Tulsa Hook Setters

Having all the boats in the water by 5:15am, we were able to start the tournament take off at 5:30am. It did not take long to get all 11 boats headed off to their first fishing spots of the day. With 2 other clubs fishing Ft. Gibson, it didn't take long before the lake was covered with bass fishermen. The club's anglers usually had company on each place that they stopped to fish. Most of the places that we stopped had 2 or 3 bass boats in the same area.

Ft. Gibson can be a dangerous lake to fish. Several times we were in 30 foot of water and all of a sudden we were in 3 foot of water. It would be 2 foot deep, 30 yards from the bank. The first place that we fished was an island and the island was about 70 yards from the bank and it was only 2 foot deep between the bank and the island. This is a lake that you must be careful on where that you are, how fast you are going and how deep the water is.

The day started out sunny and then the clouds moved in with it getting cloudier and cloudier as the day progressed. Several of the club's anglers were as red as a lobster when it came to check in time. It is the time of the year that we need to get some sunscreen and use it. Be sure and have plenty of water, Gatorade or something similar to drink during these hot tournaments.

When the day was over with, Austin and David Parker (team #7) had the day's leading catch with 4 fish weighing 11.37 pounds. Second place went to Larry Ford (team #17) with 3 fish weighing 6.62 pounds. Third place went to Mike and Sharon Kaye Tomblin with 3 fish weighing 6.32 pounds. Big Bass went to Watson and Bell (team #3) with a weight of 4.27 pounds. The Junk Fish award went to Bob Howard and Bill Hancock (team #11 ) with a 4.58 pound drum.

There was a total of 17 bass caught that weighed a total weight of 40.08 pounds. This averaged out to 2.4 pounds per bass. There were several junk fish brought in with some of them being drums and some being "perch".