 2.04

6th: Troy Duff (2) 3.13lbs 2.09

7th: Joe Montoya (2) 2.13lbs 1.09

8th: Dave Enderlein (1) 2.08lbs

9th: Ken Eng (1) 1.00lbs

10th: Joe Williams DNW
         Kevin Maccallini DNW
         Kevin Beaudean DNF

Jacob (2) 2.01lbs 1.02

Junior Division

Timmy Duff (3) 7.09lbs 3.15

Reese Enderlein (1) 2.12lbs

The hottest day of the year served as host of todays event.  15 went out today and the weigh-in was full of twists and turns that flipped the leaderboard on its head.

   Coming in 1st place today was Tyler Crawford with a 3 fish bag of 9 lbs 11 oz.  His bag was anchored by a 4 lb 11 oz hog pulled from the river.  Tyler fished mostly hard cover in the river today.

   2nd place went to John Richick today with a 3 fish limit of 9lbs 6oz and a 4.00lb kicker.   He fished the flats from start to finish on a tough hot, windy day with Tim Duff.  Tim had an impressive finish of 4th place weight and a nice 3lbs 15 oz Largemouth.

    3rd place went to Brian Howard with another strong finish having 8lbs 5oz come to the scales today.  Brian fished Furnace in various ways with Mack in the Ranger.

Ken Berry came to the scales with a good bag going almost 5 1/2 on 3 fish.  This provided much needed points to not lose any ground in overall points.   Followed by Matt also catching a little stringer of 3 with just over 5 lbs.  A couple of 2 fish stringers and 1 fish stringers rounded out a tough day of fishing that had lots of pressure, heat, and wind to deal with throughout the day.  Ther overall points have been shuffled once again bringing the top 8 angers all within one tournament from the lead!! 

 The TOP 5 are separated by only 4 POINTS!   Ken Eng had a tough day and as a result, his lead has been cut to only 1 point.  John made up 10 spots to now sit in 2nd place just a single point from the lead.

And just 2 points behind 2nd place, Troy Duff has fished consistent enough to stay near the top en route to defending his Mr. Bass title.   Then, you have Brian Howard and Matt Houtz sitting just 1 point behind Troy.  Brian has been on good fish this year and Matt is being Matt.....never out of it!   And then on top of that, just mere points separate Ken Berry, Tyler Crawford, and Joe Montoya from being at the top after a high finish in the next tournament or two.

We would like to acknowledge Reese Enderlein and Tim Duff for fishing as junior Bass anglers today.  Reese weighed-in a fine fish today (a little bigger than his Dad's if I remember right?)  

And great job Tim with a 3 fish limit of 7 lbs 09 oz with a 3.15lb kicker.  

Welcome also to Jacob.  Jacon fished as a guest with the club today.

CURRENT POINTS STANDINGS:

ANGLER           POINTS           LBS TO DATE

Ken Eng            398  (1st)        15LBS 05 OZ

John Richick       397 (2nd)       22 LBS 01 OZ

Troy Duff            395  (3rd)      16 LBS 08 OZ

Matt Houtz        394  (4th)       20 LBS 14OZ

Brian Howard     394  (4th)         19 LBS 12 OZ

 Ken Berry               392      (6th)   11 LBS 08 OZ 

Tyler Crawford    387  (7th)        19 LBS 03 OZ

Joe Montoya      387  (7th)         14 LB 10 OZ

Kevin Beaudean  378  (9th)         2 LBS 09 OZ

Dave Enderlein   376   (10th)       8 LBS 8 OZ 

Joe Williams        273  (11th)        

Kevin Mac           273  (11th) *     10 LBS 02 OZ

* Mid-season start