Lake Tarpon results, January 17th, 2015

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Saturday January 17, 2015

Lake Tarpon
Anderson Park
Tarpon Springs, F

Air temp 46.6 -6am-by noon reahed 63.4.
Bara pressure 30:20 moving slightly up to
30:24 by 10am b4 start to fall to 30:20
by 1pm. Wind out of NE 8.1 mph 7:30am
6.9 mph at 9am, dropping to variable by 1pm. High pressure finally starting to ease
off since Wednesday. Cloudy in am, moving to "blue bird" skies b7 11am - no
clouds by 1pm. Water temp 59.4 -60.5
by noon.

Eight (8) teams took to water for second
event of 2015. Several teams had passed
for fear wind was going to be comming
out of N-NE down lake as it had previous
4 days creating white cap effect.

One (1) position paid for "Big Fish"

1st: Bill Bercaw / Ted Harry
1 lb 7.6 oz

Two (2) positions paid for "7 fish total
catch weight"

1st: Bill Bercaw / Ted Harry
9 lbs. 9.5 oz

2nd: Tony / Terry Jordon
7 lbs 15.0 oz

This was Bill Bercaw's 4th time winning
the January event in past 5 years. Bill,
I believe has found the "Honey Hole"
for this time of year on Tarpon.

Bercaw team using a push pull system,
Wally Marshall rods front / Deep South
in rear. Minnow tipped working 13 -15
ft water. Use of Slider jigs (grn/orange
tails & blue/orange tails) Ron's zip jigs
Green/blue comb. Skippers Moon jigs,
orange & chart.

Jordon team employed long-lining method
entire day. Working South-North on lake
8-10 ft contour,using various length rods.
Wally Marshall - Pinnacle -Shakespear Ultra-micro lights. Jigs being used were of "fat belly"design with stinger tails.
Bassin Assasin. Red head/yellow body,
Charthead/chart tails. Road runner, and
Beetle Spins various blade sizes usng
Chart - blue/chart bodies. Long-line
distances from 28 - 145 ft.

Teams participating in Lake Tarpon event

Harold McGhee / Mike Benjamin
Bill Bercaw / Ted Harry
Tony / Terry Jordon
Marvin & Laura Wiggins
Dave Troester
Henry Franks / Tony Office
Ken Hamilton / Jace Hamilton
James Hazleton

Next tournament will be Johns Lake, off
Highway 50, East of Clermont, Fl.
Februay 21st. 2,754 acres semi stained
water.

Anyone needing needing assistance please contact Darryl Cole 352 516-0869
or Harold McGhee 813 215-9759