Lake Tarpon Results, Saturday 11-23-13

[fishin813]

Results FCC tournament
20th & last of 2013 schedule

Lake Tarpon
Anderson Park Ramp
Tarpon Springs, Fl

Clear skies with an approaching
cold front due to hit around 5pm,
water temp. 71.3 at 7am climbing
to 74.8 by 1pm, 13 teams took on
the 2,500 plus Lake Tarpon. Wind stayed
calm to 2=8 mph most of the tournament.

Two (2) posiionss paid for "Big Fish"

1st: Darryl & Terri Cole
1 lb. 8.5 oz

2nd: Harold McGhee & Kenny Hamilton
1 lb. 8.2 oz

3 10ths oz between 2 fish, caught at
opposite ends of lake

Three (3) positions paid for "7 fish total catch weight"

1st: Henry Franks / Tony Office
8 lbs. 13.0 oz

2nd: Darryl & Terri Cole
8 lbs. 11.5 oz

3rd: Harold McGhee & Kenny Hamilton
8 lbs. 10.0

Three (3) oz separated first to third
and were all caught in different locations
in lake

Franks team worked a modified spider
rig system (push-pull) with Deep-South
& BnM rods, using "pop-eye" 32 nd & 48th
oz jig, minnow tipped (black head, yellow
hair tail & white head, chart. tail in 9 -
10 ft water.

Cole team spider-rigged minnow tipped
with Wally-Marshall rods, Skipper & Ron's
zip jigs 16th oz, hot-pink, orange, black
& black-chart. in 11 - 13' water.

McGhee team employed "push-pull
long-ling method, Deep-South rods,
Ron's zip, hot pink, awd curley tails
black, chart tails, & mid-south "super
jigs" 1000 c's. chart with rainbow blecks
in.

Lake Tarpon is a color senitive lake, whereby, need to change colors often
to stay up with the bite

This was last tournament 2013 schedule.
Next tournament will be the Florida
State Championsip Classic, Lake Crescent, Crescent City, Florida with the
largest group of 35 teams qualifying for event this year.

Attached pictures are for 1st-2nd & 3rd
winners

[fishin813]

Pictures printed in reverse.

3rd picture is 1st place Henry Franks/Tony Office

2nd picture is 2nd place Darryl & Terri Cole

1st picture is 3rd place Harold McGhee/Kenny Hamilton

[Crappielover]

Nice job to all who fished Tarpon. Excellent result for you Harold...congrats!!!

[fisherofmen]

real nice